PIERRE, (KCCR) -- To deal with increasing costs and lower enrollment the Pierre School District will be moving to eight sections of elementary school from nine next school year. Superintendent Dr. Kelly Glodt says other ways to shift class loads were examined by district officials... Glodt says nearly all South Dakota ...

PIERRE, (KCCR) -- A bill to permit the demolition of the Pierre Minimum Center has cleared the South Dakota Legislature. House Bill 1046 came before Senators Thursday afternoon. Senator Jim Mehlhaff with a second women's prison nearing completion and it being in poor condition, it's simply not needed... The bill passed...

PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Drought is taking more of a hold across southern South Dakota with this week's update of the U-S Drought Monitor for the state. Most of the state south of Interstate 90 is in moderate drought with it extending into the Highway 34 corridor from Artesian to Flandreau. Moderate drought has grown by 13-pe...

PIERRE, (KCCR) -- So far three incumbent Stanley County Commissioner have returned petitions to run for their respective offices. The latest of those being Dana Iverson. His petitions were officially filed February 24th. Things are filling up in District 21 which includes Tripp County. Former Senator Erin Tobin of Winn...

VIVIAN, (KCCR) -- An Interstate 90 rest area in Lyman County is closed again for the foreseeable future. The westbound Vivian Rest Area on Interstate 90 between Presho and Vivian was first closed on February 18th for what the South Dakota Department of Transportation called mechanical issues at the rest area near mile ...

Stanley County's Timber Hanson battled through the consolation bracket to reach the third place match in the 100 on Friday and will wrestle in the place match Saturday. Hanson went 1-1 on Thursday to get to the second round consolation match on Friday, but picked up three straight wins, all by fall to wrestle back to t...

For the second straight year, Cateri Yellow Hawk will be wrestling for a state championship as she moved to 3-0 on the state tournament on Friday. Yellow Hawk would win a 5-4 tight decision to reach the state championship match in the 130 as the Sully Buttes Chargers will see two place matches overall. Sister Tahnie wi...

Two Pierre Governors will wrestle on Saturday for a state championship as Shaylee Speck in the girls 100 and Alex Oedekoven in the boys 144 will be in the finals. Speck would win her semifinal match by major decision 15-3 as she is now 3-0 at the state tournament as she will face Ella Coomes of Madison in the champions...

Two games left in the regular season for the Oahe Capitals boys varsity team as the Caps will travel to Mitchell tonight to face Yankton before heading to Watertown on Saturday. It's a rare game in a neutral site that isn't a state tournament as the Caps and Bucks will meet for the second time this year, but this time ...

(Eureka, SD) - Sully Buttes boys basketball will concluded the regular season this Friday against the North Central Thunder in Eureka. Tip-off is set for 7:45 p.m. CST. Country 95.3 will have coverage Friday night. Sully Buttes are 14-5 on the regular season and are winners of two straight. Their last outing was a 53-3...

Missiles and airstrikes lit up the skies over the Middle East early Saturday as tensions between Israel and Iran erupted into open conflict. Israel's ...

The Trump administration has turned to the U.S. Supreme Court in a bid to dismantle deportation protections for approximately 6,000 Syrian citizens. I...

Tensions over Iran moved to the forefront in Washington this week after new details emerged from high-level national security meetings. During a Penta...

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Missiles and airstrikes lit up the skies over the Middle East early Saturday as tensions between Israel and Iran erupted into open conflict. Israel's ...

Morez Johnson Jr. had a double-double as the Wolverines cruised past Illinois and clinched the outright Big Ten regular-season title.