News

Registration for Historic Preservation Office Archaeology Camp opens May 1
The South Dakota State Historical Society's State Historic Preservation Office, in conjunction with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, will be hosting their annual Archaeology Camp in Pierre June 10-12...
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2nd graders in Pierre and Fort Pierre getting information and a tree to take home during Arbor Day presentations tomorrow
Arbor Day is Friday (April 25, 2025) in South Dakota. Just ahead of that, 2nd grade students in the Pierre and Stanley County school districts will have the opportunity to learn about trees and get on...
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Pierre woman to compete in national mother of the year competition this week in Puerto Rico
A woman from Pierre is traveling to San Juan, Puerto Rico, this week (April 24-26, 2025) to compete in the 2025 American Mother of the Year competition. Skyla Nicholas said she was nominated to be one...
Apr 22, 2025

Walworth County Commission meeting - Tuesday, April 22, 2025
At Tuesday's (April 22nd) Walworth County Commission meeting, Brooke Karst had a request for a special liquor license to hold a dance at the tennis court in Hoven in June in memory of her brother Trav...
Apr 22, 2025
National Sports

NHL Playoff Tuesday Scoreboard & Schedule
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS Final Washington 3 Montreal 1 Final Los Angeles 6 Edmonton 2 Final OT Dallas 2 Colorado 1 Tonight's games: Florida at Tampa Bay 5:30 p.m. Toronto at Ottawa 6 p.m. Vegas at Minnesota 8 p.m. Winnipeg at St. Louis 8:30 p.m
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MLB Tuesday Scoreboard & Schedule
INTERLEAGUE Colorado at Kansas City 5:40 p.m. (Postponed) Final Detroit 6 San Diego 0 Final Washington 4 Baltimore 3 Final Pittsburgh 3 L.A. Angels 0 Final Tampa Bay 7 Arizona 6 ___ AMERICAN LEAGUE Final N.Y. Yankees 5 Cleveland 1 Final Seattle 8 Boston 5 Final Houston 3 Toronto 1 Final Minnesota 6 Chicago White Sox 3 ...
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NBA Playoff Tuesday Scoreboard & Schedule
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS Final Boston 109 Orlando 100 Final Cleveland 121 Miami 112 Final Houston 109 Golden State 94 Tonight's game: New York at Detroit 6 p.m. Oklahoma City at Memphis 8:30 p.m. Denver at L.A. Clippers 9 p.m
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NHL Playoff Tuesday Scores & Schedule
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS Final Carolina 3 New Jersey 1 Final OT Toronto 3 Ottawa 2 Final Florida 6 Tampa Bay 2 Final Minnesota 5 Vegas 2 Tonight's games: NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS Montreal at Washington 6 p.m. Dallas at Colorado 8:30 p.m. Edmonton at Los Angeles 9 p.m.
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NBA Playoff Tuesday Scores & Schedule
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS Final Indiana 123 Milwaukee 115 Final Oklahoma City 118 Memphis 99 Final L.A. Lakers 94 Minnesota 85 Tonight's games: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS Orlando at Boston 6 p.m. Miami at Cleveland 6:30 p.m. Golden State at Houston 8:30 p.m.
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Local Sports

Grey Zabel will make history in the NFL Draft for Pierre, the community that helped shape him
The NFL draft is synonymous for changing the lives of 257 players and families. Whether a guy gets drafted in the first round on Thursday night, or receives the "Mr. Irrelevant" jersey for b...
20h ago

Twins win back-to-back and take series from White Sox
The Twins have had the White Sox number this season winning 4 of 5, then again, most teams seem to beat the White Sox. But a win is a win! And the Twins have won the series after taking game two of th...
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Pierre sports weather announcements
The Pierre MS Legion Relays scheduled for today afternoon April 23rd have been cancelled. Pierre Tennis versus Aberdeen has also been postponed because of the weather, a makeup time has not been decid...
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Attorney General Jackley Announces Settlement In NCAA Lawsuit
PIERRE, S.D. - South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that the State has reached a settlement of its lawsuit against the NCAA that reduces the amount of money that Division I schools, i...
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Farm News

U.S. egg production declines 7% in March 2025
March 2025: U.S. egg production totaled 8.63 billion during March 2025, down seven percent from last year. Production included 7.35 billion table eggs and 1.28 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.18 bil...
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USDA's World Ag Outlook Board sees tariff hits to US meat exports
The United States Department of Agriculture's World Ag Outlook Board expects the country's meat exports to decline for the rest of this year because of tariffs and retaliation, mainly from China. USDA...
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South Dakota shows 28% increase in number of industrial hemp acres harvested, according to USDA NASS National Hemp Report
South Dakota farmers grew 3900 acres of industrial hemp in open areas in 2024, a 22% increase from the year before. According to U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service...
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Farm bankruptcy numbers climbing in 2025
Farm bankruptcies grew 55 percent from 2023 to 2024 and are trending even higher in 2025. Farmers are continuing to struggle with low prices for their agricultural commodities and the high costs of in...
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River and Eagle are currently off the air during reconstruction of an electrical pole that was recently damaged by fire. We'll be back on as soon as possible, but you can still tune in with the live stream available at drgnews.com, with our DRGNews app or with your stream device. Thanks for your patience and understanding. https://lnkr.fm/F5bf0
Electrical pole west of Fort Pierre to be replaced Wednesday; Planned outage won't impact residential customers, but some West Central Electric Co-op business customers- including DRG Media Group- will be without power most of the day. https://drgnews.com/2025/04/22/279502/ West Central Electric Cooperative, Inc.
With the NFL Draft beginning tomorrow night, Grey Zabel has the Pierre community behind him as he looks to do something this town has never seen
https://drgnews.com/2025/04/23/just-days-away-from-the-draft-gray-zabel-looks/