Category Archives: Local News
11 Pierre City Employees Added To South Dakota Municipal League Hall Of Fame
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Pierre saw the most inductees to the South Dakota Municipal League Hall of Fame. Over half of the 21 municipal employees added the Municipal Leagues Hall of Fame work for the City of...
Oct 23, 2025
Engineering Agreement Approved For Additional Guardrails To Protect Electric Equipment
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Their success protecting electrical infrastructure from wayward vehicles has been a success and the City of Pierre is looking to add more. The Pierre City Commission approved an engi...
Oct 22, 2025
Pierre Street Paving To Start Next Week
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Work crews continue the push for wrapping up the first year of the Euclid Avenue reconstruction project. Morris Incorporated Operations Manager T-J Gallagher says crews are about fin...
Oct 22, 2025
Winner Woman Arrested For Throwing Bottle At Police Trying To Get Into Pierre Airport At Midnight
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- A Winner woman was arrested Wednesday morning at Pierre Regional Airport for assaulting a Pierre Police officer. Pierre Police Captain Dusty Pelle says officers responded to Pierre's...
Oct 22, 2025
Corps Of Engineer Fall Public Meetings Cancelled Due To Government Shutdown
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Annual fall public meetings of the U-S Army Corps of Engineers for the Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System will not be held this year due the ongoing lapse in federal funding fr...
Oct 22, 2025
Alcohol Licenses Approved For New Shel's Market Store In Northeast Pierre
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- A new full service convenience store is another step closer to opening with approval of applications for alcohol licenses by the Pierre City Commission. Owner Sheldon Suiter says his...
Oct 22, 2025
Hughes County Commission Approves Resolution To Change Precinct Boundaries In Pierre
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The Hughes County Commission has approved precinct boundary changes for the precincts in the City of Pierre. Hughes County Finance Officer Thomas Oliva says the change is being made ...
Oct 22, 2025
Summer Study Looking At South Dakota EMS Service Meets In Pierre Tuesday
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- A legislative summer study committee looking at emergency medical services in South Dakota held its third meeting in Pierre Tuesday. Senior Policy Advisor Laura Ringling with the Off...
Oct 21, 2025
Avera To End Participation With Aetna Medicare Advantage As In-Network Provide
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Avera Health has announced it is ending it's participation as an in-network provider with Aetna Medicare Advantage at the end of the year. Avera is terminating its relationship with ...
Oct 21, 2025
Pierre City Commission Set To Meet Tonight
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The Pierre City Commission is meeting tonight at the Pierre Municipal Building. A proclamation in special business will kick off the meeting for Veterans of Foreign Wars Buddy Poppy ...
Oct 21, 2025
