Category Archives: News Pierre

Timber Lake man sentenced to 3 years in federal prison for Abusive Sexual Contact
A federal judge has sentenced a man from Timber Lake, South Dakota, convicted of Abusive Sexual Contact without Consent. The sentencing took place on August 25, 2025. Jaren Loren Lane Mellette, age 27...
DRG Media Group News Sep 12, 2025 Brian Turner / CC

Christenson Feed the Children Fund gives $7,500 to fight youth hunger in Pierre/Fort Pierre
Two programs working to fight hunger among youth in Pierre and Fort Pierre have received $7500 in grants from the Bernie Christenson Feed the Children Fund. Governor Grocery at Georgia Morse Middle Sc...
DRG Media Group News Sep 11, 2025 Hope Armstrong and Sally Christenson: Sally Christenson presents a $2,500 donation to Hope Armstrong with Governor Grocery from the Bernie Christenson Feed the Children Fund.
Courtesy photo.

Flags Across the Bridge for Patriot Day
The Pierre-Fort Pierre Exchange Club is displaying the United States flag and the South Dakota state flag across the Missouri River Bridge between Fort Pierre and Pierre today (Sept. 11, 2024) in obse...
DRG Media Group News Sep 11, 2025 Photo courtesy of the Pierre-Fort Pierre Exchange Club.

Pierre fire department to conduct annual hose testing Wednesday
The Pierre Volunteer Fire Department will conduct its annual fire hose testing Wednesday (Sept. 10, 2025) from 4:30-7:30pm. Testing will take place on North Arthur Street, behind the Pierre Sports Cen...
DRG Media Group News Sep 10, 2025

Pierre following up chip sealing with fog sealing on various streets
The City of Pierre Street Department has started (Sept. 10, 2025) to apply a fog seal to recently chip-sealed streets throughout the community. Fog sealing is a protective layer of oil placed on top o...
DRG Media Group News Sep 10, 2025 Photo credit to DRG Media Group.

Utility usage fee increase included in Pierre's 2026 budget
Sept. 10, 2025: Pierre City Utility customers could see an increase in cost next year. Finance Officer Lacey Walz says the 2026 budget approved by commissioners this week (Sept. 9, 2025) includes a 5%...
DRG Media Group News Sep 10, 2025

New information released about incident involving firearm at Georgia Morse Middle School in Pierre Tuesday morning
Sept. 10, 2025: The Pierre Police Department has released a few more details today (Sept. 10, 2025) about an incident that happened about mid-morning Tuesday at Georgia Morse Middle School in Pierre. ...
DRG Media Group News Sep 10, 2025

Former state employee from Pierre sentenced for forging her own medical marijuana card
A former state employee from Pierre has received a suspended imposition of sentence for earlier pleading guilty to one felony count of Offering a False or Forged Instrument for Filing, Registering, or...
DRG Media Group News Sep 10, 2025

Stanley County School Board meets this evening
The Stanley County School Board meets at 6pm CT today (Sept. 10, 2025) at Parkview Auditorium in Fort Pierre. Among items on the agenda are: 2nd Reading of Policy CCB: Lines of Authority and Staff Rel...
DRG Media Group News Sep 10, 2025 Photo credit DRG Media Group.

Lockdown drill being done today at Miller Schools
A message from the Hand County AlertSense system says the Miller Police Department and the Hand County Sheriff's Office are conducting a lockdown drill at the Miller School today (Sept. 10, 2025). The...
DRG Media Group News Sep 10, 2025





