Category Archives: News Pierre
Pierre Area Chamber hosting online May Day Extravaganza this week (May 1-8)
Celebrate May with the Pierre Area Chamber of Commerce by shopping the May Day Extravaganza promotion and support local businesses on the Pierre Area Shop Where I Live website. For every $50 spent May...
May 03, 2021 Image credit Pierre Area Chamber of Commerce
Pierre Arbor Board busy caring for trees, preparing for emerald ash borer to arrive
Today (April 30) is Arbor Day and when it comes to tree care and maintenance in Pierre, the town's Arbor Board has a lot going on. Chairman Art Smith, with East Pierre Landscape and Garden Center, say...
Apr 30, 2021 Pierre city Arbor Board chair Art Smith speaks to the Pierre City Commission at the April 27, 2021, meeting.
Yankton 5th grader wins, students from Philip and McIntosh take 2nd and 3rd in SD Arbor Day Poster Contest
Abby Johanneson, a fifth-grade student at Sacred Heart Elementary School in Yankton, is the winner of the 2021 South Dakota Arbor Day Poster Contest. Abby's poster was chosen out of 626 entries from f...
Apr 30, 2021 Image credit South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
Several projects scheduled for Pierre and Fort Pierre area this construction season
This is National Work Zone Awareness Week (April 26-30, 2021) and if you live in the Pierre and Fort Pierre area, there's plenty of construction projects to be aware of. South Dakota Department of Tra...
Apr 30, 2021
Arch Allies and Parmalee to headline Friday night and Saturday night entertainment at Oahe Days
Country music act Parmalee will headline the Saturday night entertainment at the 2021 Oahe Days Arts and Music Festival June 18-19 in Pierre. Shawn Hess and the Country Skillet and The Foxgloves are t...
Apr 30, 2021
Controlled burns to occur on US Army Corps land near Oahe Dam
The US Army Corps of Engineers, in conjunction with the US Forest Service, South Dakota Game Fish and Parks and local volunteer fire departments, plan to conduct prescribed burns on Corps property aro...
Apr 30, 2021
Ricketts proud of helping Fort Pierre grow during his 40+ years on city council
Fort Pierre resident Bob Ricketts has retired from the city council after over 40 years and people gathered to thank him at a reception yesterday (Wed.). Ricketts' family roots run deep in Fort Pierre...
Apr 29, 2021 A retirement celebration was held April 28, 2021, to recognize Fort Pierre resident Bob Ricketts' for his 41 years serving on the city council.
Photo credit DRG Media Group.
Pierre receives national recognition for providing reliable electricity to its customers
Pierre's Electric Department has caught the eye of the American Public Power Association (APPA) for the exceptional electric reliability Pierre provided its customers in 2020. According to data...
Apr 29, 2021
Avera still working on "service disruption" from last week; One of 40 companies affected nationwide
Avera Cancer Institute sites are among 40 health systems nationwide impacted by software issues the company that provides services for the healthcare system's linear accelerators. Avera confirmed the ...
Apr 28, 2021 Photo credit DRG Media Group.
Pierre city officials encouraged after meeting with Denver Air representatives last week
Earlier this month, the US Department of Transportation announced it had chosen Denver Air Connection and its subsidiary, Key Lime Airlines, to take over the Essential Air Service contracts for the ai...
Apr 28, 2021
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