Category Archives: Local News
Two Trains Derail Days Apart Across Central South Dakota
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Canning Road in Hughes County remains closed to traffic days after a train derailment Sunday. Hughes County Sheriff Patrick Callahan says several cars on a train derailed near the gr...
May 12, 2025
Rounds Wants Stronger Conservation Reserve Program Included In Reworked Farm Bill
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Congress continues to work through an updated Farm Bill. South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds says the measure is currently with the Senate Ag Committee... Rounds says compromise may be ...
May 12, 2025
Pierre School Board To Hold May Meeting Tonight
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The Pierre School Board is meeting tonight at the District Administration Building. The Board will consider approval of a six-item consent calendar before hearing comments from Super...
May 12, 2025
Storm Drain Installation Among Tasks For Euclid Avenue Work Crews This Week
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Crews working on the Euclid reconstruction project put in time over the weekend to keep the project moving forward and on time. Morris Incorporated Operations Manager T-J Gall...
May 11, 2025
Elimination Of Lake Francis Case Fishing Restriction Moving To Finalization Process
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The Game, Fish and Parks Commission will consider finalization of eliminating an area closed to fishing on the Lake Francis Case reservoir on the Missouri River at Chamberlain/Oacoma...
May 10, 2025
Georgia Morse 8th Grader Wins Guns 'N Hoses Blood Drive T-Shirt Design Contest
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The design of a Georgia Morse Middle School Eighth Grader will be carried on the backs of blood donors during the 21st annual Tyler Wilcox Memorial Guns 'n Hoses blood drive. Abbie A...
May 09, 2025
Drifter's Takes The Title For Inaugural PARS Burger Smash Fundraiser
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Drifter's of Fort Pierre is the 2025 Pierre Area Referral Service Burger Smash Champion. Five restaurants took part in the month long challenger of offering a specially crafted burge...
May 08, 2025
Game, Fish And Parks Department Not Ready To Give Up Concessionaire For Spring Creek Resort
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department is not ready to give up on the Spring Creek resort. Parks and Recreation Division Director Jeff VanMeeteren says the department did n...
May 08, 2025
Oahe Reservoir Now Just Over 10 Feet Below Base Of Flood Control Zone
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The U-S Army Corps of Engineers is continuing to project below normal runoff into the Missouri River in 2025. Hydrologist Kevin Stamm with the Corps says runoff is currently in the l...
May 08, 2025
National Travel And Tourism Week Showing The Impact To Local Communities
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Friday marks the end of National Travel and Tourism week. The week looks to shed light on the actual impact travel and tourism has on areas around the county. Locally, Miranda Panzer...
May 08, 2025
