Category Archives: Local News

New Electric Line To Be Added To Help Cut Down Interference With Hughes County Courtroom Audio
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- More could be needed than just updated audio equipment for the main courtroom at the Hughes County Courthouse. The Hughes County Commission discussed the pending upgrades at its meet...
Zach Nelson Jun 10, 2025

Interim Rules Review Committee Approves Changes To Hughes, Stanley County Speed Zone Rules Renaming Highways In Pierre
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The last step in the process to try and prevent semis and R-V air conditioning units from wrinkling under the mass of the Rapid City, Pierre and Eastern Railroad viaduct is complete....
Zach Nelson Jun 10, 2025

Arnold Lays Out Platform In Announcing Run For Governor
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- A Pierre man's announcement that he's seeking the state's Democratic Party nomination for Governor is more than just becoming the youngest governor in state history. The 19 year-old ...
Zach Nelson Jun 10, 2025

Pierre City Commission To Meet Tonight
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- There are light agendas..and then there are whatever the Pierre City Commission is set to consider tonight. Another in a series of brief agendas will come before the Commission tonig...
Zach Nelson Jun 10, 2025

Location For Riggs Expansions Set
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The Pierre School Board was updated Monday night on the status of two building projects in the beginning phases. Business Manager Travis Dovre says engineers and school officials hav...
Zach Nelson Jun 10, 2025

Fort Pierre, West River/Lyman Jones To Cost Share On Expansion Study Of Mni Wiconi Treatment Plant
FORT PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The City of Fort Pierre has agreed to pick up the lion's share of the cost for an expansion study for the Oglala Sioux Rural Water Supply System. With officials from West River/...
Zach Nelson Jun 10, 2025

Game, Fish And Parks Commission Finalizes Opening "Dredge Hole" Between Chamberlain, Ocaoma To Year Round Fishing
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission has finalized a petition to eliminate a restriction on fishing on Lake Francis Case between the Interstate 90 and Ringneck and Wester...
Zach Nelson Jun 09, 2025

Pierre School Board To Meet Tonight
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The Pierre School Board is meeting tonight at the District Administration Building. The Board will consider approval of an eight-item consent calendar before hearing comments from Su...
Zach Nelson Jun 09, 2025

National Moving EMS Memorial Makes Stop At Pierre Sunday
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The National Emergency Medical Service Moving Memorial stopped in Pierre Sunday on it's way to the National E-M-S Memorial Service in Arlington, Virginia. Marc Kilman-Burnham is Dire...
Zach Nelson Jun 08, 2025

Names Of Truck Drivers Involved In Fatal Sully County Crash Released By Highway Patrol
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The names of some of those involved in a fatal three vehicle crash in Sully County last week has been released by the South Dakota Highway Patrol. The crash happened Wednesday, one m...
Zach Nelson Jun 08, 2025