Category Archives: News Pierre
Internet Safety Program presented to Stanley County students and community
Last week (Sept. 16-17, 2025), representatives from the South Dakota Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force visited each grade level at the Stanley County School to present information on topics ...
Sep 22, 2025 Elementary students.
Courtesy photo.
South Dakota switching to ACT test for all high school juniors
The South Dakota Department of Education recently sent annual report cards to each school district. Pierre School District Superintendent Dr. Kelly Glodt says the results are not made public right awa...
Sep 22, 2025 Fotofabrika / Depositphotos.com
Section of 209th Street in Hughes County closed this week for culvert replacement
Starting today (Sept. 22, 2025), the Hughes County Highway Department will be replacing a culvert on 209th Street, west of White Tail Avenue. The road will be closed during the replacement, which will...
Sep 22, 2025
Flood waters have gone down, but "No Travel" advisory remains in effect in Stanley County
Sept. 20, 2025: The "No Travel" advisory is still in place in rural Stanley County. The Stanley County Sheriff's Office says several roads are still not passable because of flooding, damage caused by ...
Sep 20, 2025 Bad River flowing through Fort Pierre, SD. Sept. 20, 2025, at 9:15am CT.
Photo credit to Jody Heemstra, DRG Media Group.
Cummings promoted to Pierre Police Captain effective Nov. 8
Sergeant Kyle Cummings has been selected as the next Captain of the Pierre Police Department. Cummings has 19 years of law enforcement experience and has served with the Pierre Police Department for m...
Sep 20, 2025 Courtesy photo.
Stanley County Commission meets this evening
The Stanley County Commission meets at 5pm CT today (Sept. 18, 2025) in the commission room of the Courthouse in Fort Pierre. The primary item on their agenda is approval of the 2026 Annual Budget. Th...
Sep 18, 2025 Photo credit to DRG Media Group.
Janelle Toman wins September Boys and Girls Club of the Capital Area Mega Raffle drawing
Sept. 17, 2025: The three finalists for the Boys and Girls Club of the Capital Area's monthly Mega Raffle drawing were selected this morning (Sept. 17, 2025) during the KGFX morning show. The three fi...
Sep 17, 2025
North Dakota newspaper columnist with Pierre roots whose Olive Garden review went viral dies at 99
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Marilyn Hagerty, a North Dakota newspaper columnist whose earnest review of her local Olive Garden restaurant became a social media sensation, died Tuesday. She was 99. Hagerty d...
Sep 17, 2025 FILE - Marilyn Hagerty samples a Lays potato chip during an interview with The Associated Press, on March 14, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
Babcock from Pierre is National Merit Scholarship Program semifinalist
Pierre T.F. Riggs High School Senior Bridger Babcock has been selected as a semifinalist for the National Merit Scholarship Program. Riggs Principal Kelly Hansen says the National Merit Scholarship Pr...
Sep 17, 2025 Courtesy photo.
Feeding South Dakota holding open house this afternoon at distribution center in Pierre
It's Hunger Action Month and Feeding South Dakota is commemorating 50 years of working to fight hunger across the state. An open house is being held today (Sept. 17, 2025) at the Feeding South Dakota ...
Sep 17, 2025
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