PIERRE, (KCCR) --- The focus for the Office of Indigent Legal Services has been appeals work, habeas case and abuse and neglect proceedings. The office would eventually like to move into trial level work. Chief Public Defender Chris Miles offered a look at how that might work... The Office of Indigent Legal Services be...

PIERRE, (KCCR) -- A Fort Thompson man has been sentenced to federal prison time for the sexual assault of a minor. U-S Attorney Ron Parsons says 26 year-old Bucorey Bell was sentenced to six year in the federal prison system and with that a full decade of supervised release after completion of the prison time. Bell was...

PIERRE, (KCCR) - The Office of the Inspector General has formally released its investigation into mail service in the South Dakota. The 30-page report makes three major recommendations. South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds has been championing a solution and took to social media Thursday afternoon to address the report's f...

PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The weather this year has been the perfect mixing pot for another round of hemorrhagic disease in South Dakota's deer and antelope populations. Senior Wildlife Biologist Byron Buckley with the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department says cases of E-H-D have been sporadic... In past instances of a...

PIERRE, (KCCR) --- One of the main focus points being developed by a legislative summer study on ambulance service in South Dakota is the creation of a full-time advisory committee to keep tabs on improving emergency medical service and the funding of that service. Senator Kevin Jensen says the summer study isn't the s...

PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The results of recent rains are beginning to show on the U-S Drought Monitor for South Dakota. One of the largest changes is a reduction in extreme drought in northwest Dewey and northeast Ziebach Counties. Extreme drought fell in Dewey County 28-percent. An area remains from southeast Dewey County in...

PIERRE, (KCCR) - A new paving schedule has been laid out on the Euclid Avenue reconstruction project. Erin Severyn with Morris Incorporated says new water line has been connected to the City of Pierre system... Concrete work can carry on into the winter with help from ground heaters and blankets. Asphalt has a temperat...

PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The U-S-S Pierre has undergone a change of command. The ship was Commissioned into service nearly a year ago last November. Pierre Mayor Todd Johnson attended the ceremony in San Diego last week... Johnson spoke briefly at the ceremony. Commander Audrey Munji is relieving Commander Justin Guernsey who...

PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The Office of Indigent Legal Services is continuing to build on the number of cases it is handling. Chief Public Defender Chris Miles says nearly 130 appeals and other cases have been undertaken by the office.. Mile also went over a possible framework for eventual expansion to trial level work with th...

PIERRE, (KCCR) --- The South Dakota Transportation Commission has approved changes to the speed limits on roads in Sully and Jackson Counties. Department of Transportation Legal Counsel Karla Engles says safety and clarity are the reasons behind the changes... There was no public testimony for or against either speed z...