Category Archives: News Pierre

Traffic changes on Highway 14 north of Pierre
The South Dakota Department of Transportation will be permanently changing the traffic pattern on Highway 14 at the intersections of the truck bypass (Garfield Ave.) and north 1804 this week (Oct. 19-...
DRG Media Group News Oct 19, 2020 Dru Bloomfield / CC

Rawlins Library Curbside Service: Back by Popular Demand
Beginning, Nov. 2, Rawlins Municipal Library will again offer contact-free service. "During the early stages of the pandemic, we offered curbside service because we weren't allowing walk-in traffic," ...
DRG Media Group News Oct 19, 2020

South Dakota Board on Geographic Names Recommends a Name for Unnamed Creek in Hughes County
It was announced in a press release that the South Dakota Board on Geographic Names (SDBGN) voted to recommend the name of Arikara Creek for the unnamed creek in Hughes County. This unnamed creek is l...
Oct 16, 2020 Map image credit geology.com.

Hunting and non-hunting activities planned in Pierre for this weeke's pheasant hunting opener
They will be different than in past years, but there are still events happening in Pierre and Fort Pierre for this weekend's regular pheasant hunting season opener in South Dakota. Pierre Area Chamber...
DRG Media Group News Oct 16, 2020

Display recognizing four WWII veterans from South Dakota to be unveiled this afternoon at the Pierre Regional Airport
A tribute to four highly decorated South Dakota WWII veterans will be unveiled this afternoon (Oct. 16) at the Pierre Regional Airport. Artist John Mollison says "The Eagles Gallery" features drawings...
DRG Media Group News Oct 16, 2020

District 24 House of Representatives and Hughes County Commission candidate forums
September 30, 2020, the Dakota Radio Group and the League of Women Voters Pierre held forums with the candidates for the District 24 House of Representatives and the Hughes County Commission. Thank yo...
DRG Media Group News Oct 15, 2020

Water restriction no longer in effect in Fort Pierre
The water restriction in Fort Pierre has been lifted. Mni Wiconi and the Bureau of Reclamation have finished repairs on the leak in the main trunk line serving Fort Pierre and other communities. Town ...
DRG Media Group News Oct 15, 2020

UPDATE: 3rd inmate in the Hughes County Jail showing mild symptoms of COVID-19, waiting for test results
UPDATE: Two inmates at the Hughes County Jail in Pierre have tested positive for COVID-19 and a third is showing mild symptoms, but hasn't yet received official test results. Hughes County sheriff Dar...
DRG Media Group News Oct 14, 2020 Hughes County Jail.
Photo credit Hughes County website.

Highmore native Sgt. Daniel Busse remembered at bridge naming ceremony
A bridge on Highway 14 between Harrold and Blunt now bears the name of a South Dakota soldier killed while serving in South Vietnam (Quang Ngai province). At Wednesday's (Oct. 14) bridge naming ceremo...
DRG Media Group News Oct 14, 2020

Mni Wiconi working to repair leak in main line serving Fort Pierre, other communities
A water restriction is in effect in Fort Pierre until further notice while another leak is being fixed on the Mni Wiconi trunk line serving town. Mayor Gloria Hanson says this leak happened on Cedar A...
DRG Media Group News Oct 14, 2020 Photo credit DRG Media Group.





