Category Archives: News Pierre

Hughes County Treasurer's office printers break down; Can't process vehicle transactions until Monday
The Hughes County Treasurer's office in Pierre is unable to process motor vehicle transactions today (Feb. 19) because of a printer problem. New printers are expected to arrive Monday (Feb. 22).
DRG Media Group News Feb 19, 2021 Photo credit DRG Media Group.

Gregory County Courthouse listed on National Register of Historic Places
The Gregory County Courthouse in Burke was added to the National Register of Historic Places this month (Feb. 2021). The National Register is the official federal list of properties identified as impo...
DRG Media Group News Feb 19, 2021 Gregory County Courthouse in Burke.
Photo courtesy of South Dakota State Historical Society.

Fort Pierre electricity Generation Station turned off; Town back to normal operations
Snow and extreme cold across the central US this week sent power companies scrambling to generate enough electricity to meet the huge demand from people trying to stay warm. One way companies tried to...
DRG Media Group News Feb 18, 2021 Photo credit Dakota Radio Group

Deputy Hyde County State’s Attorney to give update on Ravnsborg-Boever case this afternoon
Five months after the incident, the prosecutor tasked with determining what, if any, charges will be brought against South Dakota's Attorney General in relation to a September vehicle-pedestrian accid...
DRG Media Group News Feb 18, 2021 Photo credit Hyde County, Highmore SD Facebook page.

State still looking into why COVID-19 vaccine hasn't arrived at all SD pharmacies participating in federal program
The Federal Retail Pharmacy Program for COVID-19 vaccination was activated last week (Feb. 11, 2021) in South Dakota, but a Pierre pharmacy on the list still hasn't received it's allotment of vaccine....
DRG Media Group News Feb 18, 2021

Oahe Dam releases raised to help meet increased power demand in the region
The Oahe Dam power plant north of Pierre and Fort Pierre is doing its part to supply electricity to the region during the current cold snap. US Army Corps of Engineers Chief of the Missouri River Basi...
DRG Media Group News Feb 17, 2021

Power conservation request continues today due to continued, widespread cold
People in South Dakota and about a dozen other states in the central part of the US are being asked to continue conserving energy this morning (Feb. 17) to help reduce the huge demand on the electrica...
DRG Media Group News Feb 17, 2021

Ron Winterberg wins Touching Hearts Raffle weekly drawing
Ron Winterberg won the weekly prize for The Right Turn's Touching Hearts 50/50 fundraising raffle yesterday (Feb. 16). He drew the jack of diamonds and received $50. There were 41 cards remaining in t...
DRG Media Group News Feb 17, 2021 Photo credit The Right Turn.

Pierre put on standby for possible blackout tomorrow morning (Feb. 17, 2021)
The City of Pierre is preparing for a POTENTIAL electrical blackout early tomorrow morning (Feb. 17, 2021), at the request of the Southwest Power Pool. SPP manages the electrical grid for 14 states, i...
DRG Media Group News Feb 16, 2021

Fort Pierre running power generation station to help add supply to the regional electrical grid
The rolling blackouts have stopped in South Dakota-- for now-- but electric companies are asking customers to continue conserving power for another day or so. Missouri River Energy Services vice presi...
DRG Media Group News Feb 16, 2021





