Category Archives: Local News
Pierre City Commission To Meet Tonight
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The Pierre City Commission is meeting tonight at the Pierre Municipal Building. The Commission will welcome the Pierre Governor championship girls wrestling team in special business ...
Mar 11, 2025
Search Continues For Missing Hughes County Man
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The search continues for a missing Hughes County man. The Hughes County Sheriff's Office says 39 year-old Curtis James has been missing since Wednesday. Authorities searched James' h...
Mar 10, 2025
Senate To Take Up Bill To Permanently Make Fentanyl Schedule I Drug
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- With border crossings down as the Trump Administration enhances border enforcement Congress is moving forward with plans to reduce the impact fentanyl is having in the United States....
Mar 10, 2025
Main Run Of Historic 100th Legislative Session Wraps Up This Week
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- This week marks the final full week of the 100th Legislative session. The session has included countless election bills and odd bills that some say would jail librarians and even def...
Mar 10, 2025
Prescribed Burns Planned For Fort Pierre National Grasslands In March
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The U-S-D-A Forest Service is preparing for prescribed burns in Lyman County in the Fort Pierre National Grasslands. The area includes 36 acres along U-S Highway 83 in the 83 Triangl...
Mar 10, 2025
Below Normal Runoff Forecast To Continue Into Missouri River
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Runoff into the Missouri River remains below average. The U-S Army Corps of Engineers held it's March runoff update Thursday. The Corps Kevin Stamm says a lack of moisture and drough...
Mar 10, 2025
Colorado Woman Sentenced For Funnelling Meth To Central South Dakota
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- A Colorado woman has been sentenced to 23 years in prison on federal drug charges. U-S Attorney Alison Ramsdell says 34 year old Rikki Renee Barrowman of Denver will serve five years...
Mar 10, 2025
Game, Fish And Parks To Try One More Time To Get Concessionaire To Operate Spring Creek Restaurant
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department is taking one final shot at landing a concessionaire for the Spring Creek resort in northwest Hughes County. Shawn Blanchette, the De...
Mar 07, 2025
American Bank & Trust Awards Over $2,300 To Stanley County Schools Through Spirit Card Program
FORT PIERRE, (KCCR) -- American Bank and Trust has awarded the Stanley County School District over 23-hundred dollars in grants as a part of the banking institutions' Spirit Card program. The funds co...
Mar 05, 2025
Hughes County Commission Sets New Meeting Time For Tuesday Afternoons
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The Hughes County Commission has landed on a final new meeting time for the body's bi-monthly meetings. The Commission had been meeting on the first and third Monday nights of a mont...
Mar 05, 2025
