PIERRE, (KCCR) --- Drought-free areas continue to shrink in South Dakota as drought intensity is picking up. Drought is rapidly expanding across the northern Missouri River valley. An area of severe drought introduced last week has now been upgraded to extreme D-Three drought. Severe drought has grown to the northeast ...

PIERRE, (KCCR) -- A woman and man from Pierre have been sentenced to long federal prison terms for distributing controlled substances. U-S Attorney Ron Parsons says 41 year-old Brandon Hitt and 41 year-old Luticia Falcon were indicted on two counts back in October of 2025. The pair was indicted for Conspiracy to Distri...

PIERRE, (KCCR) -- By Friday, you'll be able to take Euclid Avenue from one end to the other. But to do so, will require some changes to traffic flow through the Euclid Avenue construction zone... Some outside lanes on Euclid will be closed for completion of sidewalk work. Friday is the interim completion date. The fina...

FORT PIERRE, (KCCR) -- A measure to fund a feasibility study for the Western Dakota Regional Water System is on it's way to the U-S Senate. Western Dakota Executive Director Kristen Conzet says the study will look to address the increasing need for water in the western half of the state... Conzet gave a presentation on...

PIERRE, (KCCR) --- State prison inmates have completed their assistance to Highmore and Huron following severe wind events in late June and early July. A total of 25 minimum-security female offenders from the Pierre Minimum Center and Department of Corrections staff were deployed June 29th to Highmore after 130 miles a...

South Dakota United Spirit team has made the Championship game of the US Club soccer National Cup. They will play for a National Championship on Friday at 8:30 AM Mountain time in Denver in the U16 Premier division. The team went 2-0-1 in pool play at this National Cup. They will take on Desert Communities Soccer Club ...

The Oahe Zap would honor its longest tenured player in Brady Glenn who has spent five summers in Pierre as the Zap would get the win 4-3 over the Bison in the final home game of the season and Glenn picking up the save. Glenn has played in every season with the Zap since its inception and also with the end of the Pierr...

The Pierre Post 8 Jr. Legion will also need to win both games on Thursday after a 6-3 loss to Brandon Valley Red in Brandon on Wednesday in the first game of the best-of-three series. Brandon Valley took advantage of two first inning errors to score four runs leading 4-0 after the first. Pierre would get a run off an e...

Pierre Post 8 will have their backs against the wall to start Thursday after Watertown would squeak out a 5-4 win in game one of the best-of-three series at Hyde Stadium in Pierre. After a controversial call in the top of the first led to a two out infield single giving Watertown a 1-0 lead, Pierre came back and struck...

The Oahe Zap would stop its losing streak on Tuesday in a doubleheader against the Bison as they would split the two games, losing in game one 12-6 and then winning 10-0 in game two. It would be a nine run inning in game one for the Bison to snatch the game one win as Oahe led 2-0 in the first and it held up until the ...

Four U.S. service members killed during the conflict with Iran were returned to American soil in a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base. Preside...

The U.S. military announced Tuesday night that its latest round of strikes on Iran had ended after an 11th consecutive night of operations. The attack...

The United States is imposing new 50% tariffs on a wide range of Canadian products, escalating trade tensions between the neighboring countries. CNN r...

Lane Kiffin has a history of burning college football bridges, but LSU bet big on him anyway.

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