FORT PIERRE — Friends, family, co-workers and community gathered Wednesday to recognize Fort Pierre City Councilman Bob Ricketts for 40 years of service to Fort Pierre. Ricketts enjoyed the two hour open house held in his honor at the Sutley Senior Center in Fort Pierre…
Ricketts turned 81 on the day of his last official day as an alderman. So why serve his community for nearly four decades?….
The biggest change Ricketts has seen since his first Council meeting in 1974 involves housing…
Ricketts says there’s only one thing in 40 years he didn’t get to influence…
And with Mondays open for the first time in 40 years Ricketts is working on how he’ll spend that extra day…
Ricketts extends his thanks to all of the Council members he’s served with over the years saying they’ve have all helped to get Fort Pierre to where it is today.