Category Archives: News Pierre
More repair work to begin next week on Range Road in Hughes County
June 10, 2025: The Hughes County Highway Department will be milling the road surface of Range Road next week (June 18-19, 2025). While they are doing the work, access to Range Road will remain open, b...
Jun 13, 2025 Photo courtesy of the Pierre/Fort Pierre Bridge website.
Deconstruction of former Missouri River Bridge structure at Pierre and Fort Pierre progressing steadily
The new Lt. Cmdr. John C. Waldron Memorial Bridge over the Missouri River between Pierre and Fort Pierre has been open since late last year (Nov. 2024) and work continues to tear down the previous str...
Jun 12, 2025 Images courtesy of the Pierre-Fort Pierre Bridge website.
Repair work to segment of Taylor Avenue in Pierre to happen Thursday
Weather permitting, the City of Pierre will begin repairing part of Taylor Avenue today (June 12, 2025). The work will take place on Taylor Avenue between Park Street and Sully Avenue. Park and Sully ...
Jun 12, 2025 Photo credit: DRG Media Group.
Former state employee from Springfield sentenced for forgery-related charges
June 11, 2025: A former state government employee from Springfield, S.D., was sentenced this week (June 10, 2025) in Hughes County Circuit Court in Pierre. Earlier this year, 55 year old Renee Strong ...
Jun 11, 2025 Clyde Robinson / CC
Justice Bus providing free legal services making stops Thursday in Pierre and Fort Pierre
The Justice Bus will be at the Hughes County Courthouse Thursday morning (June 12, 2025) and at the Stanley County Courthouse Thursday afternoon. Director of Development and Special Projects for Dakot...
Jun 11, 2025
Pierre man arrested on charges following rollover crash Tuesday afternoon
A 31 year old Pierre man was arrested in connection with a single-vehicle rollover crash that occurred Tuesday afternoon (June 10, 2025) near Beastrom Road, east of Pierre. Hughes County Sheriff Patri...
Jun 11, 2025 Courtesy photo.
Fort Pierre Tourism and Promotion Council awards $7500 in Community Beautification Grants
The Fort Pierre Tourism and Promotion Council has awarded two grants through its 2025 Community Beautification Grant program. The grant recipients are: Fort Pierre Moose Lodge 1813 - $5,000 Downtown D...
Jun 10, 2025
Damage to bathrooms at Fischers-Lilly Park being investigated in Fort Pierre
The Stanley County Sheriff's Office is investigating vandalism that happened last week to the bathrooms at Fischers-Lilly Park in Fort Pierre. Mayor Gloria Hanson is disappointed about the damage, but...
Jun 10, 2025 Tex Texin / CC
Pierre City Commission meets this evening; Canvass of June 3 election among items on the agenda
The Pierre City Commission meets this evening (June 10, 2025) at 5:30pm at City Hall in Pierre. Among the items on the agenda are: Set 5:45pm July 1, 2025 Public Hearing - Petition to Vacate Legacy Av...
Jun 10, 2025 Photo credit: Dakota Radio Group
Hughes County Sheriff's deputy earns top award at South Dakota's Basic Law Enforcement Certification Course
A Hughes County Sheriff's Office deputy has graduated (June 6, 2025) from the state Law Enforcement Training Academy with top honors. Out of a class of 36 local, state and tribal cadets, Deputy Sherif...
Jun 09, 2025 Hughes County Sheriff Patrick Callahan (left), and South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley (right) congratulate Deputy Jacen Hancock (center) as the 196th LET Academy Coler-Williams Award Recipient.
June 6, 2025.
Photo courtesy of the Hughes County Sheriff's Office.
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