Category Archives: News Pierre
Prairie Paradise Farms of Fort Pierre named conservation award winner; Promotes importance of soil health
Prairie Paradise Farms of Fort Pierre has been named as the winner of this year's South Dakota Leopold Conservation Award. The farm is operated by Levi and Crystal Neuharth. Levi says they incorporate...
Apr 28, 2021 Image is a screenshot of the Neuharth family in a South Dakota Soil Health Coalition "Profiles in Soil Health" video.
South Dakota Teen Court Association gets donation from state Elks organization
The South Dakota Elks organization has given a $12,000 donation to the South Dakota Teen Court Association. The donation will be used to support Teen Court programs operating in all seven judicial cir...
Apr 28, 2021
Work on US Highway 18 near Burke begins tomorrow (April 28)
The South Dakota Department of Transportation will begin construction work on US Highway 18 between Dallas and Burke tomorrow (April 28). Traffic will be reduced to one lane and guided through the pro...
Apr 27, 2021
Man faces DUI, drug and false impersonation charges after Saturday traffic stop in Pierre
A 37 year old man faces multiple charges after a traffic stop early Saturday morning (12:42am CT April 24) in Pierre. Information from the Pierre Police Department says Aadam Tiger was stopped for spe...
Apr 27, 2021 Courtesy image.
Most Pierre School District employees to get 4% pay increase next year; Classified employees get 5%
Pierre School District employees will get pay raises for the 2021-22 school year. Teachers, administrators and the superintendent will all get a 4% boost and classified employees will see a 5% pay bum...
Apr 26, 2021 Photo credit: Dakota Radio Group
COVID-19 vaccine clinics to be held Thursdays at Avera's primary care clinic building in Pierre
Starting this week, there will be weekly COVID-19 vaccination clinics at the Avera Medical Group clinic building in Pierre. The walk-in clinics will be held Thursdays (April 29) from 5-6:30pm. Appoint...
Apr 26, 2021
National Work Zone Awareness Week 2021 promotes removing distractions; Public encouraged to take part in Go Orange Day
This is National Work Zone Awareness Week (April 26-30, 2021). South Dakota Department of Transportation Pierre area engineer Dean VanDeWiele says the designation highlights the deadly dangers of spee...
Apr 26, 2021 Image credit US Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration.
Prescribed burns to occur on the Fort Pierre National Grassland
The USDA Forest Service anticipates conducting prescribed burns (1, 2 or 3) on the Fort Pierre National Grassland sometime in the next several weeks. Ignition will only occur if suitable weather and f...
Apr 26, 2021 Photo credit USDA Forest Service Fort Pierre Ranger District National Grasslands
Two retired State Historical Society staffers receive Robinson Award
Two longtime South Dakota State Historical Society staffers who retired in 2020 will be announced as winners of the prestigious Robinson Memorial Award during the society's annual history conference t...
Apr 23, 2021 Nancy Tystad Koupal and Jay D. Vogt receive their Robinson Memorial Awards from Ben Jones, State Historian and Director of the South Dakota State Historical Society. Photo courtesy SD State Historical Society.
Pierre: No Parking on Governors Drive today (April 23, 2021)
Beginning at 7am today (April 23), no parking will be permitted on a large section of Governors Drive in Pierre. The city will be crack sealing Governors Drive between Church and Fourth Streets. To ac...
Apr 23, 2021 Image credit City of Pierre.
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