Category Archives: Local News

Glodt Says Drawing Down Capital Outlay For General Fund Use Ill Advised As District Faces Lower Enrollment
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Declining student enrollment in the Pierre School District could cost the District 900-thousand dollars in state aid. At the same time, the District plans to make additions to T-F Ri...
Zach Nelson Feb 17, 2026

Department Of Transportation Begins Issuing Load Restrictions On State Highways
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The South Dakota Department of Transportation is beginning to enact spring load restrictions on some area state highways. Starting this week a six ton per axle limit is in place on S...
Zach Nelson Feb 17, 2026

Three Local Governing Boards To Hold Meetings Tuesday
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- There are local meetings a plenty today due to the President's Day holiday. The Pierre City Commission is meeting tonight at 5:30 pm at the Pierre Municipal Building. Commissioners w...
Zach Nelson Feb 17, 2026

Mortenson To Not Run For Fourth House Term
FORT PIERRE, (KCCR) -- While plenty of candidates have been ANNOUNCING campaigns to run for office, at least one is doing the opposite. In a Facebook posting to family and friends Sunday, District 24 ...
Zach Nelson Feb 16, 2026

Inspector General Looking Into Slowdown In South Dakota Mail Delivery
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- When your bills show up in the mailbox on the day they're due, it's a problem. A problem U-S Senator Mike Rounds has been hearing about from South Dakotans across the state... Rounds...
Zach Nelson Feb 16, 2026

District 24 Lawmakers Support Ending Oversight Committee For Medical Marijuana Program
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- A bill in the South Dakota legislature would end the Medical Marijuana Oversight Committee. The Committee was established by the legislature as the state's Medical Marijuana program ...
Zach Nelson Feb 16, 2026

Harding: Hegg Companies Still Looking To Build Out Former City Hall Site
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- It's still in the plans. Or at least that's what officials with the Hegg Company have told Pierre city officials recently regarding the redevelopment of the former Pierre City Hall s...
Zach Nelson Feb 16, 2026

Lamphere Leaving Legacy Of Art Studio With Copyright Release To Hall Of Fame
CHAMBERLAIN, (KCCR) -- Last week, South Dakota sculptor Dale Lamphere and his wife Jane Murphy signed over the exclusive copyrights to Dignity of Earth and Sky, the 50-foot tall recreation of a Native...
Zach Nelson Feb 15, 2026

Jones County Only South Dakota County Not Seeing Flu Impacts This Flu Season
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- A total of 14 people have died due to influenza during the 2025-26 flu season in South Dakota. There have been four in the last week according to the South Dakota Department of Healt...
Zach Nelson Feb 14, 2026

Saylor Family Meets Buzz Ice Clear; DOT's Newest Named Plow
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The winner of this year's South Dakota Department of Transportation "Name the Plow" contest got the chance Friday to MEET their plow, Buzz Ice Clear. Both of Jordana Saylor's sons go...
Zach Nelson Feb 14, 2026




