Category Archives: Local News
Safety With Lithium-Ion Batteries The Focus For National Fire Prevention Week
PIERRE, (KCCR) - Fire Departments across the country have been marking National Fire Prevention Week this week. The Pierre Fire Department's focus in 2025 is on lithium-ion batteries with the theme "C...
Oct 09, 2025
Bid Awarded For Interstate 90 Construction Work In Lyman County Next Year
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- There will be road construction on at least one section of Interstate 90 in central South Dakota. The South Dakota Transportation Commission approved that bid and seven others Thursd...
Oct 09, 2025
Repairs To Be Made To Damaged Capitol Lake Memorial
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The South Dakota Bureau of Administration and Human Resources has been given the green light to move ahead with repairs to the Capitol Lake monument on the lake's west side. Deputy S...
Oct 08, 2025
Highway 1804 Bridge Named For Onida Fallen Hero
ONIDA, (KCCR) -- Students and residents filled the Sully Buttes High School gym Wednesday afternoon to honor a local Fallen Hero by dedicating a bridge in his name. Department of Veteran's Affairs Dep...
Oct 08, 2025
Euclid Avenue To Reopen Thursday From Prospect Avenue South To Pleasant Drive
PIERRE, (KCCR) - Starting Thursday, traffic should be flowing again on now three blocks of Euclid Avenue. Morris Incorporated Operations Manager T-J Gallagher says Euclid is reopening this week from P...
Oct 08, 2025
Fort Pierre Residents Injured In Fatal Head-On Crash North Of Huron
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Two Fort Pierre residents were injured in a fatal two-vehicle head-on crash in southern Spink County. The South Dakota Highway Patrol says the crash happened just after 11:30 am Tues...
Oct 08, 2025
Over 1,400 Passengers Use Pierre Regional Airport In September
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Month over month enplanements at Pierre Regional Airport continue to grow. Airport Liaison to the Pierre City Commission Jamie Huizenga says September set the bar for 2025 so far... ...
Oct 07, 2025
Utility Protecting Guardrails Proving Worth Already
PIERRE, (KCCR) - The Pierre City Commission approved a small change order and payment to close out a project to install protective guardrails along three areas of electrical infrastructure on 4th Stre...
Oct 07, 2025
Hughes County Commission Approves Rare Rescinding Of Restrictive Covenant
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The Hughes County Commission made the rare approval of removing a restrictive covenant mating two parcels of land together. Hughes County Director of Equalization Eric Booth says res...
Oct 07, 2025
Regional Economic Survey Continuing To Show Hiring Struggles
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Regional hiring continues to struggle according to the September Mid America Business Conditions Index. Creighton University Economics Professor Dr. Ernie Goss says last months evalu...
Oct 07, 2025
