Category Archives: News Pierre

Noem: Security team gave recommendation for fence around Governor's residence in Pierre
(Watertown Radio/KWAT)-Last month (Aug. 2020), South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem's office announced a security fence would be built around the official governor's residence in Pierre. The governor's s...
DRG Media Group News Sep 25, 2020 Photo credit: Dakota Radio Group

East Tailrace boat ramp at Pierre/Fort Pierre closed Tuesday for repairs
The East Tailrace boat ramp on the Missouri River at Pierre/Fort Pierre will be temporarily closed Tuesday (Sept. 29) from 11am-3pm so repairs can be made. The US Army Corps of Engineers says no relea...
DRG Media Group News Sep 25, 2020 Photo credit DRG Media Group.

Kids in grades K-5 invited to design a bus for River Cities Public Transit
River Cities Public Transit in Pierre has a new bus and they're asking kids in grades K-5 to come up with a design for the outside of it. Jess Marlow with River Cities Public Transit says Wednesday at...
DRG Media Group News Sep 24, 2020

Fort Pierre passes $3 million 2021 general fund budget
The Fort Pierre City Council has passed a nearly $3 million general fund budget for 2021. City finance officer Roxanne Heezen says it's an increase of about $42,000 from 2020. Fort Pierre's budget run...
DRG Media Group News Sep 24, 2020

"Eagles Gallery" tribute to four South Dakota WWII veterans to be unveiled next month at Pierre Regional Airport
A tribute to four highly decorated South Dakota WWII veterans will be unveiled next month (Oct. 16) at the Pierre Regional Airport. "The Eagles Gallery" features the aircraft flown by "Doolittle Raide...
DRG Media Group News Sep 23, 2020

Pierre passes 2021 budget; Streets get extra $1-million thanks to CARES ACT money
The Pierre City Commission has approved an almost $53.7 million budget plan for 2021, a decrease of around $3.4 million from this year. The budget includes no increases to wastewater or electric utili...
DRG Media Group News Sep 23, 2020

Pierre, Stanley County schools get donation of masks from American Bank and Trust
Georgia Morse Middle School and T.F. Riggs High School in Pierre and the Stanley County School District in Fort Pierre have received a donation of face masks from the local American Bank & Trust b...
DRG Media Group News Sep 23, 2020 Photo credit American Bank & Trust

Hemorrhagic Disease confirmed in deer in Hughes, Sully, 3 other counties in South Dakota
South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks has documented deer mortalities in 2020 due to hemorrhagic disease, also known as epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) or blue tongue. EHD has been confirmed by labora...
DRG Media Group News Sep 23, 2020

$49.99 million bid awarded for replacement of Missouri River Bridge between Fort Pierre and Pierre
The South Dakota Transportation Commission approved the award of the Pierre-Fort Pierre Missouri River Bridge replacement project to Jensen Construction Company for $49.99 million. "Replacing the Miss...
DRG Media Group News Sep 23, 2020 Photo credit Dakota Radio Group

Onida woman deploying to California to volunteer with the American Red Cross
An American Red Cross volunteer from Onida is heading to California this week (Sept. 23) to help people displaced by wildfires. Nancy McKenny will serve as a shelter supervisor at a facility in Fresno...
DRG Media Group News Sep 22, 2020





