Category Archives: Local News
Fireworks Started Fire Brings Fire Reminders From Pierre Fire Chief
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Officials with the City of Pierre are reminding residents of fire safety after issues over the Fourth of July holiday period. Fire Chief Ian Paul says residents, for the most part, f...
Jul 10, 2025
Fort Pierre Mayor Addresses Recent Power Outage With City Council
FORT PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Fort Pierre Mayor Gloria Hansen addressed a power outage that blackened the city for a time two weeks ago. A bull snake was the ultimate cause of the outage at West Central Elec...
Jul 09, 2025
March Uphill Continues For Euclid Avenue Rebuilders
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Construction crews are continuing their march north up Euclid Avenue. Erin Severyn with Morris Incorporated says finish work on the first parts of the project continues.... Work is p...
Jul 09, 2025
Missouri River Energy Services Honors Mayor Steve Harding With Community Leader Award
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Pierre Mayor Steve Harding was honored for his work with public power Tuesday night. Leadership from Missouri River Energy Services attended the Pierre City Commission meeting to hon...
Jul 08, 2025
Project Prison Reset Task Force Settles For Sioux Falls As Location For New Men's Prison
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- After hours of testimony, discussion and debate the Project Prison Reset Task Force has decided to recommend to the South Dakota Legislature in a special session at 1500-bed prison f...
Jul 08, 2025
Teen Ticketed In Rollover Crash
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- No one was injured Monday in a two-vehicle rollover crash in Pierre. Pierre Police Captain Dusty Pelle says officers were called around three-pm to the intersection of Capitol and Mo...
Jul 08, 2025
Pierre City Commission To Meet Tonight
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The Pierre City Commission is meeting tonight at the Pierre Municipal Building. There is not much at all on the agenda. Only one action item will come before the Commission. That is ...
Jul 08, 2025
Boys And Girls Club Of The Capital Area On The Scramble To Find GOLD Program Funds After Grant Frozen
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- At the beginning of the year, the Boys and Girls Club of the Capital Area announced the Stanley County GOLD program became a chartered entity of the Boys and Girls Club. Now with pas...
Jul 08, 2025
Centerline Rumble Strips To Be Installed On Highways 83, 212 In Potter And Sully Counties
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Work is underway on a project to add center line rumble strips to U-S Highway 83 and U-S Highway 212 between Onida and Gettysburg in Sully and Potter Counties. Rumble strips have bee...
Jul 07, 2025
Johnson Appreciative Of Support From Mortenson, Daugaard In Bid For Governor
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Last week, South Dakota Congressman Dusty Johnson announced he will run for Governor in 2026. Among those stumping for Johnson at his press conference and in Fort Pierre's 4th of Jul...
Jul 07, 2025
