Category Archives: News Pierre

Rural South Dakota businesses keep dodging arrows, including tariffs, to stay open
Businesses of all kinds are trying to keep up with constant market shifts and effects on prices that are sometimes out of their control. As new tariffs take hold, South Dakota's small business communi...
DRG Media Group News Apr 16, 2025 Money Bright / CC

Swanson to provide address at 2025 Stanley County High School graduation
Retired educator Shirley Swanson will deliver the keynote address at the 2025 Stanley County High School Graduation Ceremony. Swanson retired in 2023 after a 45-year career in education. Stanley Count...
DRG Media Group News Apr 15, 2025 Courtesy image.

Stanley County School District receives $25,000 Casey's Cash for Classrooms Grant
The Stanley County School District has been awarded a $25,000 grant to refurbish the current band and choir rehearsal room. The 2025 Casey's Cash for Classrooms grant will help fund a renovation that ...
DRG Media Group News Apr 15, 2025

Pierre City Commission meets tonight
The Pierre City Commission meets this evening (April 15, 2025) at 5:30pm at City Hall in Pierre. Among the items on the agenda are: Proclamation for National Public Safety Telecommunications Week 5:45...
DRG Media Group News Apr 15, 2025

Stanley County Commission Board of Equalization holding special session today
The Stanley County Commission Board of Equalization is holding a special meeting today (April 15, 2025) at 5pm CT. Items on their agenda include: Elderly/Disabled Assessment Freeze Disabled Veterans L...
DRG Media Group News Apr 15, 2025 Photo credit to DRG Media Group.

Hughes County Commission meets this afternoon
The Hughes County Commission meets at 3pm today (April 15, 2025) at the Hughes County Courthouse in Pierre. Among the items on their agenda are: Cattlemen's Resolution Discussion, Option for Motion 20...
DRG Media Group News Apr 15, 2025 Photo credit Jody Heemstra, DRG Media Group.

Pierre School Board meets tonight
The Pierre School Board meets today (April 14, 2025) at 5:30pm in the Administration Building board room. Items on their agenda include: Pledge of Allegiance - GMMS Acalympic Team Recognition of Riggs...
DRG Media Group News Apr 14, 2025

Teenage female from Gregory killed, another seriously injured in accident yesterday near Gregory
The driver was seriously injured and the passenger fatally injured in a one-car crash four miles west of Gregory Sunday morning (April 13, 2025, at 10:13am). The names of the persons involved have not...
DRG Media Group News Apr 14, 2025

Pierre Plans for Next Airport Improvement
The Pierre City Commission is planning for another major project at Pierre Regional Airport. It has approved (April 11, 2025) the first step to relocate Taxiway C. "There are a number of benefits to t...
DRG Media Group News Apr 11, 2025 Plans for Pierre Regional Airport's new taxiway.

South Dakota court system warns public about jury duty scam in Stanley County and possibly other parts of the state
The South Dakota Unified Judicial System is warning the public about a jury duty scam targeting people in central South Dakota. UJS was informed earlier this month (April 3, 2025) that the Stanley Cou...
DRG Media Group News Apr 10, 2025 Image courtesy of the South Dakota Unified Judicial System.





