Category Archives: News Pierre
Krebs believes in Avera's mission and the team members working in the St. Mary's Hospital Region
OCTOBER 6, 2023: Shantel Krebs has been officially hired as the Regional President and CEO of Avera St. Mary's Hospital in Pierre. Krebs says she believes in Avera's mission to help people. Krebs has ...
Oct 06, 2023 Courtesy photo.
Fort Pierre, Stanley County Fairgrounds celebrating 75 years of hosting horse races in South Dakota
OCTOBER 6, 2023: It's an event you can't see anywhere in South Dakota except in Fort Pierre-- horse races and they are this tomorrow and Sunday (Oct. 7-8, 2023) at the Stanley County Fairgrounds. Shan...
Oct 06, 2023
September runoff near average; Drought conditions continue in Missouri River Basin
The US Army Corps of Engineers says runoff in the Missouri River Basin above Sioux City, Iowa, last month (Sept. 2023) was 109% of the long-term average (1.3 million acre-feet). The annual runoff fore...
Oct 06, 2023
Jones, Stanley, Hughes counties all scheduled to have sobriety checkpoints this month
The South Dakota Department of Public Safety has announced plans for 22 sobriety checkpoints in 18 different counties during the month of October. Checkpoints are scheduled for the counties of: Hughes...
Oct 06, 2023 Morgan Davis / CC
Stanley County Homecoming PEP RALLY at 1:15pm, PARADE at 2:30pm CT; School District sets $8.1 million budget for next year
OCTOBER 6, 2023: The Stanley County School Board has an approximately $8.1 million budget for the 2023-24 school year. Superintendent Dan Baldwin says that's an increase of roughly 3% from the current...
Oct 06, 2023 Photo credit DRG Media Group.
MDU expects natural gas prices to be down about 30% from last winter
The sting of high natural gas prices to heat your home over the past two winters is expected to ease for the upcoming heating season, which runs from November 2023 through March 2024. Montana-Dakota U...
Oct 06, 2023
Stanley County School District School Board earns Gold Level honor
The Stanley County School District School Board has earned a Gold Level award for their work during the 2022-23 school year. The award is from the Associated School Boards of South Dakota. The Stanley...
Oct 06, 2023 Photo credit DRG Media Group.
Pierre municipal utilities receives national recognition for providing reliable electricity
It's Public Power Week and when it comes to electric service in Pierre, it's a safe bet it'll be available when you need it. According to data compiled from the American Public Power Association's eRe...
Oct 05, 2023
Pierre Linemen read to students for Public Power Week
As part of Public Power Week this week (Oct. 1-7, 2023), students at Oahe Child Development Center in Pierre had a special story time yesterday (Oct. 4, 2023). City of Pierre Lead Lineman Brandon Loun...
Oct 05, 2023 Students at Oahe Child Development Center in Pierre are each getting a copy of the book "If I Were a Lineworker" as part of Public Power Week (Oct. 1-7, 2023). Included is a page to color, then return to OCDC to receive a free light bulb.
Photo credit Jody Heemstra, DRG Media Group.
Oahe Child Development Center annual report shows good achievement for students, good participation by parents
The Oahe Child Development Center in Pierre has released it's 2022-23 annual report. Director Sue Glodt says the report shows Classroom Assessment Scoring System-- or CLASS-- scores, which are a feder...
Oct 04, 2023
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