Category Archives: News Pierre

Forecasts continue to indicate hot and dry conditions to continue over much of the Missouri River basin. Doug Kluck, Climate Services Director for the Central Region of the National Weather Service, s...

A federal judge has handed out the punishment for a Sioux Falls man convicted of Possession of Child Pornography. Shilo Ziegler, age 39, was sentenced to five years in federal prison, followed by five...

A Fort Thompson man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child and Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Minor by Force. 45 year old Jeffery Pickner pled not guilty. The I...

A Lower Brule woman convicted of Voluntary Manslaughter has been given her punishment by a U.S. District Court judge. Esther Flute, a/k/a, Esther Flute-Rencountre, age 61, must spend five years and 11...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - The chairman of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe has slammed the federal agency that delivers health care to approximately 130,000 Native Americans located in North Dakota, Sout...

The Pierre School Board has approved a nearly $40.8 million budget for the 2022-23 school year, which is a nearly 20% increase over the 2021-22 budget. Business manager Darla Mayer says the cost of ma...

This spring (April 2022), the South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks wasn't certain how many of the public access boat ramps they'd be able to keep open around Lake Oahe this summer. Then, GF...

The Pierre City Commission meets today (July 12, 2022) at 5:30pm at City Hall in Pierre. Among the items on the agenda are: Request to Serve Alcohol at SD Discovery Center July 15th 5:30pm-7:00pm Stre...

Starting this evening (July 11, 2022), the right hand, north bound lane of North Euclid will be closed between 1st Street and 2nd Street to complete the reconstruction of East 2nd Street. This closure...

Some hay bales burned but nothing else was harmed in a fire around 7 o'clock this morning (July 11, 2022) north of Pierre. Pierre Rural Fire Department Chief Doug Hinkle says they were in the Peoria F...