Category Archives: News Pierre

UPDATE: More details known about how to donate money or items for displaced Edgewater Apartment Building residents
UPDATE JANUARY 15, 2021, 3:20PM CST: Pierre Area Referral Service is working along with several other agencies and organizations to assist with needs for those affected by the Edgewater Apartment Buil...
DRG Media Group News Jan 15, 2021 Photo credit DRG Media Group.

Postal Service in Pierre temporarily removing outside collection boxes as a precautionary security measure
The US Post Office in Pierre (225 S. Pierre St. Ste. 101) will close the retail and PO Box sections at noon (half an hour early) tomorrow (Jan. 16, 2021). PO Box access will reopen sometime Sunday. Re...
DRG Media Group News Jan 15, 2021 Photo credit United States Postal Service.

Wind still causing flare ups in the area of yesterday's fire near the Oahe Dam north of Pierre; Chicken coop fire in Grey Goose area quickly extinguished
At midday today (Jan. 15, 2021), firefighters remained on the scene of a grass fire that started yesterday (Jan. 14, 2021) north of Pierre near the Oahe Dam. Pierre Rural Volunteer Fire Department chi...
DRG Media Group News Jan 15, 2021

Firefighters continue monitoring area of yesterday's grass fire north of Pierre near the Oahe Dam
Firefighters are still on the scene of a grass fire that started late yesterday morning (Jan. 14, 2021) north of Pierre near the Oahe Dam. Pierre Rural Volunteer Fire Department chief Doug Hinkle says...
DRG Media Group News Jan 15, 2021 Photo credit DRG Media Group.

Edgewater apartment building a total loss; Firefighters still on scene watching for flare ups
UPDATE January 15, 2021, 9:15am: If you are wanting to help financially, OAHE Federal Credit Union has established a fund. Financial donations can also be taken to Pierre Area Referral Service with a ...
DRG Media Group News Jan 15, 2021 Photo credit DRG Media Group.
Pierre Volunteer Fire Department on scene of fire at one of the Edgewater apartment buildings
JANUARY 15, 2021, UPDATE: Find updated information and photos at https://drgnews.com/2021/01/15/44619/. JANUARY 14, 2021, 7:30PM UPDATE: If you or someone you know has been displaced bec...
DRG Media Group News Jan 14, 2021
Fire north of Pierre burns 400+ acres
The Hughes County emergency manager says a grass fire north of Pierre near the Oahe Dam is contained. Rob Fines says the fire in the Peoria Flats area burned an estimated 400-450 acres. Northwest wind...
DRG Media Group News Jan 14, 2021

Educators from Pierre, Mobridge, Timber Lake, Wolsey-Wessington to participate in Family Engagement Champions cohort
Teachers from Pierre, Mobridge, Timber Lake and Wolsey-Wessington are among those selected for the South Dakota Statewide Family Engagement Center's second cohort of Family Engagement Champions. Infor...
DRG Media Group News Jan 14, 2021

Department of Transportation & Hughes County seek public input on Hughes County Master Transportation Plan
The South Dakota Department of Transportation and Hughes County will hold an online public open house to present information on the Hughes County Master Transportation Plan. The Plan study will addres...
DRG Media Group News Jan 14, 2021 Map image credit geology.com.
Pierre Man Sentenced for Failure to Register as Sex Offender
A 34 year old man from Pierre convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender has been sentenced in federal court. Sandy Mangelson was sentenced to time served through April 12, 2021, equal to appr...
DRG Media Group News Jan 13, 2021





