PIERRE, (KCCR) — Legislative leadership for the 100th session of the South Dakota Legislature was selected last weekend and District 24 Senator Jim Mehlhaff, who will be starting his third year in the legislature this winter was selected to serve as the Senate’s new majority leader… Mehlhaff was looking for a leadership position in the…… read more »
PIERRE, (KCCR) — Honoring Veterans and their service to the country, the Pierre and Stanley County schools hosted Veterans Day assemblies Monday. At T-F Riggs High School, teacher Jenny Hodges says Veterans Day is a day to honor those who fought for freedom and returned… Guest speaker Lt. Claire Peschong served in the Navy on…… read more »
PIERRE, (KCCR) — The Pierre School Board is meeting tonight at the District Administration Building on Poplar Avenue. The Board will consider approval of a six-item consent calendar before hearing comments from Superintendent Dr. Kelly Glodt. Board and public comments will follow along with a report from the Riggs Student Senate. The Board has very…… read more »
PIERRE, (KCCR) — The 2024 pheasant hunting season seems to be off to a good start with hunters finding success in all parts of South Dakota. State Game, Fish and Parks officials are hoping to expand on amount of hunting areas in the state. Wildlife Division Director Tom Kirschenmann says they continue to look at…… read more »
PIERRE, (KCCR) — Two Winner men have been sentenced to federal prison time for their role in a drive-by shooting in Winner Tribal Housing. U-S Attorney Alison Ramsdell says 19 year-old Arthur Black Bull and 22 year-old Therryn Black Horse were sentenced last week for Assault With a Dangerous Weapon. Black Bull was sentenced to…… read more »
PIERRE, (KCCR) — The Fort Pierre City Council and Hughes County Commission considered approval of 2025 liquor licenses at their respective meetings last week. Fort Pierre Finance Officer Roxanne Heezen says two businesses haven’t gotten paperwork to the city yet… Some Council members had questions for Heezen on the applications…. In Hughes County, Finance Officer…… read more »
PIERRE, (KCCR) — The Hughes County Commission has made the vote from Tuesday’s general election official with approval of the vote canvass Thursday night. Finance Officer Thomas Oliva walked Commissioners through the process of verifying the voting process… Oliva says the election went smooth… Commissioners heaped praise on Oliva’s work in pulling the election off.…… read more »
PIERRE, (KCCR) — By all accounts the 2024 pheasant hunting season has been successful so far. The Game, Fish and Parks Commission was updated Thursday on the first month of the season by Wildlife Division Director Tom Kirschenmann…. In the central and eastern parts of the state multiple birds per hunter seemed to be the…… read more »
PIERRE, (KCCR) — Work on the banks of the Oahe Dam emergency spillway will force the closure of sections of the West Shore Mountain Bike Trail for the better part of the next year. The U-S Army Corps of Engineers will start a maintenance project to stabilize the banks of the spillway starting November 10th.…… read more »
PIERRE, (KCCR) — The severe lack of rain across South Dakota is leading to more severe and even extreme levels of drought. According to the latest U-S Drought Monitor for the state, the last remaining areas considers abnormally dry have been eliminated at replaced with moderate drought. Those areas include the central Missouri River valley.…… read more »
