Category Archives: News Pierre
Philip gets nearly $2.8 million in loans for sewer, wastewater, curb and gutter improvements; DANR awards nearly $60 million total to statewide environmental projects
The South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources' Board of Water and Natural Resources has approved (June 29, 2023) more than $59.8 million ($59,884,841) in grants and loans for drinki...
Jul 03, 2023
US Interior Department extends behavioral health and wellness program for tribal schools, including 20 eligible sites in South Dakota
The US Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Education has awarded an additional five-year contract to increase access for behavioral health and wellness support to all students and staff at Bur...
Jul 03, 2023
Hughes County Commission holding meeting this evening
The Hughes County Commission meets today (July 3, 2023) at 5:30pm at the Hughes County Courthouse in Pierre. Among the items on their agenda are: Public Hearing @ 5:30 PM for Plat of Lots 98 and 99 Oa...
Jul 03, 2023 Photo credit Jody Heemstra, DRG Media Group.
Hyde County Parks and Rec board gets $20,000 infusion from AARP Community Challenge grant
The Hyde County Parks and Recreation Board has received a grant from AARP South Dakota to be used to help build a new pool in Highmore. Associate State Director Mary Michaels says the Hyde County Park...
Jul 01, 2023 Jonathan Cutrer
July sobriety checkpoints being held in Hughes, Stanley, Brule, 16 other counties
South Dakota's Department of Public Safety has announced plans for 20 sobriety checkpoints in more than 19 different counties during the month of July. Checkpoints are scheduled for the counties of: H...
Jul 01, 2023 Morgan Davis / CC
LifeServe holding blood drive Monday in Fort Pierre
A community blood drive will be held Monday (July 3, 2023) in Fort Pierre. LifeServe Blood Center will be doing the collections from 10:30am-2:45pm CT. To schedule an appointment go to www.lifeservebl...
Jun 30, 2023
State prison offender Brandon Comes Flying back in custody
JUNE 30, 2023: A state prison offender serving time from charges in Hughes County is back in custody after leaving his community assignment in Rapid City facility two months ago (April 27, 2023). The ...
Jun 30, 2023 Inmate offender Brandon Comes Flying booking photo from South Dakota Department of Corrections.
Cell phone update causing sharp increase in number of accidental calls to 911 dispatch centers
Smartphones and technology have made a lot of things easier for us to do, such as ordering food delivery, checking the weather or making a bank deposit. But, not all of the easy things to do are helpf...
Jun 30, 2023 Communications Center Manager Cindy Gross oversees a team that dispatches 911 calls for five central South Dakota counties.
Photo credit City of Pierre.
Pierre, Winner, other high school students graduate today from Youth Trooper Academy
High school students from Pierre, Winner and 16 other South Dakota school districts got an inside look this week at the diversity involved in the career of a highway patrol trooper. Col. Rick Miller, ...
Jun 30, 2023
SDDOT Transit Office distributing federal grants for advancing local projects
River Cities Public Transit in Pierre is one of three transportation companies in South Dakota sharing almost $1.3 million ($1,276,628) to buy nine low-emission propane buses and conversion equipment ...
Jun 30, 2023
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