Category Archives: Local News
Eagle Butte Man Sentenced On Federal Sexual Assault Charge
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- A Dewey County man has been sentenced to federal prison time for a sexual assault conviction. U-S Attorney Alison Ramsdell says 25 year-old Bryant Heideman of Eagle Butte was sentenc...
May 15, 2025
Bengs To Try Again At Running For Rounds US Senate Seat
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Northern State University professor Brian Bengs is again taking a chance at running for the United States Senate from South Dakota. Bengs ran as a Democrat in 2022, taking on Republi...
May 15, 2025
USS Pierre Crew Visit Planned For Next Week
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Another group of crew members from the U-S-S Pierre will be visiting the Littoral Combat Ship's namesake city next week. Pierre Mayor Steve Harding says putting the Pierre to sea has...
May 14, 2025
Replacement Of Sioux Avenue Road Surface Among The Latest Changes On Euclid Project Block | Text
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Work crews on the Euclid Avenue reconstruction project are starting to replace the road surface on Sioux Avenue. Morris Incorporated Operations Manager T-J Gallagher says new cement ...
May 14, 2025
Big Bend Campground Near Fort Thompson To Reopen Thanks To Volunteers, Local Partners
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Due to federal budget cuts a number of recreation areas along the Missouri River operated by the U-S Army Corps of Engineers were closed or had operations reduced earlier this year. ...
May 14, 2025
High Risk Sex Offender To Be Released To Winner
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The South Dakota Department of Corrections is advising central South Dakota residents that a high-risk sex offender is about to be released to the Winner area. On Thursday, May 15th ...
May 14, 2025
Thune Says Democrats Playing Politics With Appointments, Legislation
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Last week, the U-S Senate failed to pass a measure to provide guardrails of the use of the cryptocurrency stablecoin. Stablecoins are anchored in value by a traditional currency like...
May 14, 2025
Pierre City Commission Breezes Through Short Agenda
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The Pierre City Commission was not only short on agenda items Tuesday night, it was short on Commissioners. Commissioners Todd and Vona Johnson were absent from the meeting, but a qu...
May 13, 2025
April Camping Numbers And Revenue Strong Across State Park System
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Despite a cooler April, people were getting out and using South Dakota state campgrounds. Game, Fish and Parks Park and Recreation Division Director Jeff VanMeeteren says April 2025 ...
May 13, 2025
Eagle Butte Man Sentenced For Having Child Pornograhpy
EAGLE BUTTE, (KCCR) -- An Eagle Butte man has been sentenced for having child pornography in his possession. U-S Attorney Alison Ramsdell says 24 year-old Mason Benoist was sentenced by U-S District J...
May 13, 2025
