DRG Media Group Beyond the Mic podcasts

The Fort Pierre Chamber of Commerce hosted a candidate forum April 23, 2026, at the Community Youth Involved Center in Fort Pierre. FP Chamber Executive Director Shane Kramme emceed and the moderators were DRG Media Group News and Farm Director Jody Heemstra and Riverfront Broadcasting News Director Zach Nelson. Stanley County Sheriff-- candidates on the ballot are (L to R): Gary Nickerson, Dustin...

The Pierre Area Chamber of Commerce hosted a candidate forum April 27, 2026, at the Ramkota Hotel and Convention Center in Pierre. Chamber Government Outreach Committee member Mary Duvall emceed and the moderators were DRG Media Group News and Farm Director Jody Heemstra and Riverfront Broadcasting News Director Zach Nelson. Pierre School Board candidates (L to R) Rochelle Kenzy and Madisyn Neibau...

The Pierre Area Chamber of Commerce hosted a candidate forum April 27, 2026, at the Ramkota Hotel and Convention Center in Pierre. Chamber Government Outreach Committee member Mary Duvall emceed and the moderators were DRG Media Group News and Farm Director Jody Heemstra and Riverfront Broadcasting News Director Zach Nelson. Pierre Mayor candidates (L to R)– Steve Harding and Todd Johnson (3 year...

The Pierre Area Chamber of Commerce hosted a candidate forum April 27, 2026, at the Ramkota Hotel and Convention Center in Pierre. Chamber Government Outreach Committee member Mary Duvall emceed and the moderators were DRG Media Group News and Farm Director Jody Heemstra and Riverfront Broadcasting News Director Zach Nelson. Hughes County Commission (L to R) Rob Fines and Pat Steber. Not able to a...

The Pierre Area Chamber of Commerce hosted a candidate forum April 27, 2026, at the Ramkota Hotel and Convention Center in Pierre. Chamber Government Outreach Committee member Mary Duvall emceed and the moderators were DRG Media Group News and Farm Director Jody Heemstra and Riverfront Broadcasting News Director Zach Nelson. Republican District 24 Senate candidates on the ballot are (2 year term):...

The Pierre Area Chamber of Commerce hosted a candidate forum April 27, 2026, at the Ramkota Hotel and Convention Center in Pierre. Chamber Government Outreach Committee member Mary Duvall emceed and the moderators were DRG Media Group News and Farm Director Jody Heemstra and Riverfront Broadcasting News Director Zach Nelson. Hughes County Sheriff candidate Jeff Metzger is unchallenged.

The size of the U.S. cattle herd is around the lowest it's ever been, but one cattle marketer says larger animals are helping to keep beef readily available for consumers. In this episode, DRG Media Group Pierre News and Farm Director Jody Heemstra chats with Dennis Metzger from the Whitman, Nebraska, area to get his impression of the situation. Metzger works with seed stock, feeder calves and fee...

On April 18, 1775 a British order went out to seize "all military stores" in Lexington; and thus American's war of independence began.

Our host, Cortana Mancuso, interviews two seniors who qualify to go to national oral interpretation (Chloe Bowers and Harper Reichling) on their experience on the TF Riggs forensics team. @tfriggsforensics on Instagram (gofundme linked in bio) 

Is the moon moving away from Earth, one Princeton academic conviced NASA that that question should be the first experiment left on the surface.

Considered the father of guerillia warfare, Francis Marion commaned an unconvential army during the American Revolution.

Wildest story of the year... Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel and insider Dianna Russini are in boiling hot water after their affair has been made public. We go through the storyline, the lies, the pictures and everything else. After that, we dive into what has been an awesome NHL Postseason, and it's only the first round! To close, we talk about what a disastrous two weeks it has been for LIV Golf...

Our host, Cortana Mancuso, interviews 8th grader Hailey Finn on her experience in middle school. Cortana then uses her knowledge from a year at high school to answer questions Hailey has about high school.

Mild weather has allowed farmers in central South Dakota to do spring fieldwork and planting without interruption. In this episode, farmer Chris Fosheim talks about wheat condition, fertilizer available and more. Agriculture In-depth is brought to you by Kimball Livestock Exchange .

Jason Young is a PGA Golf Professional at Red Rock in Rapid City and was inducted into the SDGA Hall of Fame last weekend. We dive into his career as a Pro, teaching and mentoring students and what you can do to get better. We also talk about PGA Hope which is helping our Veterans deal with stress and angst by playing golf. Jason's interview starts around the 17:00 minute mark. Prior to the interv...

This week on Teen Talk, Cortana Mancuso interviews Jenny Hodges about TF Riggs Highschool's upcoming musical: Death Takes a Holiday.

Shiloh, Tennessee would be the site of onw the bloodiest battles of the Civil War. 

In this week's episode of Teen Talk, host Cortana Mancuso speaks with Jason Garrett. Jason is a freshman at Riggs and a talented young musician who participates in many ensembles, including a rock band that performed during a recent talent show hosted by the Riggs chapter of Tri-M. He talks about his experience with music and his life as a high schooler.

April 13-17, 2026, is Severe Weather Preparedness Week in South Dakota and Minnesota. Kelly Serr is the Warning Coordination Meteorologist for the National Weather Service in South Dakota. In this episode, she encourages people to think about personal safety plans and to prepare for any situation, regardless of if they are at school, work, outdoors or on the road.   Each day during Severe Weather...

The iconic words by Virginian Patrick Henry resonate more than 250 years after America declared its independence.

Gavin Colson is a State Champion golfer who was just 1 of 50 US players selected to compete overseas in a tournament in Australia. We dive in and discuss how he got selected, what the tournament will look like and how you can help. To remain an amateur, Gavin will rely on community support to help fund his trip across the pond! You can go to www.coast2coastinternationalathletics.com to help! We al...

We are just days away from what promises to be an electric Final Four with UCONN, Arizona, Michigan and Illinois. Of course, we HAVE to talk about how Duke just fumbled away their shot at a championship in the Elite Eight and touch on other games from last weekend before looking ahead to Saturday. We also talk about Tiger Woods, his DUI and his statement released this week. All that and more on th...

Tiger Talk is back this week for Episode 26 with your host, Matthew Givone. This week, with winter sports completely wrapped up, Matt looked ahead to the spring sports and even football season next year as well as talking some basketball and baseball. If you're a sports fan, you are not going to want to miss this season finale of Tiger Talk, brought to you by Dacotah Bank!

Join Cortana Mancuso in this week's episode of Teen Talk as she talks with award-winning writer/director and T.F. Riggs alum, Andrew Kightlinger!

Nathan Hale served in America's first spy ring and paid the ultimate price.