Category Archives: News Pierre
Chapelle Street, electric system, city employee salaries on agenda for Pierre City Commission tonight
The Pierre City Commission meets today (Aug. 30, 2022) at 5:30pm at City Hall (2301 Patron Parkway, Suite 1) in Pierre. Among the items on the agenda are: 5:45pm Public Hearing - Petition to Vacate a ...
DRG Media Group News Aug 30, 2022

Dave Kelly wins weekly The Right Card fundraising raffle
Dave Kelly was The Right Turn's winner for week 26 of our 50/50 fundraising raffle. He selected envelope #33 which included a $15 gift certificate from The Longbranch in Pierre. The take home pot is u...
DRG Media Group News Aug 29, 2022 Courtesy photo.

Hand, Hughes, Lyman, Sully, Tripp counties among Bridge Improvement Grant recipients
The South Dakota Transportation Commission has awarded $2.4 million in Preliminary Engineering Bridge Improvement Grants during its meeting last week (Aug. 25, 2022) in Pierre. Grant recipients are: A...
DRG Media Group News Aug 29, 2022

Wasko connects Corrections Department prison staff shortage with internal issues, competition from Hughes and other counties
The interim Appropriations Committee of the South Dakota legislature heard about long term worker shortages in the state's prisons during their recent meeting (Aug. 24, 2022) in Pierre. Corrections De...
DRG Media Group News Aug 29, 2022

Pukwana man charged with Failure to Register as a Sex Offender
A 33 year old man from Pukwana has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender. Kelly Wayne McGhee, Jr., pled not guilty. The Indictment alleges that on between Mar...
DRG Media Group News Aug 29, 2022 Bill Oxford / Unsplash

Capital Area United Way to hold Rib Cook-Off fundraiser at Sept. 10 Gov's football game
Capital Area United Way (CAUW) will have several teams cooking ribs before the Pierre Governors' home football game on September 10. A pulled pork sandwich meal with chips, cookie, and water will be a...
DRG Media Group News Aug 26, 2022

Mission man sentenced for assault
AUGUST 2022: A a federal court judge has determined the punishment for a 31 year old man from Mission convicted of Assault by Striking, Beating, and Wounding. Talon Bettelyoun, Sr. was sentenced to 11...
DRG Media Group News Aug 25, 2022 Tingey Injury Law Firm / Unsplash

New members join Capital Area United Way board
The Capital Area United Way in Pierre and Fort Pierre recently added five new board members and two student board members. Amy Dalton comes from First Dakota National Bank. Lance Bertram currently wor...
DRG Media Group News Aug 24, 2022
Weber challenging Callahan for Hughes County Sheriff job
Hughes County voters will have two choices for county sheriff when they fill out their ballot for the Nov. 8, 2022, general election. Those choices are current Sheriff Patrick Callahan, a republican, ...
DRG Media Group News Aug 24, 2022

Stanley County School Student Council holding annual denim jeans collection drive
For the third year in a row, the Stanley County Student Council will be participating in a collection drive through "Cotton's Blue Jeans Go Green" TM program. Being made mostly from cotton, the denim ...
DRG Media Group News Aug 24, 2022 Some members of the Stanley County School Student Council are pictured with a sampling of jeans collected during the 2021-22 school year.
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