Category Archives: Local News
Highmore Woman Killed In Hand County Crash Wednesday Morning
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating a one-vehicle fatal crash in Hand County. The crash happened one mile west of Wessington on U-S Highway 14 near mile marker 314 aroun...
Apr 02, 2025
Euclid Avenue Project Update Meeting Held Wednesday In Pierre
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The first of what will be many weekly public update meetings on the Euclid Avenue reconstruction project was held Wednesday in Pierre. Morris Incorporated Operations Manager T-J Gall...
Apr 02, 2025
Pierre Man Arrested After Leading Police On Foot Chase
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Pierre police needed a Taser to bring a vandalism suspect into custody Tuesday night. Pierre Police Captain Dusty Pelle says officers were called to the 400 block of West Sioux Avenu...
Apr 02, 2025
US DOT Selects SkyWest To Serve Pierre With Essential Air Service Until 2029
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The United States Department of Transportation has awarded a four-year Essential Air Service contract to SkyWest Airlines to service Pierre with commercial air service until 2029. Ai...
Apr 02, 2025
March Best Month Yet For Flying From Pierre Regional Airport
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- With SkyWest set to take over commercial air service from Denver Air Connection in June the Utah-based carrier will have big shoes to fill when it comes to moving passengers from Pie...
Apr 02, 2025
US Army Corps Of Engineers Holds Online April Public Meeting Tuesday
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Due to travel restrictions, the U-S Army Corps of Engineers is holding its annual spring public meetings online. One of those meeting was held Tuesday. Kevin Stamm with the Corps in ...
Apr 02, 2025
Testimony Underway In Lonna Carroll DSS Theft Trial
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Testimony resumes today in the trial of Lonna Carroll. Carroll is charged by the South Dakota Attorney General's office with two counts of Aggravated Grand Theft for the alleged thef...
Apr 02, 2025
Work To Start Next Week On Bad River Bridge
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The John Waldron Bridge project and Euclid Avenue reconstruction aren't the only road projects the South Dakota Department of Transportation will be working on in the Pierre/Fort Pie...
Mar 31, 2025
Rhoden Proposes Half-Cent Sales Tax For Counties To Ease Owner/Occupied Property Taxes
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- A property tax proposal unveiled Monday by South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden would give counties the ability to enact a half-cent sales tax to ease owner/occupied property tax burde...
Mar 31, 2025
South Dakota Legislature Sustains Rhoden Veto Of Petition Signature Bill
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The South Dakota Legislature has upheld a veto by Governor Larry Rhoden. Rhoden vetoed House Bill 1169, that would have required petition signatures from all 35 Senate districts in t...
Mar 31, 2025
