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 The system that operates Oahe TV is 27 years old and is obsolete.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...

Due to the cold temperatures and impending weather, the Pierre Governor softball team will not open its season as planned for Tuesday. The game has been postponed. The Governors were scheduled to open the season against the Aberdeen Central Golden Eagles, but instead will play the game at a later date. It now moves ...

The Pierre Governor Track and Field team would compete in Brookings on Saturday in the opening meet of the season with an indoor meet. The Govs would grab four wins. Two of the four wins would come from University of South Dakota commit Kali Ringstmeyer as she would win both the 100 and 200 meter runs. Charlee Willi...

Former Oahe Capital Dre Berndt and the New Mexico Ice Wolves would fall one game short of the NA3HL Fraser Cup Championship with a 5-4 loss to the Louisiana Drillers on Saturday. The Ice Wolves tried for a massive comeback in the third period as they trailed 5-1 after two periods and scored three goals in the third ...

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...

President Trump hinted again at seeking a third term, stating "I'm not joking" and suggesting that methods might exist to achieve it. Still, legal experts insist there are no credible arguments for a third term bid. (AP) President Trump says he "could...

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 ...

Colin Cowherd defended the Yankees' use of the "torpedo" bats, saying it's "peak Bill Belichick" of them to take advantage of the rules.

We look at the past 10 drafts and where NFL teams have spent their first-round picks to identify what positions carry the most value.

NASCAR Cup drivers are anticipating how the league will react to Martinsville's controversial Xfinity race because the ruling could eventually impact them, too.