Local News
New Stanley County School Admin Team Looking Forward To Bringing Local Connection To Education
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The school year is rapidly approaching and with it the excitement and optimism of school district administrators. For Stanley County School, over half of the administration is new, but what is new is old, or at least familiar. New High School Principal Jessica Carr, Elementary Principal Dr. Kelli Nage...
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Pierre/Fort Pierre Rotary Makes Donation To Highmore Recovery
PIERRE, (KCCR) --- The Pierre/Fort Pierre Rotary Club donated a 10-thousand dollar gift to the Highmore Area Foundation for recovery efforts from a June 29th wind storm. A 131 mile an hour wind gust and frequent gusts over 100 slashed a five-by-50 mile damage path through the Hyde County seat. The Highmore Area Foundat...
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Pierricle Treat Day Surpasses Goal Of 6,000 Blizzard Sales
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Central South Dakota came out in force Thursday to support the Children's Miracle Network by surpassing the six-thousand goal of Blizzard coupon and treat sales on Pierricle Treat Day... Since the first Pierricle Treat Day in Pierre in 2018, the event has raised 86-thousand dollars for Sanford Childre...
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Rain Not Easing Drought Conditions In South Dakota
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Even as rain falls across South Dakota it's not showing an impact in reducing drought. More expansion of drought, especially across central South Dakota is being noted in this week's update of the U-S Drought Monitor for the state. An area of moderate drought across Dewey, Potter and northern Sully an...
Jul 30, 2026
Thune Pushing Senate To Pass Clean Continuing Resolution To Avoid Government Shutdown
PIERRE, (KCCR) --- Congress is again staring at, at least the gun and not just the barrel of a possible government shutdown at the end of September. South Dakota Senator and Senate Majority Leader John Thune is hoping the Senate can prevent that, again... The current federal fiscal year ends on September 30th.
Jul 30, 2026
Local Sports
Pierre Swim Team has Five High Point Place Winners at Long Course State Championship
Last weekend, the Pierre swim team would finish out the summer season at the South Dakota Long Course State Championships with 26 swimmers competing in Rapid City. Davidia Frederick in girls eight and under and Lawson Kroon in the boys 9-10 division would each get second place high point, the highest finishers for Pier...
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Spearfish Hosts Casper in Independence League Title Series
This weekend, it's the finale of the Independence League as the Spearfish Sasquatch look for a second straight title as they take on the Casper Spuds in a best-of-three series all in Spearfish. The Spuds were able to survive at home in three games over the Oahe Zap coming back from a 1-0 deficit in the series to win th...
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Top Seed Post 22 Reaches State Title Game at State Tournament
Another two eliminations would happen on Thursday at the South Dakota American Legion State tournament as the top seed and host team, Rapid City Post 22 would finish out the night with a win to be the first team to advance to championship Saturday. In the first game of the day, Jackson McClemans would throw a complete ...
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Zap Fall in Marathon Game as Season Closes with Game Three Loss
It would take 14 innings, but the Casper Spuds would get a walk off for the second game in a row to beat the Oahe Zap in game three of the Wild Card series eliminating the Zap in a 5-4 game. The Zap and Spuds would trade runs throughout the first nine innings as Casper led 1-0 after the second before Oahe tied the game...
Jul 30, 2026
Four Corners Falls in District Championship
The Kimball/White Lake Nationals, the top seed in district three would beat Four Corners on Wednesday to claim the district championship with a 5-2 as both teams will prepare for the amateur baseball state tournament. Kimball/White Lake would score four runs in the bottom of the third to take the lead for good Jaxon Ch...
Jul 30, 2026
National News
U.S. Strikes Iran as Regional Conflict Expands
The United States carried out a new round of airstrikes against Iranian military targets as fighting continued to spread across the Middle East. CNN's...
13h ago
Iran Missile Attack and US-Saudi Strikes Raise Regional Tensions
Iran launched ballistic missiles toward US military targets in Jordan, adding another layer of tension to the widening Middle East conflict. CNN's liv...
Jul 29, 2026
Oil Prices Fall as U.S. and Iran Pause Attacks and Continue Talks
Oil prices declined on July 28 as the United States and Iran maintained a pause in military attacks. CNN reported that President Donald Trump said tal...
Jul 28, 2026
National Sports
6 Takeaways From Madden NFL 27's Ratings Release Week
What the Madden 27 ratings got right, what they got wrong, the QB the game won't quit and who got snubbed from the "99 Club."
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U.S. Strikes Iran as Regional Conflict Expands
The United States carried out a new round of airstrikes against Iranian military targets as fighting continued to spread across the Middle East. CNN's...
13h ago
NFL Catchup: Mayfield Contract Update, Mahomes Progresses, Bay Area Reunion
NFL training camps continued on Thursday with injury updates, quarterback and contract developments emerging across the league.
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