Category Archives: Local News

PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Limited visibility due to blowing snow and whiteout conditions Friday are being considered contributing factors in a multi-vehicle fatal crash on Interstate 90. The crash happened fi...

PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The Senate Transportation Committee has passed a bill that would allow South Dakota drives to select an all black or all white license plate for their vehicle. Rosa Yaeger with the s...

PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The South Dakota Department of Transportation has released the winners of the 2025-2026 "Name the Plow" Contest. Buzz Ice Clear, a play on fictional cartoon movie character "Buzz Lig...

PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The Pierre School District Board of Education is meeting today to select a new superintendent for the District. Board President Joan Adam says the District got significant interest i...

PIERRE, (KCCR) -- A property tax proposal introduced by South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden is expected to have it's first bill hearing Friday. Rhoden, meeting with reporters for the first time during ...

PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The Pierre Capital Journal newspaper is coming under new ownership from a regional newspaper company. Forum Communications announced on Wednesday they will be acquiring seven total n...

PIERRE, (KCCR) -- South Dakota budget officials say the state's finances remain solid, but growth has slowed. After several years of rapid increases following the pandemic, general fund revenue is ess...

PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The Pierre City Commission approved the emergency repair of a sewer line under Dakota Avenue. The one block section of pipe between Charles Street and Poplar Avenue has extreme infil...

PIERRE, (KCCR) --A Pierre T-F Riggs High School student is one of two South Dakota youth selected to take part in the United States Senate Youth Program. Chloe Bowers of Pierre and Haley Cunningham of...

PIERRE, (KCCR) -- It appears attorneys in a Hughes County drug case are working out a plea deal. Defense attorney David Siebrasse told Sixth Circuit Judge Christina Klinger he and Hughes County State'...