Category Archives: News Pierre

Oahe Chapel near Pierre hosting Sunday church services again this summer
Church services are being held this summer at the historic Oahe Chapel overlooking Lake Oahe near Pierre and Fort Pierre. Mark Venner is helping organize the folks that will lead the Sunday morning se...
DRG Media Group News Jun 09, 2023 Photo credit South Dakota Historical Society.

Stanley County among those with scheduled sobriety checkpoints this month
South Dakota's Department of Public Safety has announced plans for 23 sobriety checkpoints in more than 15 different counties during the month of June. Checkpoints are scheduled for the counties of: P...
DRG Media Group News Jun 09, 2023 Morgan Davis / CC

Captain Bryan Walz retiring from Pierre Police Department today
A 25-year veteran of law enforcement in the Pierre and Fort Pierre area will spend his last day on the job today (June 8, 2023). An open house for Police Captain Bryan Walz will be held from 3-4pm at ...
DRG Media Group News Jun 08, 2023 Courtesy photo.
Cresbard, McLaughlin and Philip awarded economic development grants
Governor Kristi Noem has awarded $2.3 million in Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) to three projects in South Dakota. Cresbard, McLaughlin, and Philip will use the monies to help fund local co...
DRG Media Group News Jun 08, 2023

Pierre man taken to Hughes County Jail after hitting parked car while looking at cell phone
A 20 year old man from Pierre faces DUI, Reckless Driving and other charges after hitting a parked car in Pierre early this morning (June 7, 2023). Police Captain Bryan Walz says shortly after midnigh...
DRG Media Group News Jun 07, 2023 Courtesy image.

Woman from Wisconsin identified as person killed in May 28 accident near Draper; Charges pending against 16-year-old female
JUNE 7, 2023: A woman from Superior, Wisconsin, has been identified as the person who died Sunday, May 28, 2023, in a two-vehicle crash three miles east of Draper on Interstate 90. Preliminary crash i...
DRG Media Group News Jun 07, 2023 Photo credit DRG Media Group.
Cronin wins Pierre School Board election; Fosheim and Paxton-Deal win Stanley County School Board race
JUNE 7, 2023: Unofficial election results from yesterday's (June 6, 2023) Stanley County School Board election, show Chris Fosheim was the top vote getter with 140 votes. Jessica Paxton-Deal will take...
DRG Media Group News Jun 07, 2023

Rapid mountain snowmelt, above-average May runoff in upper Missouri River Basin
Warm temperatures in the mountainous region of the upper Missouri River Basin has led to a quick melt of the mountain snowpack. The rapid melting combined with precipitation in the western half of the...
DRG Media Group News Jun 07, 2023 Courtesy image.

Fort Pierre Development Corporation honors Cronin for years of service
Outgoing Fort Pierre Development Corporation Board Member Larry Cronin was recently presented an award for his 11 years of service to the FPDC Board. He has been Board Treasurer for at least 8 of thos...
DRG Media Group News Jun 07, 2023 Courtesy photo.

Stanley County Commission to discuss Equalization Director vacancy, wages and salaries at meeting tonight
The Stanley County Commission will hold its regular monthly meeting at 5pm CT today (June 6, 2023) in the commission room of the Courthouse in Fort Pierre. Items on their agenda include: Director of E...
DRG Media Group News Jun 06, 2023 Photo credit DRG Media Group.





