Category Archives: Local News
High Risk Sex Offender To Be Released To Winner
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The South Dakota Department of Corrections is advising central South Dakota residents that a high-risk sex offender is about to be released to the Winner area. On Thursday, May 15th ...
May 14, 2025
Thune Says Democrats Playing Politics With Appointments, Legislation
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Last week, the U-S Senate failed to pass a measure to provide guardrails of the use of the cryptocurrency stablecoin. Stablecoins are anchored in value by a traditional currency like...
May 14, 2025
Pierre City Commission Breezes Through Short Agenda
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The Pierre City Commission was not only short on agenda items Tuesday night, it was short on Commissioners. Commissioners Todd and Vona Johnson were absent from the meeting, but a qu...
May 13, 2025
April Camping Numbers And Revenue Strong Across State Park System
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Despite a cooler April, people were getting out and using South Dakota state campgrounds. Game, Fish and Parks Park and Recreation Division Director Jeff VanMeeteren says April 2025 ...
May 13, 2025
Eagle Butte Man Sentenced For Having Child Pornograhpy
EAGLE BUTTE, (KCCR) -- An Eagle Butte man has been sentenced for having child pornography in his possession. U-S Attorney Alison Ramsdell says 24 year-old Mason Benoist was sentenced by U-S District J...
May 13, 2025
Fort Pierre City Council Gives Conditional Approval For Renewal Of Two Medical Cannabis Licenses
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The Fort Pierre City Council has conditionally approved the renewal of two medicinal cannabis licenses for Bad River Cannabis and Bad River Farms. Acting Public Works Director Jess P...
May 13, 2025
Light Agenda For Pierre City Commission Tonight
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The Pierre City Commission is meeting tonight at the Pierre Municipal Building. A short and sweet agenda will come before Commissioners tonight with only two items of new business fo...
May 13, 2025
Pierre School Board Gets First Look At Proposed Budget For Next School Year
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The Pierre School Board got a preliminary look at its proposed Fiscal Year 2026 budget Monday night. Business Manager Travis Dovre says there shouldn't be a lot of major changes... T...
May 13, 2025
Two Trains Derail Days Apart Across Central South Dakota
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Canning Road in Hughes County remains closed to traffic days after a train derailment Sunday. Hughes County Sheriff Patrick Callahan says several cars on a train derailed near the gr...
May 12, 2025
Rounds Wants Stronger Conservation Reserve Program Included In Reworked Farm Bill
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Congress continues to work through an updated Farm Bill. South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds says the measure is currently with the Senate Ag Committee... Rounds says compromise may be ...
May 12, 2025
