Category Archives: News Pierre

Fort Pierre Trader Days includes rooster roping, turkey races, a kazoo band parade, BBQ competition and more
The 4th Annual Trader Days kick off this evening (Aug.13) and goes through Sunday evening at Fischers Lilly Park and downtown Deadwood Street in Fort Pierre. Organizing committee member Callie Iverson...
DRG Media Group News Aug 13, 2021 Infographic credit Fort Pierre Tourism.

Closure of section of Central Avenue in Pierre extended through Monday; Portion of Church Street to be closed Saturday morning for Street Masters Gravity Drags
A portion of Central Avenue in Pierre will remain closed to through traffic this weekend through Monday (Aug. 16) for storm sewer work (weather permitting). The closed section of Central Avenue is fro...
DRG Media Group News Aug 13, 2021 Photo credit Jody Heemstra, DRG Media Group.

Fort Pierre firefighters return from Green Ridge Fire in Washington state; Everyone hearing about the devastation from Dixie Fire in California
Three members of the Fort Pierre Volunteer Fire Department are back home after spending two weeks helping fight wildfires in Washington state. Chief Justin Jones, assistant chief Tye Odden and firefig...
DRG Media Group News Aug 13, 2021 Green Ridge Fire in Washington State as of Aug. 12, 2021.
Map credit InciWeb Incident Information Website.

Capital City Campus-DWU Learn & Earn program gets a grant to cover cost of laptops for course enrollees
The Dakota Wesleyan University Learn & Earn program at Capital City Campus in Pierre has been awarded a $12,000 grant. The money will be used to provide students with a laptop to use while enrolle...
DRG Media Group News Aug 13, 2021 From left to right, DWU vice-president of admissions and marketing Fredel Thomas, SDCF senior program officer Ginger Niemann and Pierre Learn & Earn coordinator Jessica Carr gathered at the Capital City Campus recently for the Community Innovation Grant presentation.
Photo credit DWU.

Pierre School Board approves rate increase when substituting for certified staff
Substitutes for Pierre School District certified staff will get a little more money for their time this coming year. District business manager Darla Mayer outlined the recommended increases for certif...
DRG Media Group News Aug 12, 2021 Photo credit DRG Media Group.

Work begins tomorrow on Highway 14-83 from Pierre, east
Work will begin tomorrow (Aug. 13) on an asphalt resurfacing project on US Highway 14 east of Pierre. The South Dakota Department of Transportation says the affected stretch of highway is from approxi...
DRG Media Group News Aug 12, 2021

Pierre-Fort Pierre Historic Preservation Commission hosting free bus trip Saturday to see nearby Native American historical sites
The Pierre-Fort Pierre Historic Preservation Commission is hosting a free bus tour Saturday (Aug. 14) to two historically significant Native American sites near Pierre. A River Cities Transit bus will...
DRG Media Group News Aug 12, 2021

New Stanley County School superintendent ready to start his first year
The Stanley County School District is ready to welcome students back to class. Supt. Dan Baldwin says their first day is Aug. 23. Because of federal COVID funds, Stanley County students will once agai...
DRG Media Group News Aug 11, 2021 Photo credit DRG Media Group.

Pierre receives $50,000 for wastewater treatment
The Central Plains Water Development District is giving Pierre $50,000 to use toward engineering costs and inspection fees for the city's wastewater treatment plant project. Pierre is currently modern...
DRG Media Group News Aug 11, 2021 Lynnette Eckert, Central Plains Water Development District, presents Pierre Mayor Steve Harding with a $50,000 check to be used toward the city’s wastewater treatment plant project (Aug. 10, 2021).
Photo credit City of Pierre.

Portion of Pierre's Broadway Avenue closed through Friday
Broadway Avenue in Pierre between Highland and Nicollet avenuea closed at 7am today (Aug. 11, 2021) and remain closed until noon Friday. Northbound traffic on Nicollet will be able to make right-turns...
DRG Media Group News Aug 11, 2021 Map credit City of Pierre.





