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Special meeting agenda for Hughes County Commission today includes personnel, the jail and health insurance
The Hughes County Commission is holding a special meeting today (Nov. 29, 2021) at 4pm at the Hughes County Courthouse in Pierre. Among the items on their agenda are: personnel jail medical proposal e...
Nov 29, 2021 Image credit Hughes County South Dakota website screenshot.
Union, Sully counties lead South Dakota in per capita personal income increases from 2019 to 2020
Personal income was up across most all of South Dakota from 2019 to 2020, according to the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis. The state saw per capita personal income climb from $54,725 in 2019 to $...
Nov 26, 2021 Infographic credit US Bureau of Economic Analysis.
South Dakota Discovery Center among this round of recipients of CIG grants from SD Community Foundation
Round 2 of the South Dakota Community Foundation 2021 Community Innovation Grant program has resulted in $197,998 being distributed among the selected grantees. Eleven South Dakota nonprofits will rec...
Nov 25, 2021
Stanley County students and staff raise money for teacher's cancer fight through penny war
Stanley County School students and staff engaged in a friendly two-week penny war, raising $3,209. The contest ended proceeds raised, went to Mrs. Vicki Walters, a 3rd grade teacher who is fighting br...
Nov 24, 2021 Penny wars cancer fundraiser presentation. Pictured is Mrs. Terri Mehlhaff, elementary principal, Mrs. Walters and Mrs. Misty Biwer, staff member.
Photo credit Stanley County School District.
Community Thanksgiving meal being served today at Gator's
Gator's Pizza, Pasta, Subs, the Alley Exchange and River Cities Public Transit in Pierre are collaborating to host a Community Outreach Thanksgiving meal tomorrow (Nov. 25, 2021) from 11am-1pm CT at G...
Nov 24, 2021
Todd County man sentenced for Sexual Abuse of a Minor
A 20 year old man from Mission convicted of Sexual Abuse of a Minor has received his punishment from a federal U.S. District Court Judge in South Dakota. Julio Rodriguez, III, was sentenced to 18 mont...
Nov 23, 2021 Bill Oxford / Unsplash
Pierre water line flushing getting to areas that have more stuff to clean out, slowing the process
The City of Pierre continues the unidirectional water line flushing process in preparation for the new drinking water treatment plant coming online next year. City project manager Gidget Palmer says t...
Nov 23, 2021 Image credit City of Pierre, Nov. 23, 2021.
Christmas at the Capitol Display features over 80 trees
The featured tree, a 25-foot Colorado Blue Spruce, was decorated by the South Dakota Christmas at the Capitol Committee in honor of their 40th Anniversary. The tree was donated by Austyn and Jessica G...
Nov 23, 2021 Featured tree for the 2021 South Dakota Christmas at the Capitol Display.
Photo credit DRG Media Group.
Christmas at the Capitol Grand Lighting Ceremony is tonight
The 2021 Grand Lighting Ceremony for Christmas at the South Dakota Capitol will be held tonight (Nov. 23, 2021) at 7:30pm CST in the Capitol Rotunda. This year's theme is "Winter Wishes." The largest ...
Nov 23, 2021
SDDOT receives federal RAISE Grant to upgrade rail line from Fort Pierre to Rapid City
The South Dakota Department of Transportation has been awarded federal monies to fund the Freight Capacity Expansion Project with Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad through Stanley, Haakon and ...
Nov 22, 2021
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