Category Archives: Local News
Rhoden Announces Zero-Interest Loans For Airport Expansions In Sioux Falls, Rapid City
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden announced Friday a plan to help regional airports in the state's two largest cities finish off pending expansion projects. Rhoden says money set as...
Oct 24, 2025
Lease Amendment To Allow River Cities Public Transit To Build Bus Barn For Youth Transport Vehicles
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The Pierre City Commission has approved an amendment to the lease agreement it has with River Cities Public Transit. City Administrator Kristie Honeywell says the current agreement h...
Oct 23, 2025
Jail Staff Applauded For Recent Actions To Save Inmate Lives In Jail
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- A group of Hughes County Detention Deputies at the Hughes County Jail is being commended for taking action to save the lives of two inmates within their custody. Sheriff Patrick Call...
Oct 23, 2025
Work Beginning On Eventual Replacement Of I-90 Bridge At Chamberlain
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The South Dakota Transportation Commission received an update Thursday on the status of the over 18-hundred bridge structures in the state. Bridge Engineer Steve Johnson says the sta...
Oct 23, 2025
11 Pierre City Employees Added To South Dakota Municipal League Hall Of Fame
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Pierre saw the most inductees to the South Dakota Municipal League Hall of Fame. Over half of the 21 municipal employees added the Municipal Leagues Hall of Fame work for the City of...
Oct 23, 2025
Engineering Agreement Approved For Additional Guardrails To Protect Electric Equipment
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Their success protecting electrical infrastructure from wayward vehicles has been a success and the City of Pierre is looking to add more. The Pierre City Commission approved an engi...
Oct 22, 2025
Pierre Street Paving To Start Next Week
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Work crews continue the push for wrapping up the first year of the Euclid Avenue reconstruction project. Morris Incorporated Operations Manager T-J Gallagher says crews are about fin...
Oct 22, 2025
Winner Woman Arrested For Throwing Bottle At Police Trying To Get Into Pierre Airport At Midnight
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- A Winner woman was arrested Wednesday morning at Pierre Regional Airport for assaulting a Pierre Police officer. Pierre Police Captain Dusty Pelle says officers responded to Pierre's...
Oct 22, 2025
Corps Of Engineer Fall Public Meetings Cancelled Due To Government Shutdown
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Annual fall public meetings of the U-S Army Corps of Engineers for the Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System will not be held this year due the ongoing lapse in federal funding fr...
Oct 22, 2025
Alcohol Licenses Approved For New Shel's Market Store In Northeast Pierre
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- A new full service convenience store is another step closer to opening with approval of applications for alcohol licenses by the Pierre City Commission. Owner Sheldon Suiter says his...
Oct 22, 2025
