Category Archives: News Pierre

Written CDL tests to be offered BY APPOINTMENT ONLY Saturday at Pierre, Mitchell, Aberdeen, Sioux Falls, Rapid City and Watertown
People wanting to take the written tests required to obtain a Commercial Driver License before new federal regulations take effect can do so Saturday (Jan. 22, 2022) at six locations across South Dako...
DRG Media Group News Jan 20, 2022 Courtesy image.

Mission man sentenced for Threatening a Federal Officer
A federal judge has sentenced a 24 year old man from Mission convicted of Influencing a Federal Officer by Threat. Donovan Jace Oakie must spend 24 months in federal prison, followed by three years of...
DRG Media Group News Jan 20, 2022 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC

Pierre-Fort Pierre Kiwanis Club turns 100 today
The Pierre-Fort Pierre Kiwanis Club hits the century mark today (Jan. 19, 2022). To note the occasion, the club is having a 100th Anniversary Celebration on Saturday (Jan. 22, 2022) at Drifters. The e...
DRG Media Group News Jan 19, 2022

Rick WoolRidge wins January Boys and Girls Club of the Capital Area Mega Raffle drawing
The three finalists for this month's Boys and Girls Club of the Capital Area Mega Raffle were drawn this morning (Jan. 19, 2022) on the KGFX morning show. The finalists are Doug and Trudy Evenstad, Ri...
DRG Media Group News Jan 19, 2022

UPDATE: Drilling problems push back completion date for Waldron Memorial Bridge replacement project at Pierre-Fort Pierre
JANUARY 19, 2022: The completion date for the new bridge over the Missouri River connecting Pierre and Fort Pierre has been pushed back to December 2023. South Dakota Department of Transportation Pier...
DRG Media Group News Jan 19, 2022 360 drill rig on a barge.
Photo credit Fort Pierre-Pierre Bridge Construction website Nov. 15, 2021.

Authors to share story of growing up in Rural America in the 1950s tomorrow night at Cultural Heritage Center or virtually
Participants in the next book talk at the Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre will get a glimpse of what it was like to grow up in Rural America in the 1950s. The Pfeiffer Sisters, who grew up on a Nor...
DRG Media Group News Jan 19, 2022 Book cover image credit South Dakota Historical Society.

Former Gettysburg Air Force base on market for $4.5 million
GETTYSBURG, S.D. (AP) - A former Air Force base in north central South Dakota is on the market for $4.5 million. While the 42-acre base is no longer active, the Federal Aviation Administration continu...
DRG Media Group News Jan 18, 2022 Highway Patrol Images / CC

Missouri River Bridge construction update, mowing tractor rental and records destruction all on agenda for Fort Pierre City Council tonight
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 Missouri River Bridge...
DRG Media Group News Jan 18, 2022 Photo credit DRG Media Group.

Hughes County Commission to discuss transit MOU, jail employees and Register of Deeds report during meeting today
The Hughes County Commission meets this evening (Jan. 18, 2022) at 5:30pm in the Hughes County Courthouse in Pierre. Among the items on their agenda are: River Cities Public Transit and Veteran Servic...
DRG Media Group News Jan 18, 2022 Photo credit DRG Media Group.

Short agenda for Pierre City Commission meeting tonight
It should be a short meeting for the Pierre City Commission today (Jan. 18, 2022) when they meet at City Hall at 5:30pm. The only area with business to take care of is the Consent Calendar. Among the ...
DRG Media Group News Jan 18, 2022





