Category Archives: Local News
Boys And Girls Club Of The Capital Area Awarded With National Advocate Level Champion Of Youth Recognition
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The Boys and Girls Club of the Capital Area has been recognized on a national scale, receiving a Champion of Youth Award from the national Boys and Girls Club of America. Chief Execu...
Jan 30, 2026
Mehlhaff, Hansen Call Out Data Center Bills
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Republican leadership agreed to disagree Thursday when meeting with media members discussing competing bills on data centers. A group of legislators recently unveiled a so-called Dat...
Jan 30, 2026
Moderate Drought Creeps Up In South Dakota
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Drought doesn't shrink or grow much during the winter, but a lack of moisture and fairly mild weather is leading to more extension of moderate drought across the state. The increases...
Jan 29, 2026
Eagle Butte Man Found Guilty By Jury Of Threatening Federal Official
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- An Eagle Butte man has been sentenced on a federal charge of threatening a federal official. U-S Attorney Ron Parsons says a federal jury in Pierre convicted 68 year-old Joseph Laffe...
Jan 29, 2026
Mehlhaff Property Tax Bill Defeated By Senate Taxation Committee
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- A bill proposed by District 24 Senator Jim Mehlhaff to substantially change South Dakota's property tax system and the connected funding of education was killed Wednesday by the Sena...
Jan 28, 2026
Sioux Nation Named Fort Pierre 2025 Business Of The Year
FORT PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Sioux Nation of Fort Pierre has been selected the 2025 Business of the Year by the Fort Pierre Development Corporation. Development Corporation Executive Director Dave Bondy say...
Jan 28, 2026
Pierre City Commission Approves Morris Bid For 2026 Street Paving
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- In addition to the second year of the Euclid Avenue reconstruction project, Morris Incorporated will be busy repairing other streets in the City of Pierre this year. The Fort Pierre ...
Jan 28, 2026
Dupree Man Sentenced On Federal Firearms Violation
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- A Dupree man has been sentenced for having a firearm when he wasn't allowed to. U-S District Judge Eric Schulte sentenced 38 year-old Sam Reede to six months in federal prison on a c...
Jan 28, 2026
Pierre City Commission Approves Joint Powers Agreement For Causeway Rebuild Project
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The Pierre City Commission has approved a joint powers agreement with the South Dakota Department of Transportation as part of a Transportation Alternatives Program grant application...
Jan 28, 2026
House Of Representatives Passes Measure To Keep Horse Racing Alive In South Dakota
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- A bill to help fund the future of horse racing continues its canter through the South Dakota legislature. House Bill 1058 would permit the licensing and regulation of online parimutu...
Jan 27, 2026
