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If elected to Pierre City Commission, Lerseth wants to get creative to improve shortage of affordable housing and child care
Robin Lerseth is one of five candidates running for two spots on the Pierre City Commission in June. The 2005 T.F. Riggs High School graduate says she and her family have a long history in Pierre. The...
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Work on Euclid Avenue reconstruction project in Pierre continues, despite wet weather; Monday's water service disruption rescheduled to Tuesday
April 25, 2025: While many people are grateful for the rainfall we've had recently, there's at least one construction company that wouldn't mind seeing some drier weather. Morris, Inc. Operations Mana...
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Interstate 90 Rest Area at Chamberlain reopened to following remodel project
April 24, 2025: The Chamberlain Rest Area along Interstate 90 in South Dakota is back open (April 23, 2025) after some updates were made to the men's and women's restrooms. This rest area provides ser...
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Heads of South Dakota's Department of Tribal Relations and Bureau of Information and Technology take jobs with Noem's U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Young named to lead Tribal Relations
South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden thanked Department of Tribal Relations Secretary David Flute and Bureau of Information and Technology (BIT) Commissioner Madhu Gottumukkala for their service to the ...
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National Sports
NFL Draft Night 1: Cam Ward goes #1 overall, Seahawks land Zabel, Sanders falls to day two & every other pick
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - Cam Ward went from zero-star recruit to No. 1 pick in the NFL draft. Travis Hunter cost Jacksonville a premium. Jaxson Dart was selected before Shedeur Sanders. While Ward, Hunter and Abdul Carter went 1-2-3 as expected, Sanders wasn't picked at all in the first round. "We all didn't expect ...
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NHL Playoff Scores & Schedule
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS Final Florida 2 Tampa Bay 0 Final OT Toronto 3 Ottawa 2 Final Minnesota 5 Vegas 2 Final St. Louis 7 Winnipeg 2 Today's games: NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS Washington at Montreal 6 p.m. Carolina at New Jersey 7 p.m. Los Angeles at Edmonton 9 p.m. ___
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NBA Playoff Thursday Scores & Schedule
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS Final New York 118 Detroit 116 Final Oklahoma City 114 Memphis 108 Final L.A. Clippers 117 Denver 83 Today's games: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS Boston at Orlando 6 p.m. Indiana at Milwaukee 7 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Minnesota 8:30 p.m. ___
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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
Apr 24, 2025
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 ...
Apr 24, 2025
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...
Apr 23, 2025
Pierre Softball welcomes Sturgis & Spearfish for Friday doubleheader
The Govs are back at Riggs Field this afternoon after a rainy Thursday to host their first doubleheader of the year. Game one will be played against Sturgis and gets underway later this morning at 11:...
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With the 18th pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, the Seattle Seahawks select Grey Zabel
It's official, T.F. Riggs High School has produced a first round draft pick in the NFL. Moments ago, the Seattle Seahawks used their 18th pick to take Grey Zabel. The Seahawks desperately needed to ad...
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Day 1 of NWT on Lake Sharpe results; Pierre anglers representing well
A little rain and cold wouldn't stop hundreds from gathering down at Steamboat park as the anglers came off the water to wrap up day one of the NWT's first tournament of the season. Ninety-three boats...
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Farm News
Hughes County Commission signs on to resolution opposing mandatory electronic identification tags for livestock
The Hughes County Commission has unanimously approved (April 15, 2025) a resolution expressing their opposition to mandatory electronic identification tags for livestock. It's in response to the U.S. ...
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Bipartisian group of U.S. senators reintroduce legislation to address anti-competitive practices in meat processing industry
U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) have reintroduced (April 16, 2025) bipartisan legislation to address anticompetitive practices i...
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CropLife America Supports Feeding the Economy Report
The annual Feeding the Economy Report was released in conjunction with National Agriculture (March 18, 2025). The report is a farm-to-fork economic impact study that estimates the direct and indirect ...
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Death Taxes Threaten Farm Families
Many provisions in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act are set to expire this year. The American Farm Bureau says that adds a big task to the Congressional to-do list: updating the tax code. Many of those ...
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With the Twins in a rain delay, a reminder you can hear legendary moments like this game-saving catch by Byron Buxton on KGFX 1060 AM & 103.1 FM in the Pierre area
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
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/
