Category Archives: News Pierre
American Bank & Trust donates $6100+ to Pierre School District
April 21, 2025: Through its Spirit Card program, American Bank & Trust has donated more than $6100 ($6,109) to the Pierre School District and more than $2300 ($2,382) to the Stanley County School ...
Apr 21, 2025 Trisha Jungwirth, Kim Easland, Hayden Handcock, and Garrett Peterson from American Bank & Trust present the Spirit Card donation to Pierre School District staff.
Courtesy photo.
Two blocks of Crow Street in Pierre to close for construction starting today
Crow Street in Pierre, between Sioux and Dakota Avenues will close Monday (April 21, 2025) for street construction. Local access will be maintained during evening and weekend hours. Through traffic sh...
Apr 21, 2025 Courtesy image.
Road work to begin this week on section of Range Road in Hughes County
The Hughes County Highway Department will begin milling the road surface of Range Road later this month (April 21, 2025). During this time, access to the road will remain open, but there will be some ...
Apr 21, 2025
Free document shredding opportunity being held Tuesday in Pierre
People in the Pierre and Fort Pierre area with personal or sensitive documents they need to dispose of have the opportunity to do that for free on Tuesday (April 22, 2025). Dakota Data Shred-- the com...
Apr 20, 2025 DesignPicsInc / Depositphotos.com
Trump administration makes major cuts to Native American boarding school research projects
April 19, 2025: UNDATED (AP)- At least $1.6 million in federal funds for projects meant to capture and digitize stories of the systemic abuse of generations of Indigenous children in boarding schools ...
Apr 19, 2025 Deb Nystrom / CC
Avera St. Mary's Central SD Child Assessment Center in Pierre earns national re-accreditation
Avera St. Mary's Central South Dakota Child Assessment Center in Pierre has been awarded re-accreditation by National Children's Alliance following an extensive application and site review process. An...
Apr 18, 2025 Courtesy photo.
Annual Pierre Elks' Easter Hunt to be held Sunday at 1pm sharp on Governor's Mansion front lawn
The Pierre Elks' Lodge #1953 will host its 72nd Annual Easter Egg Hunt on the lawn in front of the Governor's Mansion in Pierre on Sunday (April 20, 2025) at 1pm CT. Elks member Kevin Larsen says it's...
Apr 17, 2025
Emergency response begins with 911 dispatchers; Communications officers at Central South Dakota Communications Center in Pierre handle hundreds of calls each day
If you have an emergency and call 911, a calm voice answers and is immediately ready to help you, while also getting emergency responders headed your way. What many people don't know is that calm voic...
Apr 17, 2025 Communications Center Manager Cindy Gross oversees a team that dispatches 911 calls for five central South Dakota counties.
Photo credit City of Pierre.
Bohnenkamp to join South Dakota Retailers Association
Brooke Bohnenkamp of Pierre is the newest staff addition to the South Dakota Retailer's Association. She'll join the team as Deputy Executive Director on May 27, 2025. Bohnenkamp comes to the Retailer...
Apr 17, 2025 Courtesy photo.
Pierre School District holding end-of-year activities to celebrate students and staff
The end of the school year is a busy time as districts hold recognitions, scholarship events and other gatherings. Pierre School District Superintendent Dr. Kelly Glodt says the T.F. Riggs High School...
Apr 16, 2025
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