PIERRE, (KCCR) -- One mission for the South Dakota Department of Transportation is keeping roads safe to reduce crashes and fatalities on the state's road network. Highway Safety Engineer Dustin Witt says the state's Strategic Highway Safety Plan is updated every five years with the goal of eliminating fatal crashes......

PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources has awarded two central South Dakota cities with various funding for projects in their communities. Gettysburg was awarded a two-point-nine million dollars Clean Water State Revolving Fund loan to clean and inspect the city's drinking wa...

PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Last week, officials with Oahe TV announced the purchase of upgraded servers that control the public access channel. The system that operates Oahe TV is 27 years old and is obsolete. General Manager Patrick Callahan says the new Linux-based system will allow less need to come to city hall to make adju...

PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department is considering the modification of the West River Prairie Elk unit to include parts of Lyman County on the Lower Brule Sioux Reservation. Wildlife Program Administrator Andrew Norton says the agency doesn't want to micro manage elk populations in the st...

PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Construction is underway on a segment of South Dakota Highway 47 in Lyman County. Preliminary work is underway on Highway 47 from Iona to Fort Thompson. The work on the 47-mile stretch of highway includes asphalt concrete surfacing, pipe repair and box culvert replacement. The preliminary work will be...

The New Mexico Ice Wolves would finish 2-0 in its pool on Friday with a 4-2 win over the Helena Big Horns and will now be the higher seed against a familiar opponent on Saturday in the semifinals, the Louisiana Drillers. It was a 3-0 lead into the third period for the Ice Wolves as they scored two in the first and t...

Team South Dakota would drop an 8-0 decision to Lovell Academy out of Massachusetts on Friday finishing 1-2 in pool play and did not get the help they needed to make the quarterfinals. Lovell blitzed Team SD with four goals in each of the first two periods and would outshoot Team SD 57-13 as South Dakota could not g...

The Pierre Governor baseball team would start the season with two wins on Friday beating the Stevens Raiders on the road 6-4 and 4-1. The Governors opened up the top of the first with a 1-0 lead as Trevor Rounds would walk and move his way around the base paths on wild pitches and scoring on a balk as the Govs didn'...

Team South Dakota would fall 6-1 to the Stockton St. Mary's Rams of California on Thursday with special teams playing a big factor. Four of the six goals scored by the Rams were on a special teams opportunity, but three of those four goals came short handed for Stockton. Stockton led 1-0 after the first and had a 2-...

The New Mexico Ice Wolves would survive a comeback from the West Bend Power and win 4-3 in overtime to claim the first win of the NA3HL tournament on Thursday in St. Peter's, Missouri. Former Oahe Capital Dre Berndt and the Ice Wolves will still need a win or overtime game today to ensure the Ice Wolves advance to t...

The Department of Health and Human Services plans to cut 10,000 employees in compliance with President Trump's order to downsize federal agencies, aiming for a total workforce reduction from 82,000 to 62,000. The move is expected to save $1.8 billion a...

Dollar Tree has agreed to sell its Family Dollar division for over $1 billion to Brigade Capital Management and Macellum Capital Management. The sale aims to maximize value for Dollar Tree shareholders and position Family Dollar for future success and ...

West Virginia has implemented a comprehensive ban on foods containing specific artificial dyes and additives, citing potential health risks. Gov. Patrick Morrisey signed a bill outlawing 7 artificial dyes and two preservatives from food products and dr...

The 2025 NCAA Women's Tournament continues with the final round of the Sweet 16 on Saturday. Here are the highlights!

Paul Goldschmidt, Cody Bellinger and Aaron Judge homered for the New York Yankees on the first three pitches from Milwaukee's Nestor Cortes, part of a four-homer first inning.

Entering his second year in the big leagues, Jackson Merrill is ready to turn the page.