Category Archives: News Pierre

SkyWest sends US DOT letter appealing decision to give Denver Air Connection the EAS contracts for Pierre and Watertown
SkyWest Airlines is appealing the US Department of Transportation's decision to award Denver Air Connection (and its subsidiary Key Lime Airlines) a federal contract to provide commercial air service ...
DRG Media Group News May 03, 2021

Smoke, but no fire early this morning at Dakota Mill and Grain in Fort Pierre
An alert employee at Dakota Mill and Grain in Fort Pierre saw smoke and called for the fire department around 6:30 this morning (Mon.). Fort Pierre Volunteer Fire Department assistant chief Tye Odden ...
DRG Media Group News May 03, 2021 Photo credit Dakota Radio Group.

Oath of Office, reorganization of Fort Pierre City Council on the agenda for tonight's meeting
The Fort Pierre City Council meets this evening at 6:30pm in the South Dakota Municipal League building (208 Island Drive). Items on their agenda include: the oath of office for those beginning a new ...
DRG Media Group News May 03, 2021

Hughes County Commission to discuss Olson Road, Planning and Zoning requests and Windsor Place mailboxes this evening
The Hughes County Commission meeting begins at 5:30pm at the Hughes County Courthouse in Pierre. Among the items on their agenda are: Olson Road Maintenance Request first readings of three requests to...
DRG Media Group News May 03, 2021 Photo credit DRG Media Group.

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...
DRG Media Group News 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...
DRG Media Group News 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...
DRG Media Group News 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...
DRG Media Group News 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...
DRG Media Group News 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...
DRG Media Group News Apr 30, 2021





