Category Archives: News Pierre
UPDATE: Mni Wiconi lifts water restrictions; Will repair water line break in Fort Pierre area at a later date
UPDATE OCTOBER 22, 2021 AT 7AM: Although excavation crews weren't able to find the leak on a Mni Wiconi core water pipeline yesterday (Oct. 21, 2021), water restrictions have been lifted. Customers of...
DRG Media Group News Oct 22, 2021
Eagle Butte woman indicted for Assaulting Federal Officers
A 26 year old woman from Eagle Butte has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer. Toni Carole Cochran pled not guilty. The indictment alleges th...
DRG Media Group News Oct 22, 2021

Todd County man sentenced for Involuntary Manslaughter and Failure to Appear
A Mission man convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter and Failure to Appear has received his punishment from a federal U.S. District Court judge. 23 year old Emanuel Marcus Crow Dog-Luxon was sentenced ...
DRG Media Group News Oct 22, 2021 Rumble Press / CC

Stanley County 1st graders participate in "Porter the Hoarder and the Ransacked Room" live event
Stanley County School District 1st graders joined other 1st grade students across South Dakota in the "Porter the Hoarder and the Ransacked Room" live event earlier this week (Oct. 19, 2021). Students...
DRG Media Group News Oct 21, 2021 Stanley County School District 1st graders and teachers received copies of “Porter the Hoarder and the Ransacked Room.”
Photo credit Stanley County School District.

Pierre considers removing some municipal licensing requirements
Auctioneers, movie theaters and bowling alleys might not require a license from the City of Pierre next year. At this week's meeting (Oct. 19, 2021), the City Commission took the first step to repeal ...
DRG Media Group News Oct 21, 2021

Lake Oahe boat ramps near Gettysburg, Mobridge temporarily closed for maintenance
Two boat ramps along Lake Oahe near Gettysburg and Mobridge have been temporarily closed for maintenance. According to South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks, the West Whitlock Recreation Area's boat ramp ...
DRG Media Group News Oct 20, 2021 Image screenshot image of South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks website.

Dry conditions persist in upper Missouri River Basin; Annual fall public meeting set for Oct. 26, 2021, in Fort Pierre
September 2021 precipitation was below average in the Missouri River Basin. The US Army Corps of Engineers says September runoff above Sioux City, Iowa, was 67% of the long-term average (was 0.8 milli...
DRG Media Group News Oct 20, 2021

Game, Fish and Parks accepting proposals for Spring Creek restaurant concession operator
Entrepreneurs interested in operating a restaurant located within Spring Creek Recreation Area about 20 miles north of Pierre/Fort Pierre can now begin submitting their proposals. According to the Sou...
DRG Media Group News Oct 20, 2021 Map credit South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks.

Pierre prepping lines for treated water
Next week (Oct. 26, 2021), Pierre will start a process needed to clean out the city's water lines in preparation for the new water treatment plant coming online next year. Project manager Gidget Palme...
DRG Media Group News Oct 20, 2021 Image credit City of Pierre.

Pierre uses COVID money for major storm sewer infrastructure project
Work is starting this week (Oct. 21, 2021) to repair and preserve a major underground utility line in Pierre-- and the City is using nearly a half-million-dollars of its federal COVID stimulus funds t...
DRG Media Group News Oct 19, 2021 Image credit City of Pierre.





