Category Archives: News Pierre

Salute to Veterans being held today during T.F. Riggs final home volleyball match
A "Salute to Veterans" will be held today (Nov. 4, 2025) at 4:30pm during Pierre T.F. Riggs High School's final home volleyball match of the season. All veterans will be admitted free of charge. The c...
DRG Media Group News Nov 04, 2025

Hughes County Commission meets this afternoon
The Hughes County Commission meets at 3pm today (Nov. 4, 2025) at the Hughes County Courthouse in Pierre. Among the items on their agenda are: Brosz Bridge Inspections Jail Contracts Employee Health I...
DRG Media Group News Nov 04, 2025 Photo credit Jody Heemstra, DRG Media Group.

Section of Eastgate Court in Pierre closed for approximately two weeks
Beginning Monday (Nov. 3, 2025), Eastgate Court in Pierre from Brookstone Loop to Marquette Street is closed while a contractor removes a water service line. The project requires full pavement removal...
DRG Media Group News Nov 03, 2025

Fort Pierre City Council meets tonight
The Fort Pierre City Council meets this evening (Nov. 3, 2025) at 6pm CT in the South Dakota Municipal League building (208 Island Drive) in Fort Pierre. Items on their agenda include: Waldron Street ...
DRG Media Group News Nov 03, 2025

36th Annual Casey Tibbs Foundation Tribute Dinner to be held Saturday evening in Fort Pierre
Oct. 31, 2025: The 36th Annual Casey Tibbs Foundation Tribute Dinner will be held Saturday evening (Nov. 1, 2025) at the Casey Tibbs South Dakota Rodeo Center in Fort Pierre. Advance tickets are requi...
DRG Media Group News Nov 01, 2025 Photo credit DRG Media Group.

Highway Patrol announces November sobriety checkpoints
The South Dakota Highway Patrol has announced sobriety checkpoints will be conducted in 16 different counties during the month of November. These checkpoints will take place in Lyman, Stanley, Beadle,...
DRG Media Group News Oct 31, 2025

Farm Island Recreation Area at Pierre to be closed Monday
Farm Island Recreation Area at Pierre is going to be closed Monday (Nov. 3, 2025) while the Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad Company replaces railroad ties and asphalt at the Farm Island appr...
DRG Media Group News Oct 31, 2025 Photo credit DRG Media Group.

Pierre showing steady sales tax collections so far in 2025
Sales tax revenue in Pierre has been strong through September 2025. That's the word from City Finance Officer Lacey Walz during this week's city commission meeting (Oct. 28, 2025).
DRG Media Group News Oct 30, 2025

Avera Pierre Clinic opens Wellness Pantry to assist patients who are food insecure
Avera's medical clinic in Pierre has opened a food pantry to provide food to patients in need (Oct. 29, 2025). Avera Pierre Clinic patients will be screened for food insecurity during their appointmen...
DRG Media Group News Oct 29, 2025 Courtesy photo.

Federal government shutdown not disrupting flights at Pierre Regional Airport, so far
Air traffic controllers at large airports across the United States didn't get paid this week (Oct. 27, 2025) because of the ongoing federal government shutdown, raising concerns that frequency of flig...
DRG Media Group News Oct 29, 2025 Photo credit Jody Heemstra, DRG Media Group.





