Category Archives: News Pierre

Special Olympics athletes have drive-through holiday party
Special Olympics athletes in the Pierre and Fort Pierre area were treated to a drive-through Holiday Caravan yesterday (Dec. 14) in the TF Riggs High School Parking lot. Polly the Polar Bear and Archi...
DRG Media Group News Dec 15, 2020 Photo credit Jody Clarambeau
Frazier sentenced for meth trafficking around Pierre, Fort Pierre and Gettysburg
A 27 year old woman from Pierre convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine has been sentenced by a federal judge. Tiffany Kay Frazier, n/k/a Tiffany Kay Castiglione must serve 60 months in ...
DRG Media Group News Dec 14, 2020

Walmart in Pierre evacuated Monday afternoon because of gas leak
The Walmart store in Pierre (1730 North Garfield) was evacuated for a short time this afternoon (Dec. 14) because of a reported gas leak. Fire chief Ian Paul says they were called to the store about 1...
DRG Media Group News Dec 14, 2020

19-year-old male in custody with charges pending after early morning shooting in rural Hughes County
A 21 year old man was flown to a Sioux Falls Hospital and a 19 year old male is in custody after a shooting about 5:45am today (Dec. 14, 2020) in rural Hughes County. Sheriff Darin Johnson says the su...
DRG Media Group News Dec 14, 2020 Hughes County Jail.
Photo credit Hughes County website.

Boys and Girls Club of the Capital Area accepts 3:1 endowment matching challenge
Scott and Julia Jones of Pierre and Dale Larson of Brookings have challenged the Boys and Girls Club of the Capital Area in Pierre to raise $500,000 for a $1.5 million match to the Club's fund held wi...
DRG Media Group News Dec 14, 2020
Railroad repairs to disrupt traffic on US Hwy. 14 in Fort Pierre this week
RCP&E railroad will be making repairs to the railroad tracks on US Highway 14 approximately 800 feet west of the junction of US Highway 14 and US Highway 83 in Fort Pierre this week. Work will beg...
DRG Media Group News Dec 14, 2020
Traffic on S. Pierre Street and Euclid Avenue to be disrupted for sewer repairs
Monday (Dec. 14), West Pleasant Drive in Pierre between S. Huron Avenue and S. Pierre Street will be closed to through traffic because of sanitary sewer repairs. The block is expected to remain closed...
DRG Media Group News Dec 13, 2020

1st cases of CWD found in Mellette County
Chronic wasting disease has now been confirmed in deer in Mellette County. Chronic wasting disease is a fatal brain disease of deer, elk, and moose caused by an abnormal protein called a prion. Accord...
DRG Media Group News Dec 12, 2020

Parties at the Pierre City Recreation Facility may now include inflatable game
Add human foosball and giant soccer darts to the party options at the Pierre City Recreation Facility. Recreation Superintendent Mindy Cheap says the gym attached to Boys and Girls Club is available f...
DRG Media Group News Dec 11, 2020

North Dakota trucker joins the list of drivers who have lost to the infamous Pierre train bridge
A charge is pending against a 34-year-old man from Bismarck, ND, after the semi he was driving became the latest vehicle to hit the train bridge along a main route of travel in Pierre. A spokesman for...
DRG Media Group News Dec 10, 2020 Photo credit DRG Media Group





