Category Archives: Local News
Ballot Tabulator Test For Pierre City Commission Election Conducted Thursday Morning
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Hughes County ballot tabulating equipment was tested publicly Thursday morning ahead of the Pierre City Commission election Tuesday. A crowd of three watched Hughes County Finance Of...
May 29, 2025
State Transportation Commission Adopts Administrative Speed Zone Rules For Hughes, Stanley Counties
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The South Dakota State Transportation Commission has given approval to proposed changes to language in the speed zone rules for Hughes and Stanley Counties. Department of Transportat...
May 29, 2025
Inmate With Hughes County Conviction Dies In Prison
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- A state prison inmate with a Hughes County conviction has died. According to a release from the South Dakota Department of Corrections 29 year-old Marc Best passed away Wednesday whi...
May 29, 2025
Drought Conditions Continue Slow Easing This Week
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Drought conditions continue to show improvement in South Dakota. This week's update of the U-S Drought Monitor for the state shows all extreme drought in the southwest corner of the ...
May 29, 2025
Euclid Reconstruction Getting Back On Track After Rain Last Week
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Warmer and drier weather is helping put the Euclid Avenue reconstruction project back on track. Morris Incorporated Operations Manager T-J Gallagher says crews are installing massive...
May 28, 2025
Harding Says State Laws Tying City's Hands In Helping Mobile Home Owners With Fee Increases
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- City officials met with mobile home owners being impacted by series of sharp fee increases planned to be implemented by the new owners of three parks in Pierre. Mayor Steve Harding s...
May 28, 2025
Triple A Advising Parents To Wary Of The "100 Deadliest Days" For Teen Drivers
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- School may be out for summer but that makes summer a deadly time for teen drivers on South Dakota roads. Shawn Steward with Triple A South Dakota says they refer to the period from M...
May 28, 2025
Pierre Woman Appointed To Serve As State Director Of USDA Rural Development
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- A Pierre woman has been appointed by U-S Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins to serve with U-S-D-A's Farm Service Agency. Lorraine Polak will serve as State Director for U-S-D-A Rural Develo...
May 28, 2025
Mobile Home Residents Hit With Sudden Fee Increases Swarm Pierre City Commission Pleading For Help
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Dozens of frustrated mobile home owners crammed the Pierre City Commission chambers Tuesday night to voice their concern over a series of sudden fee and cost increases imposed on the...
May 27, 2025
Are Increases For School Lunches Ahead For Next School Year In Pierre
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Could the cost to feed your children at school next year increase? It may be a possibility in the Pierre School District as the District and School Board begin looking at the budget ...
May 27, 2025
