PIERRE, (KCCR) -- One of the oldest municipal bands in the state is preparing for a full 2026 at the Steamboat Park Amphitheater. Rod Bauck, Mike Vassel and Gage Ruhlman are starting their second year guiding the Capital City Band and Bauck says they are starting a little later this year... This history of the Capital ...

PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The primary election is just under three weeks away and the Hughes County Auditor's office has been busy with election prep. Finance Officer Thomas Oliva says one minor gremlin with the county's poll books required a weekend of work... Oliva says there is plenty of time available to work the bugs out ...

PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Work crews continue to move forward on the Euclid Avenue Reconstruction project with minimal delays. T-J Gallagher with Morris Incorporated says the east half of Wynoka Street is paved and Mary Lane is open to traffic... Crews have a July 24th deadline to finish the current work and reopen Euclid from...

PIERRE, (KCCR) -- A new judge will be guiding South Dakota's Fourth Judicial Circuit. The Honorable Michelle K. Comer has been appointed presiding judge of the circuit that includes Ziebach, Dewey and six other north central and northwestern South Dakota counties. Comer will replace retiring presiding judge Michael W....

PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Officials from the South Dakota Department of Health visited the Pierre City Commission Tuesday night to update the Commission on construction of the 70-million dollar Workforce Development and Education Center. The Center will house a new state health laboratory and Deputy Medical Lab Director Laurie...

PIERRE, (KCCR) -- A countywide burn ban in Stanley County has been lifted by the Stanley County Commission. However normal burning restrictions remain in place across the county. The burn ban ordinance will automatically apply if and when the National Weather Service issues a Red Flag Warning for Stanley County or the ...

PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Pierre School District Business Manager Travis Dovre walked members of the Pierre School Board through the District's preliminary budget for the next school year. Dovre highlighted each of the budget's multiple funds and what changes if any are proposed to be made... We will have more details on the p...

RAPID CITY, (KCCR) -- An Eagle Butte man has been found guilty by a federal jury in Rapid City of two federal counts for sexual abuse of a minor. U-S Attorney Ron Parsons says 24 year-old Emanual Semon was found guilty during a three-day trial of Sexual Abuse without Consent and Sexual Abuse of a Minor. Semon was found...

PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The Pierre City Commission is meeting tonight at the Pierre Municipal Building. There is plenty of special business on the agenda for tonight. Three items of special business make up the first part of the meeting. They include a proclamation for National Police Week and National Peace Officers Memoria...

PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The Pierre School Board saw the preliminary budget for the 2026-27 school year Monday night. District Business Manager Travis Dovre says the general fund budget is likely to be lower from the current year... Across all funds, the total proposed Pierre School District budget for next year is 42-point-n...