Category Archives: Local News
Purple Heart Winners Added To Eligibility For Special Park Entrance, Camping Fees For Veterans
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The Game, Fish and Parks Commission this month approved special park entrance license and camping fees for recipients of the Purple Heart. Deputy G-F-and-P Director Al Nedved the cha...
Jun 24, 2025
Legislative Summer Study On Incarceration Holds First Meeting Tuesday
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- A legislative interim summer study looking at incarceration and reentry into South Dakota's prison system held it's first meeting of the interim Tuesday. The Initial Incarceration, R...
Jun 24, 2025
City Of Pierre To Perform Major Infrastructure Overall On North Monroe In 2026
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- A long awaited project is in the works for the City of Pierre. City Engineer Nick Waters asked the Pierre City Commission last week for water distribution design services for a proje...
Jun 24, 2025
Pierre City Commission To Meet Tonight
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The Pierre City Commission is holding its final regular meeting in June tonight. A lighter agenda makes up the calendar for tonight. A five-item consent calendar will come before the...
Jun 24, 2025
Pierre School Board Approves Bids For 2025-26 Food Services
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The Pierre School Board earlier this month approved food service bids ahead of the 2025-26 school year. Business Manager Travis Dovre says the bid process was a little different this...
Jun 23, 2025
Rounds Says Americans Don't Want To See Taxes Increase Through Failure Of Reconciliation
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The U-S Senate is considering a reconciliation bill for the "One Big Beautiful Bill." There is concern about the bill increasing the nation's debt and deficit because of extending ta...
Jun 23, 2025
First Phases Entering Final Stages Of Euclid Reconstruction
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Just days remain before the completion of the first phases of the Euclid Avenue reconstruction project. Heavy rain early last week forced some work to be redone on Euclid Avenue betw...
Jun 21, 2025
Measles Vaccination Clinic To Be Held In Pierre, Murdo, Dupree And Timber Lake Among Others Across South Dakota
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- As measles cases grow nationally and across South Dakota, the South Dakota Department of Health is deploying a series of mobile vaccination clinic across the state, including in cent...
Jun 21, 2025
Thune Says Keep Tax Cuts From 2017 A Big Part Of Big Beautiful Bill
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- One goal for Republicans in Congress is locking down tax cuts enacted in 2017 during the first Donald Trump presidency. South Dakota Senator and Majority Leader John Thune says if Co...
Jun 21, 2025
Game, Fish And Parks Rolls Out New Aquatic Access Recorder For Getting Public Input On Water Access
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department has a new tool to help them determine what's needed to keep access areas to lakes and rivers in the best conditions possible. Aquatic...
Jun 21, 2025
