Category Archives: News Pierre

Man killed in Thursday morning accident west of Kimball
An 84-year-old man died in a one-vehicle crash two miles west of Kimball this morning (Oct. 22 at 8:50am). The name of the deceased is not yet being released pending notification of family members. He...
DRG Media Group News Oct 22, 2020 Photo credit DRG Media Group.
Fort Thompson and Fort Pierre residents seriously injured in Sunday afternoon accident in Minnehaha County
A man from Fort Thompson and a woman from Fort Pierre were seriously injured and a woman from Rapid City was killed in a one-vehicle crash Sunday afternoon (Oct. 18 1:56pm) in Minnehaha County. Inform...
DRG Media Group News Oct 22, 2020

Hughes County Appoints LaMie as State's Attorney
The Hughes County Commission has appointed Jessica LaMie (la-me) as the county's new State's Attorney, effective Nov. 1, 2020. LaMie has served as Deputy State's Attorney for 2.5 years. She is replaci...
DRG Media Group News Oct 22, 2020 Courtesy photo.

Pierre-based SD Army National Guard battalion receives national award-- Again
For the second time in three years, the South Dakota National Guard's 152nd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion has received the Gen. Walter T. Kerwin, Jr. Readiness Award for excellence. The Pierre-...
DRG Media Group News Oct 21, 2020 Photo credit SD National Guard-- 152nd pre-deployment photo from their Facebook page

Sanford Health Pierre drive through flu shot day today keeping staff busy
It might be the snow. It might be the coronavirus. It might be other things. But, one thing is obvious at the Sanford Health Pierre Clinic this (Oct. 21) morning-- many people want to get a flu shot. ...
DRG Media Group News Oct 21, 2020

BankWest’s Yackley to chair national ag and rural bankers committee
The president of the BankWest locations in Onida and Selby has become the chairman of the American Bankers Association's Agricultural and Rural Bankers Committee for 2020-2021. Mike Yackley assumed th...
DRG Media Group News Oct 21, 2020

Pierre School District employees to receive one-time bonus check for extra work done because of COVID-19 pandemic
All permanent Pierre School District staff members are getting a one-time bonus to compensate for extra hours they've worked to make adjustments because of the coronavirus pandemic. During a special m...
DRG Media Group News Oct 20, 2020 Photo credit: Dakota Radio Group

Hammond resigning as Hughes County State's Attorney
The Hughes County State's Attorney is resigning at the end of this month (Oct. 30, 2020). Roxanne Hammond gave her official resignation-- as well as her recommendation for her replacement-- to the Hug...
DRG Media Group News Oct 20, 2020 Image credit Hughes County South Dakota website screenshot.

Camper loses air conditioner unit to train bridge in Pierre
A man from Montana is the latest to damage the air conditioning unit on his camper after hitting the train bridge located along a main route of travel through Pierre. According to the Pierre Police De...
DRG Media Group News Oct 20, 2020 Photo credit Rob Swanson via Truck vs. Train Bridge in Pierre SD Facebook page.

Steady flow of Hughes County absentee voters leading up to Nov. 3 general election
The Nov. 3 general election is two weeks from today (Oct. 19). Hughes County finance officer Jane Naylor says there's a lot of interest in absentee voting. Stanley County voters must go to their assig...
DRG Media Group News Oct 20, 2020 Photo credit DRG Media Group.





