Category Archives: News Pierre

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

With three months to go in 2020, enplanements at Pierre Regional Airport about half way to 10,000 passenger goal
While COVID-19 precautions continue, more people are flying out of the Pierre Regional Airport again. Commissioner Jamie Huizenga says more than 600 people flew in September. So far this year, 5354 pe...
DRG Media Group News Oct 08, 2020 Photo credit to Dakota Radio Group.

One block of S. Pierre Street to temporarily close for sealing this afternoon
South Pierre Street between Dakota and Missouri Avenues in Pierre will close at 3 this afternoon (Oct. 8) for street work. The closure will allow the City to seal the recently resurfaced stretch of st...
DRG Media Group News Oct 08, 2020
No injuries in vehicle fire, gas line break calls yesterday in Pierre
The Pierre Volunteer Fire Department responded to a vehicle fire and a gas leak yesterday (Oct. 6) evening. Chief Ian Paul says the vehicle fire was in the Ramkota parking lot about 5:30pm. No one was...
DRG Media Group News Oct 07, 2020

McGruder, Blair families recognized with historic marker at Sully County Courthouse
An historic marker recognizing the contributions of the first African American Homesteaders in Sully County-- and the Great Plains-- was unveiled at the county courthouse in Onida yesterday (Oct. 6, 2...
DRG Media Group News Oct 07, 2020





