Category Archives: News Pierre

Ranch Hand BBQ wins Verendrye Museum Backyard BBQ contest during Trader Days in Fort Pierre; Fort Pierre Livestock takes People's Choice
Aug. 12, 2025: The annual Verendrye Museum Backyard BBQ contest was held Saturday (Aug. 9, 2025) during Trader Days in Fort Pierre. The team winners are as follows: 1st place team #10 Ranch Hand BBQ 2...
DRG Media Group News Aug 12, 2025

Pierre's Chloe Bowers attends Girls Nation
South Dakota's four representatives to the Boys Nation and Girls Nation events held last month (July 2025) included a student from Pierre. Chloe Bowers from Pierre's T.F. Riggs High School and Arabell...
DRG Media Group News Aug 12, 2025 South Dakota Boys and Girls Nation representatives pictured with Senator Mike Rounds in Washington D.C. Alex Smith (Sioux Falls Lutheran HS), Chloe Bowers (T.F. Riggs HS in Pierre), Arabella Scott (Rapid City Stevens), and Lewis Carlyle (Rapid City Stevens HS).
Courtesy photo.

Pierre City Commission meets this evening
The Pierre City Commission meets this evening (Aug. 12, 2025) at 5:30pm at City Hall in Pierre. Among the items on the agenda are: Street Closure Request - Governors Drive between Church and Broadway ...
DRG Media Group News Aug 12, 2025

Two women from Pierre charged after police called to 1200 block of Izaak Walton Road Saturday evening
Two women from Pierre face charges after police were called to their location Saturday evening (Aug. 9, 2025, approximately 5:15pm). Information from the Pierre Police Department says Patrol Officers ...
DRG Media Group News Aug 11, 2025 Photo credit Jody Heemstra, DRG Media Group.

Structure repair project to begin Monday on I-90 at Exit 150 and S.D. Highway 73 Overpass at Kadoka
Beginning Monday (Aug. 11, 2025), a repair project is scheduled to begin on westbound Interstate 90 at exit 150 and the S.D. Highway 73 structure overpass at Kadoka. The $113,000 project will consist ...
DRG Media Group News Aug 11, 2025

Pierre School Board meets this evening
The Pierre School Board meets today (Aug. 11, 2025) at 5:30pm in the Administration Building board room. Items on their agenda include: Superintendent's Comments, Board Comments and Public Comments Fi...
DRG Media Group News Aug 11, 2025

No parking allowed on Salebarn Road in Fort Pierre during temporary closure of U.S. Highway 14 for RR track improvements
On Saturday (Aug. 9, 2025), U.S. Highway 14 will be closed 500 feet west of the Highway 14/U.S. Highway 83 junction in Fort Pierre while the RCP&E Railroad installs a new railroad crossing. Signag...
DRG Media Group News Aug 09, 2025 Photo credit Jody Heemstra, DRG Media Group.

Winner Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Abusive Sexual Contact with a Child
This week (Aug. 5, 2025), a federal judge sentenced a man from Winner who was convicted of Abusive Sexual Contact with a Child. 30 year old Clayton Spotted Calf was sentenced to 10 years in federal pr...
DRG Media Group News Aug 09, 2025 Brian Turner / CC

Hughes County Highway Department to chip seal more sections of roadway starting Tuesday
The Hughes County Highway Department will begin chip sealing in the following locations within Hughes County on Tuesday (Aug. 12, 2025): portions of Kingsway Road portions of East Spring Creek Drive (...
DRG Media Group News Aug 09, 2025

Severe drought conditions remain in Lyman, Brule, Buffalo counties
Not much change in the weekly South Dakota Drought Monitor. The data, which is updated each Thursday, shows roughly 68% of the state is completely drought-free. However, small parts of Lyman, Brule an...
DRG Media Group News Aug 08, 2025





