Category Archives: News Pierre

Hildebrandt, Lott win VFW writing contests; Lott advances to state competition in January
Bryn Hildebrandt is the 2025 Patriots Pen winner for VFW Post 2038. Amelia Lott is the 2025 Voice of Democracy winner for VFW Post 2038. VFW Commander Craig Miles presented both of them with their cer...
DRG Media Group News Dec 25, 2025 Amelia Lott is the 2025 Voice of Democracy winner for VFW Post 2038. Commander Craig Miles presented her with her certificate.
Courtesy photo.

A Christmas Miracle of Honesty in Hughes County
An anonymous citizen and a Hughes County Deputy Sheriff made this year's Christmas cheerier for a man who recently traveled through Pierre. Sheriff Patrick Callahan said the citizen, who we'll call "D...
DRG Media Group News Dec 25, 2025 may1985 / Depositphotos.com

Penny shortage in SD? Not yet.
Dec. 24, 2025: Some areas of the United States are running out of pennies, but that shortage hasn't affected South Dakota-- yet. Earlier this year (Feb. 9, 2025), President Donald Trump decided that t...
DRG Media Group News Dec 24, 2025 slgckgc / CC

Pierre city facilities operating under holiday hours for Christmas
Dec. 24, 2025: Pierre City Hall and Rawlins Municipal Library are closing at noon today (Dec. 24, 2025) will both be closed Thursday and Friday (Dec. 25-26) for the Christmas holiday. Next week, Pierr...
DRG Media Group News Dec 24, 2025

Operation: Prairie Thunder enforcement #9 continues community enforcement with stops in Winner and Sturgis
South Dakota law enforcement agencies conducted the state's ninth set of saturation patrols connected to "Operation: Prairie Thunder" last week (Dec. 17-19, 2025) in Winner and Sturgis. Over the cours...
DRG Media Group News Dec 24, 2025

South Dakota Lottery encourages responsible gifting of lottery tickets this holiday season
The South Dakota Lottery reminds adults that lotto tickets are not appropriate gifts for children this holiday season. South Dakota Lottery Executive Director Norm Lingle says while lottery tickets ar...
DRG Media Group News Dec 24, 2025

Doctor's orders? 'Belly laugh at least two to five days a week'
UNDATED-AP- Melanin Bee curves her spine like a stretching cat as she lets out a maniacal, forced laugh. The quick-fire pattern of manufactured giggles -"oh, hoo hoo hoo, eeh, ha ha ha"- soon ripples ...
DRG Media Group News Dec 24, 2025 Eric Kim

Trump signs "Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act" giving control of 40 acres to Cheyenne River Sioux and Oglala Sioux Tribes
Dec. 23, 2025: United States President Donald Trump has signed (Dec. 19, 2025) legislation that permanently gives control of 40 acres of land at the site of the Wounded Knee Massacre in South Dakota t...
DRG Media Group News Dec 23, 2025 Photograph shows U.S. Army soldiers watching while Native American Lakota people killed by the U.S. Army in the Wounded Knee Massacre on December 29, 1890, are buried in a mass grave.
Photo Credit: Library of Congress.

Phone calls, text messages among most frequently used methods to try to scam people in rural America
Americans receive four billion robocalls every month, with the average individual getting 14 calls each week. Sean Voskuhl with AARP said phone calls and text messages are the second and third-most fr...
DRG Media Group News Dec 23, 2025

Pierre City Commission meets this evening
The Pierre City Commission meets this evening (Dec. 23, 2025) at 5:30pm at City Hall in Pierre. Among the items on the agenda are: Request to Purchase - Airport CAT Skid Steer 2025 Budget Supplement -...
DRG Media Group News Dec 23, 2025 Photo credit to DRG Media Group.





