Category Archives: News Pierre

Fort Thompson man sentenced in federal court for stealing skid steer in Hughes County
A 32 year old man from Fort Thompson convicted of Larceny has been sentenced in federal U.S. District Court. Tanner Shields must spend 21 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervise...
DRG Media Group News Jul 18, 2022 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC

Capital City Campus offers $40/credit hour class again this Fall
Capital City Campus in Pierre is again offering $40 per credit hour college courses, with "Composition I"-- through South Dakota State University-- being available on-site in Pierre this fall. Classes...
DRG Media Group News Jul 18, 2022 Photo credit DRG Media Group.
Fort Pierre City Council meeting today; Budget subsidy requests, Trader Days on their agenda
The Fort Pierre City Council meets this evening at 5:15pm in the South Dakota Municipal League building (208 Island Drive). Items on their agenda include: Mayor and department head reports 2023 Budget...
DRG Media Group News Jul 18, 2022

Hughes County Commission holding budget hearings today
The Hughes County Commission meeting today (July 18, 2022) begins at 8am at the Hughes County Courthouse in Pierre. Among the items on their agenda are: Bridge Grant Applications Contingency Transfer ...
DRG Media Group News Jul 18, 2022 Photo credit Jody Heemstra, DRG Media Group.

Road preservation projects scheduled to start today on Highways 1804 and 204 in Hughes, Stanley and Sully counties
The South Dakota Department of Transportation says a $1.6 million chip seal and fog seal project is scheduled to begin today (July 18, 2022) on SD Highway 204 and SD Highway 1804 north of Pierre. The ...
DRG Media Group News Jul 18, 2022

Ann Norden wins weekly The Right Card drawing, again
JULY 15, 2022: Ann Norden was The Right Turn's winner for Week 20's The Right Card 50/50 raffle drawing. She selected envelope #18 which was an Oral B dental kit from Swenson and Cowan. Ann picked up ...
DRG Media Group News Jul 18, 2022 Courtesy photo.

Schlichenmayer to retire from The Right Turn
The Board of Directors of The Right Turn in Pierre announced that Nancy Schlichenmayer will be retiring in February 2023. Schlichenmayer has been with The Right Turn for over three years. She started ...
DRG Media Group News Jul 16, 2022

Annual "Little Wings on the Prairie" Butterfly Festival to be held tomorrow at Oahe Downstream Recreation Area
The 8th Annual "Little Wings on the Prairie" Butterfly Festival will be held tomorrow (July 16, 2022) from 9am-noon CDT at the Oahe Downstream Recreation Area north of Fort Pierre. The event will be h...
DRG Media Group News Jul 15, 2022 Image credit South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks

Bridge naming ceremony to be held tomorrow to honor US Army PFC David R. Gatton of Harrold
The South Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs will be hosting a State Bridge Dedication Ceremony tomorrow (July 16, 2022) to honor U.S. Army Private First Class David R. Gatton. The White River Brid...
DRG Media Group News Jul 15, 2022 Courtesy photo.

Pierre city, school board election winners sworn in this month
Re-elected and newly elected representatives on the Pierre City Commission and Pierre School Board have been sworn in this month (July 2022). City Commissioners Vona Johnson and Blake Barringer renewe...
DRG Media Group News Jul 15, 2022 Photo credit DRG Media Group.





