Category Archives: News Pierre

Oahe Dam maintenance being done today; Zero releases while work is being done
The Oahe Dam will undergo a full powerplant outage during the day today (Oct. 13) for scheduled maintenance. The US Army Corps of Engineers says zero releases will be scheduled during the daylight hou...
DRG Media Group News Oct 13, 2020 Photo credit DRG Media Group.
Fort Thompson Man Charged with Sexual Abuse of a Minor
A man from Fort Thompson has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Sexual Abuse of a Minor. 22 year old Dawson Donner pled not guilty. The Indictment alleges in February 2020, in Buffalo County on...
DRG Media Group News Oct 12, 2020
Murdo Woman Sentenced on Meth Charge
A 33 year old woman from Murdo convicted of Possession of Methamphetamine has been sentenced in federal court. Moriah Moran must spend 2 years on probation. The conviction stemmed from a traffic stop ...
DRG Media Group News Oct 12, 2020

SD Intrastate Pipeline Company Sponsors the Flags Across the Bridge for Native Americans’ Day
The Pierre-Fort Pierre Exchange Club is displaying the US and South Dakota flags across the Missouri River Bridge between Fort Pierre and Pierre in observance of Native Americans' Day today (Oct. 12)....
DRG Media Group News Oct 12, 2020

772 new positive cases of COVID-19 reported today in South Dakota; 137 active cases in Hughes County
Today's (Oct. 9) update from the South Dakota Department of Health showed 772 new cases of COVID-19 in the state since yesterday. Hughes County currently has 137 active cases of COVID-19, 59 of them a...
DRG Media Group News Oct 09, 2020

Casey's in Fort Pierre temporarily closed due to employee testing positive for COVID-19
The Casey's convenience store in Fort Pierre is temporarily closed because an employee has tested positive for COVID-19. A spokesperson for the company says the health and well being of team members a...
DRG Media Group News Oct 09, 2020

Pierre area men recognized for their actions during water rescue in April
Four men were recognized at this month's (Oct. 2020) Game, Fish and Parks Commission meeting for their efforts to save a man who had fallen out of his kayak into Lake Sharpe. In April, a 66-year-old m...
DRG Media Group News Oct 09, 2020

Vietnam War veterans honored for military service 50+ years after returning home
A handful of Vietnam War veterans received a commemorative lapel pin at a brief ceremony yesterday (Oct. 8) at South Dakota's Vietnam War Memorial in Pierre. South Dakota Congressman Dusty Johnson als...
DRG Media Group News Oct 09, 2020

South Dakota businesses ready to welcome hunters
Businesses across South Dakota are preparing for resident and non-resident hunters to hit the fields for the 2020 pheasant hunting season, which fully begins Oct. 17. South Dakota Retailers Associatio...
DRG Media Group News Oct 09, 2020

134 active COVID-19 cases in Hughes County; 7 in Stanley County and 5 in Sully County
Today's (Oct. 8) update from the South Dakota Department of Health showed 536 new cases of COVID-19 in the state since yesterday. Hughes County currently has 134 active cases of COVID-19, 56 of them a...
DRG Media Group News Oct 08, 2020





