PIERRE — The Hughes County Commission is out of patience for a land owner who hasn’t completed building his house…after nearly three years. County officials issued a building permit for Bryan Eaton and his property on Cyrus Place on May 31st of 2018. Officials learned in March of last year Eaton was living in the…… read more »
FORT THOMPSON — A two-vehicle crash in Buffalo County has killed a 17-year-old female. The South Dakota Highway Patrol says the crash happened Sunday around 7:33 PM 14 miles northeast of Fort Thompson on 349th Avenue. Preliminary information about the crash indicates a Chevy Equinox was traveling north on 349th while a Dodge Ram pick-up…… read more »
GETTYSBURG — The Avera Missouri River Health Center in Gettysburg will be the benefactor of a 200-thousand dollar gift from the estate of a Gettysburg man. Craig Smith was a law partner, estate planner and most of all friend of the late Joseph Nuemayr whose ties to the hospital in Gettysburg go back to the…… read more »
PIERRE — Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed course and is now recommending mask usage in schools this fall. Pierre School Superintendent Dr. Kelly Glodt says the change wasn’t a surprise to a lot of people… Glodt says most Districts and School Boards know that the situation may change in regard…… read more »
FORT PIERRE — The Fort Pierre City Council is meeting tonight at the South Dakota Municipal League building in Fort Pierre. The Council will consider approval of the agenda and declare any conflicts of interest before hearing reports from city officials. The Council will hear about a drinking water certificate of achievement and will get…… read more »
PIERRE — The Hughes County Commission is meeting tonight at the Hughes County Courthouse. Commissioners will consider three planning and zoning items including first consideration of plat and plans for Blue Water Acres, first consideration of a plat in Shamrock Addition and a building permit update for an address on Cyrus Place. A petition for…… read more »
GREEN RIDGE, WA — Three Fort Pierre firefighters working on a 14 day assignment of assistance helping with wildfires in Washington State have been reassigned to a fire near Walla Walla, Washington. The team was shipped from the Sherwood fire to the Green Ridge Fire, 30 miles east of Walla Walla. The Green Ridge fire…… read more »
WELLPINIT, WA — A wildfire near Spokane, Washington that three Fort Pierre firefighters are working with other to put out has reached 50-percent containment. The Sherwood Fire is now listed as being 1220 acres in size. Brett Brown is a Planning Operations Trainee who is providing twice daily updates on the fire…. Brown is advising…… read more »
PIERRE — The Pierre/Fort Pierre area is seeing some of the worst drought in South Dakota. This week’s update of the U-S Drought Monitor shows D-3 drought in western Hughes, most of Stanley, southeastern Sully, southeast Haakon, northeast Jackson and western and northern Jones County. D-3, Extreme drought is also noted in Hand County, north…… read more »
PIERRE –The South Dakota Department of Education has released a report outlining how schools in the state have gotten through the Covid-19 pandemic. The report indicates most students remained in in-person education with less than 100 offering fully remote or hybrid modes of education… Department of Education Secretary Tiffany Sanderson says despite the successes of…… read more »
