Category Archives: Local News
Hughes County Commission To Consider Enclosure For Juvenile Services Center Recreation Area
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The Hughes County Commission is supporting an effort by the county's Juvenile Services Center to create a safe, separate area for in custody juveniles to spend time outside the main ...
May 24, 2025
LifeServe Donation Center To Have No Impact On Annual Guns 'n Hoses Blood Drive
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- LifeServe is adding a permanent donation center in Pierre. The center will be in the Larkspur Landing Event Center building. LifeServe Regional Director Rachel Fernandez says a perma...
May 23, 2025
Combination License Sales Lead The Way For April Game License Sales
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- April hunting license sales remain strong for the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department. Wildlife Division Director Tom Kirschenmann says license says combination license sale...
May 23, 2025
Recent Rains Bring Much Needed Drought Relief To South Dakota
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- May has been a rainy, dreary month, but it has done wonders for improving drought conditions across South Dakota. The moisture has created two areas of no drought. One is in the nort...
May 22, 2025
Western Dakota Regional Water System To Host Fort Pierre Open House
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The Western Dakota Regional Water System is hosting a trio of open house events to give area residents a look inside what the proposed water transport pipeline would do. The open hou...
May 21, 2025
Pierre City Commission Approves Bid For Electric System Improvements
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The Pierre City Commission this week approved a bid for continued improvement and upgrading of the city's electrical system. Electric Superintendent Devin Harris says the latest upgr...
May 21, 2025
Central South Dakota Rail Projects Moving Forward
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The South Dakota State Railroad Board was updated Wednesday on where projects utilizing federal and state grant funding are at. Air, Rail and Transit Program Manager Jack Dokken says...
May 21, 2025
More South Dakotans Set To Travel For Memorial Day Than Last Year
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Triple A South Dakota is expecting a lot of travel on highways this Memorial Day weekend. Spokesman Shawn Steward says more South Dakotans will be leaving home for the holiday than l...
May 21, 2025
Weather Slowing Work On Euclid Avenue Reconstruction Project
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- There will be no update this week on the Euclid Avenue reconstruction project. Morris Incorporated Operations Manager T-J Gallagher says recent wet weather has slowed progress and th...
May 21, 2025
USS Pierre Crew Members Spend Week Visiting Capitol City
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Crew members from the U-S-S Pierre are in town this week taking in the sights and sounds of the city that ship is named for. U-S-S Pierre Commissioning Committee chair Mike Mehlhaff,...
May 21, 2025
