Category Archives: News Pierre
Social Studies Task Force Conducts First Meeting
PIERRE - A task force working on new social studies standards for K - 12 schools in South Dakota had its first meeting in the first week of May. State Department of Education Secretary Tiffany Sanders...
May 09, 2022 Image credit South Dakota Department of Education.
Drefs Named Pierre Chamber Of Commerce Programs And Events Director
PIERRE - Pierre native Clarissia Drefs has been named as the new Director of Programs and Events for the Pierre Area Chamber of Commerce. Chamber CEO Tia Kafka said of Drefs, "Clarissia has a passion ...
May 09, 2022
RAID '22 Postponed
PIERRE - The RAID'22 events that were to have taken place Monday in Chamberlain and Wednesday in Pierre have been postponed. The Commemorative Air Force had contracted a vintage B-25 aircraft to be sh...
May 09, 2022
RCP&E to complete rail repair on US Highway 14B "s-curve" in Pierre starting Monday
Starting next week, the Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad, in coordination with the South Dakota Department of Transportation, will be making repairs to the railroad track at the "s-curve" on ...
May 07, 2022
Pierre School District honors retirees with; Combined they have nearly 250 years with the district
The Pierre School District honored this year's retirees on Wednesday with the annual Retirement Tea. Retirees are listed below (In parentheses is the number of years of service to the Pierre School Di...
May 07, 2022 Courtesy photo.
Drought conditions persist in Missouri River Basin; Corps will manage according to Congressionally obligated purposes
MAY 6, 2022: Continued dry conditions last month (April 2022) resulted in runoff in the upper Missouri River Basin that was 51% of average (1.5 million acre-feet). John Remus is the chief of the US Ar...
May 06, 2022 Infographic credit US Army Corps of Engineers.
Brule County Sheriff's Office warns of scam messages and calls
If you get a message from someone claiming to from the Brule County (South Dakota) Sheriff's Office saying you need to call them back, don't. Sheriff Darrell Miller says his office is getting calls ab...
May 06, 2022
Milling and asphalt paving to begin Monday on US Highway 14 east of Blunt
The South Dakota Department of Transportation says paving work will begin Monday (May 9, 2022) on an asphalt resurfacing project on US Highway 14 from mile marker 254 to 258, starting three miles east...
May 06, 2022
Today is Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day in South Dakota
Governor Kristi Noem has signed a proclamation declaring today (May 5, 2022) as Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day in South Dakota. "Today, we remember the Indigenous people ...
May 05, 2022 People of all ages participated in the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives (MMIR) awareness ride, which made a stop on the State Capitol Building lawn in Pierre June 4, 2021.
Photo credit DRG Media Group.
Construction to begin on US Highway 212 from La Plant to US Highway 83 and on Highway 1804 north of Agar
Work has begun on an $11 million asphalt resurfacing project on US Highway 212 from the city of La Plant to US Highway 83 and on pipe repair work on SD Highway 1804 from the Agar corner north, to mile...
May 05, 2022 cplbasilisk / CC
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