Category Archives: News Pierre

Detour established on section of Poplar Avenue in Pierre
Access to Poplar Avenue in Pierre from both Elizabeth Street and Capitol Avenue is closed and will remain closed until further notice. Local access will be maintained to both blocks of Poplar via Pros...
DRG Media Group News Jul 19, 2023

Road construction on West Bend Road in Hughes County to begin July 31
Hughes County will begin a construction project on West Bend Road at the end of the month (July 31, 2023, at 8am). Highway Superintendent Trent Arbach (r-bock) says the project, aimed at improving the...
DRG Media Group News Jul 18, 2023

Controlled electrical outages among topics on Pierre City Commission agenda tonight
The Pierre City Commission meets today (July 18, 2023) at 5:30pm at City Hall. Among the items on their agenda are: Electric Service Update - Controlled Outages Dairy Queen Miracle Treat Day Street Cl...
DRG Media Group News Jul 18, 2023

SDDOT holding Statewide Transportation Improvement Program meetings; Fort Pierre meeting being held Wednesday
The South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT) will offer in-person and virtual public presentations for the Tentative 2024-2027 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). Four presen...
DRG Media Group News Jul 17, 2023

Hughes County Commission meets this evening
The Hughes County Commission meets today (July 17, 2023) at 5:30pm at the Hughes County Courthouse in Pierre. Among the items on their agenda are: Public Hearing: 5:30 pm Rezone to PUD and Plat Lots 2...
DRG Media Group News Jul 17, 2023 Photo credit Jody Heemstra, DRG Media Group.

Fort Pierre City Council meets tonight
The Fort Pierre City Council meets this evening (July 17, 2023) in the South Dakota Municipal League building (208 Island Drive). Items on their agenda include: 2024 budget subsidy requests hay ground...
DRG Media Group News Jul 17, 2023 Photo credit DRG Media Group.

Walworth County, Burke Police officers among latest graduates of D.A.R.E. program training, now eligible to become instructors
Law enforcement officers from four states graduated from a two-week Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) instructor training held last month (June 12-23, 2023) at the state's Law Enforcement Tra...
DRG Media Group News Jul 15, 2023 Courtesy photo.

Funds set up to accept donations for Pierre family who lost home to fire on Monday
JULY 14, 2023: A fund has been established to help a Pierre family who lost their possessions in a house fire earlier this week (July 10, 2023). A GoFundMe page says the Betty and Fred Hanson family h...
DRG Media Group News Jul 14, 2023

2023 Missouri River Cleanup around Pierre and Fort Pierre clears over a ton of stuff out of the water
JULY 14, 2023: This week's (July 12, 2023) annual Missouri River/Lake Sharpe Cleanup event at Pierre and Fort Pierre took almost 1.5 tons (2,830 pounds or 1.42 tons) of debris out of the two bodies of...
DRG Media Group News Jul 14, 2023 Courtesy photo.

Highmore, Brookings businesses approved for GOED funding
An aerial applicator from Highmore was approved this week (July 12, 2023) to receive a $450,000 loan from the South Dakota Governor's Office of Economic Development. A SD Works loan was approved for K...
DRG Media Group News Jul 13, 2023





