PIERRE, (KCCR) — A bill to support horse racing in Fort Pierre this fall continues it’s canter through the South Dakota legislature. House Bill 1057 was in front of the Senate Committee on Appropriations Friday. Shane Kramme with Fort Pierre Horse Racing says the bill transfers 60-thousand dollars from the South Dakota bred racing fund…… read more »
FORT PIERRE, (KCCR) — The Fort Pierre City Council voted this week to enter into an engineering services agreement for the city’s proposed maintenance yard with Brosz Engineering. Trandon Walton with Brosz says the new agreement takes the city through construction of the buildings… Walton says the buildings will basically be roughed in for utilities…… read more »
PIERRE, (KCCR) — The Hughes County Commission has approved the transfer of county buildings being used as rural fire halls across the county. Commission chairman Rob Fines says the county isn’t in the fire department game any more but is still on the hook for two buildings… Fines says transferring the buildings has been discussed…… read more »
PIERRE, (KCCR) — For the second time this week Pierre firefighters battled fire AND ice in freezing conditions. Fire Chief Ian Paul says the Pierre Fire Department was called into service Thursday morning around 6:30 am in the 1600 block of Northstar Avenue… Paul says firefighters were able to keep the fire contained… The cause…… read more »
PIERRE, (KCCR) — A second bill to support horse racing in South Dakota beyond just 2025 has been stalled in the South Dakota Legislature. While House Bill 1057 has had great support and would move funds to support two days of racing in October, House Bill 1203 was taken out of consideration by prime sponsor,…… read more »
PIERRE, (KCCR) — Hillsview Golf Course in Pierre had a great 2024 and is looking to follow-through with a just as great with 2025. Clubhouse Manager Chad Wise says last year surpassed 2023… Wise says course Superintendent Jordan Steiner and his crew do a great job in creating a desirable course to play on… Wise…… read more »
PIERRE, (KCCR) — A House Concurrent Resolution showing the state’s support to federal officials for bringing Amtrak to South Dakota has been concurred in by the South Dakota House. Representative Tim Goodwin of Rapid City says the federal government would cover most of the implementation of bringing passenger rail to the state… Goodwin told the…… read more »
PIERRE, (KCCR) — A piece of Pierre’s and Avera Health’s history is coming down this year. Avera has announced plans to remove the former School of Nursing building on the heath services campus in Pierre. The School of Nursing was built in 1951 and was the first building in the nation designed specifically for the…… read more »
PIERRE, (KCCR) — The Hughes County Commission Wednesday morning approved an application for a liquor license for the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks concessionaire facility at Spring Creek in northwest Hughes County. County Manager Lori Jacobson says the state agency wants to make sure a liquor license is available for building… A new concessionaire…… read more »
FORT PIERRE, (KCCR) — Sales tax numbers for December at in in Fort Pierre. Finance Officer Roxanne Heezen says the last month of the last year saw sales taxes trending upward… Looking back to 2016, 2024 was the best combined first and second penny sales tax with over two-point-one million dollars. In Triple B sales…… read more »
