Category Archives: News Pierre

Oahe Downstream Rec Area closed this weekend for annual Oahe Hunt
The Oahe Downstream Recreation Area at Pierre/Fort Pierre will be closed tomorrow (Nov. 21) and Sunday from 6am-6pm for the 28th annual Oahe Hunt. The Oahe Hunt takes place one weekend each year and i...
DRG Media Group News Nov 20, 2020 Photo credit South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks.

Under water work has begun on the new Lt. Cmdr. John C. Waldron Bridge over the Missouri River at Pierre/Fort Pierre
What is going to be 77 feet, 11 inches wide, 1686 feet, 2 inches long, have as much steel as is found in 845 average size cars, hold four lanes of traffic and cost $49.99 million? Project coordinator ...
DRG Media Group News Nov 19, 2020 Proposed design.
Image credit to South Dakota Department of Transportation
Warnke, from Pierre, sentenced for meth trafficking
A 35 year old man from Pierre convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine has been sentenced in federal court. Dustin Warnke must spend 174 months in federal prison, followed by five years o...
DRG Media Group News Nov 19, 2020

Avera St. Mary's Hospital doubling up on rooms, reopening an area that's been idle for years to make room for increase in patients
Today's (Nov. 19) update from the South Dakota Department of Health shows there are 578 people in the state currently hospitalized because of COVID-19. At Avera St. Mary's Hospital in Pierre, Presiden...
DRG Media Group News Nov 19, 2020

Student art decorates new River Cities Public Transit bus
One of the newest buses in River Cities Public Transit's fleet does not look like the other ones-- it has safety messages on the sides and back. Jess Marlow with River Cities Public Transit says the d...
DRG Media Group News Nov 19, 2020

3% average increase in insurance rates for Pierre city employees
Premiums will increase slightly next year for those covered by City of Pierre health insurance plans. Human Resources director Laurie Gronlund says the average increase for health insurance is 3%. The...
DRG Media Group News Nov 18, 2020

Wren Hollingsworth wins this month's Boys and Girls Club of the Capital Area Mega Raffle prize
The three finalists for this month's Boys and Girls Club of the Capital Area Mega Raffle were drawn this (Wed.) morning during the KGFX morning show. The finalists are Bill Van Camp, Wren Hollingswort...
DRG Media Group News Nov 18, 2020

Pierre outdoor pool near final design; $2.1M in the bank, $844K yet to be raised
Pierre's new outdoor public pool design is nearly complete and getting closer to being fully funded. Outdoor Pool Capital Campaign Chair Ron Woodburn says the campaign committee will be working to sho...
DRG Media Group News Nov 18, 2020

Airport parking lot expansion, health insurance among topics before Pierre City Commission tonight
The Pierre City Commission meets this evening (Tues.) at 5:30 at City Hall. Among the items on the agenda are: Request to Bid - Airport Parking Lot Addition 2021 Employee/Retiree Health Insurance Outd...
DRG Media Group News Nov 17, 2020 Photo credit: Dakota Radio Group
Fort Pierre waiting for state guidance on marijuana legalization
While possession and ingestion of marijuana become legal in the state starting July 1, 2021, the state Department of Revenue and legislators have until April 2022 to work out the details for the legal...
DRG Media Group News Nov 17, 2020





