Category Archives: News Pierre

Pierre, Oahe Family YMCA extend contract for 30 more years
The City of Pierre is modifying its 1996 lease agreement with the Oahe Family YMCA. The YMCA sits on city-owned land and its planned expansion will also be on city-owned land. The lease modification i...
DRG Media Group News Oct 29, 2021 Image credit Oahe Family YMCA.

Capital Area Pickleball Association signs agreement with city
The Capital Area Pickleball Association now has a Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Pierre. The commission approved the agreement at last night's meeting. The MOU formalizes the relationshi...
DRG Media Group News Oct 29, 2021 Stephen Rahn
Pierre's Airport Road partially back open, as of today
As of noon today (Oct. 28, 2021) Airport Road in Pierre is open to the airport terminal. Traffic will be controlled using a temporary stoplight system until the remaining portion of Airport Road is pa...
DRG Media Group News Oct 28, 2021

Grey Goose Road Halloween display opens tonight, runs through Sunday night
The Grey Goose Road Halloween display (19988 Grey Goose Road) north of Pierre opens tonight (Oct. 28, 2021) and runs through Sunday night. Weather permitting; the evening display times will be from 6-...
DRG Media Group News Oct 28, 2021 Courtesy photo.

Miracle Treat Day' moves to fall, but mission stays the same; Pierre store goal is 5700
Dairy Queen and DQ Grill & Chill locations across South Dakota are participating in the annual Miracle Treat Day today (Oct. 28, 2021). Pierre store general manager Jennifer Uecker says participat...
DRG Media Group News Oct 28, 2021

Stanley County GOLD hosting art show today as part of Lights On Afterschool Events
The Stanley County GOLD (Greater Opportunities for Learning & Development) afterschool program is hosting an art show as part of nationwide Lights On Afterschool events today (Oct. 28, 2021). From...
DRG Media Group News Oct 28, 2021 Students playing office.
Photo credit Stanley County GOLD program.

Denver Air Connection ready to handle the friendly skies solo when SkyWest ends service to Pierre and Watertown in January
SkyWest, flying as United Express, will stop providing commercial air service to the Pierre and Watertown regional airports early next year, leaving Denver Air Connection as the sole commercial air se...
DRG Media Group News Oct 27, 2021 Denver Air Connection seat.
Photo credit DRG Media Group.

Halverson legacy to education celebrated during Capital City Campus building rededication yesterday
Yesterday (Oct. 26, 2021) was Wallace R. Halverson Day in South Dakota and Capital City Campus in Pierre celebrated the occasion with an open house and building re-dedication. Ron Woodburn was directo...
DRG Media Group News Oct 27, 2021 Photo credit DRG Media Group.

Dry conditions expected to persist through winter in upper Missouri River Basin
September 2021 precipitation was below average in the Missouri River Basin. John Remus is the chief of the US Army Corps of Engineers' Missouri River Basin Water Management Division. He sums the year ...
DRG Media Group News Oct 27, 2021 Photo credit Jody Heemstra, DRG Media Group.

With numbers about half what they were two years ago, task force determines no need for deer season to be held within Pierre city limits this year
Pierre's Deer Management Task Force has determined there's no need for a deer harvest in city limits this year. The decision was made following a deer count completed earlier this month (Oct. 2021). D...
DRG Media Group News Oct 27, 2021





