Category Archives: News Pierre
St. Francis man sentenced for Assaulting, Resisting and Impeding a Federal Officer
A 41 year old man from St. Francis, South Dakota, convicted of Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer has been sentenced by a federal judge. Willard Henry, Jr., must spend two months in...
Jan 07, 2022 Tingey Injury Law Firm / Unsplash
Cold weather not to blame for West Central Electric Cooperative power outage this morning
Roughly 70 West Central Electric Cooperative customers-- including one of the DRG Media Group radio station tower sites-- were without power for about three hours this morning (Jan. 6, 2022). Manager ...
Jan 06, 2022 Image credit West Central Electric Cooperative website.
UPDATE: City of Pierre awards bid for Black Hills Drive extension; Project scheduled to be done by mid-August
The Black Hills Drive extension project in northeast Pierre is moving forward. This week (Jan. 4, 2022), staff engineer Nick Waters told the Pierre City Commission the street will be extended by 514 f...
Jan 06, 2022 Map credit City of Pierre.
Mission man sentenced for Carjacking
A 20 year old man from Mission, South Dakota, convicted of Carjacking has received his punishment from a federal US District Court judge. Eurico Da Silva-Roubideaux, a/k/a Eurico Roubideaux, was sente...
Jan 06, 2022
Pierre School District hits 300 recovered cases of COVID-19 this school year
Today's (Jan. 5, 2022) COVID-19 case update from the Pierre School District shows 23 active cases among students and staff-- 18 in students and 5 active cases in staff. So far during the 2021-22 schoo...
Jan 05, 2022 Infographic credit Pierre School District.
UPDATE: During 2021, Pierre Regional Airport more than doubles 2020 passenger load
UPDATE JANUARY 5, 2022: During 2021, Pierre Regional Airport more than doubles 2020 passenger load The Pierre Regional Airport had over 1900 (1927) enplanements in December and finished 2021 with over...
Jan 05, 2022 Infographic credit City of Pierre.
Denver Air takes over as Pierre's sole commercial air service provider
SkyWest Airlines, doing business as United Express, made its last flights out of Pierre yesterday (Jan. 3, 2022), leaving Denver Air Connection as the sole commercial air carrier in and out of the Pie...
Jan 04, 2022
Black Hills Drive project, joint election agreement on tap for discussion at Pierre City Commission meeting this evening
The Pierre City Commission meets at 5:30pm today (Jan. 4, 2022). The agenda includes: Proclamation for Kiwanis Month - 100th Anniversary bid award for the Black Hills Drive Extension Project 2022 Comb...
Jan 04, 2022 Photo credit: Dakota Radio Group
Stanley County Commission to reorganize, give final approval to redistricting ordinance when they meet today
The Stanley County Commission meets this evening (Jan. 4, 2022.) at 5 o'clock. Among the items on its agenda are: elect chair and vice-chair for 2022 Capital Area Counseling Service Inc Mobile Crisis ...
Jan 04, 2022 Photo credit DRG Media Group.
Fort Pierre City Council to discuss wages, street projects and more tonight during first meeting of 2022
The Fort Pierre City Council meets this evening at 6:30pm in the South Dakota Municipal League building (208 Island Drive). Items on their agenda include: department head updates Resolution 2022-01 20...
Jan 03, 2022
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