Category Archives: News Pierre

Initial investigation of Edgewater Apartment Building fire indicates cause "was not criminal"
The initial investigation into last Thursday's (Jan. 14, 2021) fire at the Edgewater Apartments complex in Pierre is complete. Information from the Pierre Police Department says "preliminary findings ...
DRG Media Group News Jan 19, 2021 Photo credit DRG Media Group.

Fort Pierre City Commission hearing from department heads, discussing Teton Island lots at meeting tonight
The Fort Pierre City Council meets this evening (Jan. 19) at 6:30pm in the South Dakota Municipal League building (208 Island Drive). Items on their agenda include: mayor, finance officer and departme...
DRG Media Group News Jan 19, 2021

Pierre City Commission to discuss equipment proposals, recycled materials tonight
The Pierre City Commission meets this evening (Tues.) at 5:30 at City Hall. Among the items on the agenda are: Request to Accept Equipment Proposals - Wastewater Plan Redesign Project Water Treatment ...
DRG Media Group News Jan 19, 2021

Hughes County Commission to hear from Register of Deeds, discuss weight limit enforcement
The Hughes County Commission meets this (Jan. 19.) evening at 5:30pm at the Hughes County Courthouse in Pierre. Among the items on their agenda are: Register of Deeds Annual Report Amend Transportatio...
DRG Media Group News Jan 19, 2021 Image credit Hughes County South Dakota website screenshot.

Pierre Volunteer Fire Department chief urges caution extreme caution due to dry conditions in town and in the country
Firefighters put out a flare up this afternoon, but Pierre Volunteer Fire Department chief Ian Paul says they have since left the scene of the Edgewater Apartment Building fire in the northwest part o...
DRG Media Group News Jan 15, 2021 Photo credit DRG Media Group.

Couple grabs daughters, evacuates Edgewater Apartment Building with only the clothes on their backs
The residents of one apartment in the Edgewater Apartment Building that burned down in Pierre yesterday (Jan. 14, 2021) say they didn't hear any smoke alarms going off before they evacuated. Bryanne L...
DRG Media Group News Jan 15, 2021 Photo credit DRG Media Group.

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.





