Category Archives: Local News
Fort Pierre City Council Approves Capital Improvement Plan
FORT PIERRE, (KCCR) -- After weeks and months of delays, extensions and pushbacks the Fort Pierre City Council has finally come to agreement on approval of it's Capital Improvement Plan. The plan, fro...
Feb 03, 2025
Open House Held As Missouri Shores Prepares To Begin Use Of New Shelter
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- An open house Monday gave the Pierre/Fort Pierre community a chance to look inside Missouri Shore's new House of Hope Domestic Violence Shelter. Executive Director Sarah Reinhart say...
Feb 03, 2025
Bill To End Use Of Vote Centers Passes Senate State Affairs Committee
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- A bill moving through the South Dakota Legislature could force counties that use vote centers for elections to end their use. Prime sponsor of Senate Bill 103 Senator Tom Pischke say...
Feb 03, 2025
Fort Pierre City Council To Meet Tonight
FORT PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The Fort Pierre City Council is meeting tonight at the South Dakota Municipal League meeting room. City officials will present reports to the Council before getting into agenda ...
Feb 03, 2025
District 24 Representative Mike Weisgram To Bring Bills To Support Horse Racing In Fort Pierre
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- A pair of bills introduced Friday by District 24 Representative Mike Weisgram of Fort Pierre look to bring support to horse racing in Fort Pierre. House Bill 1057 would redirect some...
Feb 01, 2025
Hughes County Sheriff's Office Releases 2024 Annual Report
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The Hughes County Sheriff's Office released it's annual report Friday. Sheriff Patrick Callahan says the field division responded to over 32-hundred calls which was down slightly fro...
Jan 31, 2025
Thune Points Out Democratic Shift In Opinion On Filibuster Use
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Last year, South Dakota Senator John Thune found himself fighting to preserve the filibuster, a maneuver in Congress to give voice to the minority party. Thune says after months of p...
Jan 31, 2025
Pierre City Commission Approves Agreement For Construction Administration On Euclid Water Project
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The Pierre City Commission continues to line up agreements to prepare for the Euclid Avenue Water and Wastewater Improvement project. The infrastructure work is being done as a part ...
Jan 30, 2025
South Dakota Legislature Confirms Tony Venhuizen As Lieutenant Governor
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- A historic week at the South Dakota State Capitol ended Thursday with the confirmation and swearing in of Tony Venhuizen as Lieutenant Governor.... Venhuizen's confirmation needed ap...
Jan 30, 2025
Bill To Shift US Highway 14 To Garfield Avenue, Create State Highway 1889 Passes House Transportation Committee
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- A bill to move the designation of U-S Highway 14 from Euclid to Garfield Avenues in Pierre continues to move toward the Governor's Desk. Senate Bill 39 looks to shift Highway 14 to H...
Jan 30, 2025
