Category Archives: News Pierre

Missouri River Bridge and Drinking Water Treatment Facility updates on agenda for Pierre City Commission tonight
The Pierre City Commission meets at 5:30pm today (Oct. 19, 2021) at City Hall. Among the items on the agenda are: Missouri River Bridge Project update Community Development Block Grant Project Overvie...
DRG Media Group News Oct 19, 2021 Photo credit: Dakota Radio Group

Pierre Seasoned Citizen Programming starts today
Pierre's senior citizens have a menu of opportunities to stay physically active this fall with the Pierre Recreation Department's Seasoned Citizens Program. The physical wellness classes, designed spe...
DRG Media Group News Oct 18, 2021 Photo credit City of Pierre.

DWU hosting come-and-go open house today for Pierre-based Learn & Earn program
Dakota Wesleyan University is hosting an open house today (Oct. 18, 2021) from 5-6:30pm CT for its Learn & Earn program available through the Capital City Campus in Pierre. Program coordinator Jes...
DRG Media Group News Oct 18, 2021

Fresh off statewide listening session tour, legislative redistricting committees meeting today in Pierre
The South Dakota Legislature's House and Senate Legislative Redistricting Committees spent three days on the road last week (Oct. 11-13, 2021) taking public input on what the state's new legislative d...
DRG Media Group News Oct 18, 2021
Pierre's Highland Avenue construction project will pause through winter, resume in the spring
Due to a variety of delays, the Highland Avenue construction project in Pierre will extend into next year. Contractor Morris Inc. says all five blocks currently under construction will be opened this ...
DRG Media Group News Oct 18, 2021
Hughes County Commission, Fort Pierre City Council both meet tonight
The Hughes County Commission and the Fort Pierre City Council each meet this (Mon.) evening. The Hughes County Commission meeting begins at 5:30pm at the Hughes County Courthouse in Pierre. Among the ...
DRG Media Group News Oct 18, 2021

Belle Fourche man identified as person who died in Oct. 10, 2021, accident near Philip
A Belle Fourche man has been identified as the person who died last Sunday morning (Oct. 10, 2021) in a two-vehicle crash about 20 miles northeast of Philip. Preliminary crash information indicates th...
DRG Media Group News Oct 18, 2021 Photo credit DRG Media Group.

Pierre and Fort Pierre ready for pheasant hunters to arrive for regular season opener
South Dakota towns are "rolling out the orange carpet" in preparation for tomorrow's (Oct. 15, 2021) pheasant hunting season opener. Pierre Area Chamber Convention and Visitors Bureau director Tia Kaf...
DRG Media Group News Oct 15, 2021

Pierre youth hopes online petition raises awareness; "I don't want people to just tolerate us. I want them to understand what it's like being trans and how it feels when these things happen."
An online petition titled "Help Protect Pierre Trans Youth" is now at 1800 signatures and counting. The petition on the change.org website was started earlier this week (Oct. 12, 2021) by T.F. Riggs H...
DRG Media Group News Oct 15, 2021 Photo credit DRG Media Group.
Natural gas price spikes won't directly impact Pierre or Fort Pierre city utility prices
The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission warns natural gas customers to expect higher prices this heating season, with industry analysts saying gas prices could rise 40-90% over last year. But, Pi...
DRG Media Group News Oct 15, 2021





