Category Archives: News Pierre
Proposed Dwelling Rental Registration & Inspection Program Ordinance on tonight's agenda for Pierre City Commission
The proposed Dwelling Rental Registration & Inspection Program Ordinance is on tonight's (Sept. 28, 2021) agenda for the Pierre City Commission. The Sept. 14, 2021, public hearing drew a big crowd...
Sep 28, 2021
Stephan man sentenced for incident involving assault in Lower Brule
A 43 year old man from Stephan, South Dakota, convicted of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and Brandishing of a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence has been sentenced in U.S. Distric...
Sep 28, 2021 Rumble Press / CC
Section of Church Street in Pierre closing tomorrow, should reopen by Friday
Church Street in Pierre between Highland Avenue and South Dakota Boulevard will close to through traffic beginning at 7:30am tomorrow (Sept. 28, 2021). Local traffic access will be maintained. Weather...
Sep 27, 2021 Map image credit City of Pierre.
Vehicle access to causeway in Pierre closed for two weeks
Beginning today (Sept. 27, 2021) vehicle traffic isn't being allowed on the causeway that connects Pierre to LaFramboise Island. Pierre City project manager Gidget Palmer says the temporary closure wi...
Sep 27, 2021 Image credit City of Pierre.
Mollison retiring from Capital City Campus Board of Directors after nearly four decades of service
After nearly four decades of service on the Capital City Campus Board of Directors, Jim Mollison is retiring. Way back when CCC was just getting started, Ann Thompson reached out to ask Jim Mollison t...
Sep 27, 2021 L to R: Chris Maxwell Capital City Campus Executive Director, Jim Mollison retiring CCC Board Member, Robert Riter CCC Board Member.
Photo credit CCC.
"Soil Is Life" exhibit opening at South Dakota Discovery Center
The South Dakota Discovery Center in Pierre is opening a new exhibit today (Sept. 24, 2021) with a ribbon cutting at 5:30pm CT. "Soil Is Life" invites children to crawl through the soil tunnel underne...
Sep 24, 2021
Colome's Linkyn Petersek takes top prizes at SD Timed Event Championship
The 11th annual South Dakota Timed Event Championship was held September 4-5, 2021, in Huron during the South Dakota State Fair. The Timed Event Champion winner was Linkyn Petersek of Colome and Reser...
Sep 24, 2021 Photo credit South Dakota State Fair.
Gettysburg Middle School one of four SD schools named 2021 National Blue Ribbon Schools
The Gettysburg Middle School is one of 325 schools nationwide recognized by the US Department of Education this week (Sept. 23, 2021) as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2021. The recognition is based...
Sep 24, 2021 Screenshot image credit Gettysburg School District website.
Adult education and family literacy support higher wages, benefit the economy and help learners achieve stable employment
More than 43 million adults nationwide lack the literacy skills they need to get better jobs or participate fully in their communities. In South Dakota, more than 40,000 adults don't have a high schoo...
Sep 24, 2021
Court: Pierre not liable for injuries caused by fire trainee
ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) and DRG Media Group News- The South Dakota Supreme Court agrees with a lower court ruling that two people on a motorcycle who were severely injured in a crash with a volunteer fi...
Sep 24, 2021 Photo credit to DRG Media Group.
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