Category Archives: News Pierre

National Weather Service red flag warning or Grassland Fire Danger Index rated "very high" or "extreme" automatically trigger open burn ban in Hughes County
March 26, 2025: The current U.S. Drought Monitor (March 20, 2025) shows the majority of South Dakota is considered to be in the Moderate or Severe Drought categories with areas in the southwest fallin...
DRG Media Group News Mar 26, 2025 Photo credit: Hughes County Sheriff's Office.

Pierre City Commission and Stanley County School Board to hold elections June 3; No election needed for Pierre School Board
The Pierre City Commission and the Stanley County School Board will each hold an election in June (June 3, 2025). Five candidates have turned in petitions hoping to win one of two spots on the Pierre ...
DRG Media Group News Mar 26, 2025 Photo credit DRG Media Group.

City Officials from Platte, Wagner, elected to district offices for SD Municipal League
A group of approximately 70 municipal officials representing 10 cities gathered at the South Dakota Municipal League's annual District 4 Meeting, held in Burke on March 24, 2025. Shauna Meyerink, Plat...
DRG Media Group News Mar 26, 2025 Courtesy photo.

DRG Media Group Pierre stations host annual "Think and Drive... Stay Alive" program Tuesday; Mobridge stations sharing the message on Wednesday
The DRG Media Group Pierre based radio stations held their 23rd annual "Think and Drive... Stay Alive" program on Tuesday (March 25, 2025). Students from T.F. Riggs, Stanley County, Pierre Indian Lear...
DRG Media Group News Mar 25, 2025 DRG announcer Addie Johnson emceed the 2025 "Think & Drive....Stay Alive" program.
Photo credit DRG Media Group.

Students from Lyman and Todd County high schools earn honors at state Jobs for America's Graduates conference
Students from Lyman and Todd County high schools were among the 230 students that competed in the Jobs for America's Graduates South Dakota program's annual Career Development Conference this month in...
DRG Media Group News Mar 25, 2025

Pierre City Council meets this evening
The Pierre City Commission meets this evening (March 25, 2025) at 5:30pm at City Hall in Pierre. Among the items on the agenda are: 5:45pm Public Hearing - DANR Solid Waste Management Program Applicat...
DRG Media Group News Mar 25, 2025

Pierre School Board holding special meeting today at noon
The Pierre School Board is holding a special meeting today (March 24, 2025) at noon in the Administration Building board room. Items on their agenda include: Negotiated Agreement for Certified Employe...
DRG Media Group News Mar 25, 2025 Photo credit DRG Media Group.

No injuries, but home, garage and camper destroyed in Sunday night structure fire east of Pierre
No one was injured in a Sunday night (March 23, 2025) house fire roughly 15 miles east of Pierre. Blunt Fire Department Chief Travis Heuertz told DRG Media Group that the fire was at the Carl and Joy ...
DRG Media Group News Mar 24, 2025 Photo credit: DRG Media Group.

City officials from Herreid and Mobridge re-elected to district offices for SD Municipal League
The mayors of Herreid and Mobridge will each serve another term as the District 7 chair and vice-chair for the South Dakota Municipal League. Herreid Mayor Gary Weismantel was re-elected chair and Mob...
DRG Media Group News Mar 24, 2025 Gene Cox, Mobridge Mayor, and Gary Weismantel, Herreid Mayor, were re-elected Vice Chair and Chair respectively of the South Dakota Municipal League’s District 7. Area municipal officials elected the pair to represent their district at the annual meeting held March 20, 2025, in Akaska.
Courtesy photo.

Stanley County High School welding class and Pierre-Fort Pierre Rotary Club work together on metal bench projects
The Pierre-Fort Pierre Rotary Club and the Stanley County School High School welding class have collaborated to create benches for the Pierre and Fort Pierre communities. Over the next two years, 15 b...
DRG Media Group News Mar 22, 2025 Courtesy photo.





