Baseball going GOLD in Sioux Falls this summer
Sioux Falls, S.D. (KELO AM and KWSN) - A group is giving summer collegiate wood-bat baseball another try in Sioux Falls this year.Tuesday marked the unveiling of the Sioux Falls GOLD, a new team in the...
View ArticleGEAR-UP defendants going to trial, maybe in 2017
WATERTOWN, S.D. (KELO-AM)—A new audit report released last week showed roughly $1.4 million remained missing after the deaths of a Platte couple and their four children in a murder-suicide in 2015.It’s...
View ArticleHistoric transfer of power in Iowa
DES MOINES, I.A. (KELO AM) Political history was made Wednesday in Iowa.Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds became Iowa's first woman Governor, replacing Terry Branstad.From waiting tables and working at Hy-Vee...
View ArticleRounds proposes major tax cuts
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KELO AM) South Dakota U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R) has introduced legislation for across-the-board tax cuts for every American.Senator Rounds says his bill would reduce the average...
View ArticleSouth Dakota producers criticize proposed Trump Ag cuts
UNDATED (KELO AM) The South Dakota Farm Bureau says that agriculture takes unfair hits in President Trump's proposed new federal budget.The Trump blueprint calls for billions of dollars in ag cuts,...
View ArticlePublisher's Clearing House scam hits Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) An 87-year-old Sioux Falls Woman has been phone scammed out of $900.Police Spokesman Sam Clemens says the scammers convinced the elderly woman that it was Publisher's...
View ArticleState loses pot trial in Flandreau
FLANDREAU, S.D. (KELO AM) The nationally watched marijuana trial in Flandreau, South Dakota, ended on Wednesday with a verdict of 'Not Guilty'.Prosecutors had argued that Eric Hagen with Monarch...
View ArticleRecord Holiday Travel forecast
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The highways and byways will be full of traffic as Memorial Day nears....that's the word from Marilyn Buskohl, of South Dakota AAA. Despite upward trending pump prices,...
View ArticleDoor to Door Scam
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Next time you answer a knock on the door, make sure your're talking to the person they say they are. Midco Communications says they've been getting reports of persons...
View ArticleRibFest announces special events for 20th cook-off
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - RibFest organizers have announced this year's special events and entertainment for the annual cook-off at the W.H. Lyon Fairgrounds.This year's RibFest runs from June 1st...
View ArticleNon-meandered waters committee delays action
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO-AM) -- A South Dakota legislative committee, considering legislation to open up a number of closed lakes, put off final action until next week.The committee took public testimony at...
View ArticleDaugaard defends criminal justice reforms
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO-AM) -- Some of the candidates running for Attorney General in South Dakota have been critical of a justice reform bill that was passed last year. That bill diverts many nonviolent...
View ArticleBREAKING: Sideras pleads not guilty to child porn charges
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO-AM) -- Former Sioux Falls Fire Rescue Chief Jim Sideras has pleaded not guilty to ten counts of possession of child pornography.His attorney entered the plea Thursday in...
View ArticleLISTEN--Boomers Greg and Todd on 40th anniversary of Star Wars
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO-AM) -- The first Star Wars movie premiered on this day in 1977.On The Greg Belfrage show, Greg and Todd Epp remembered the impact the classic film had on them 40 years ago.For...
View ArticleAUDIO: Public vote closer in wind farm battle
CANTON, S.D. (KELO AM) Over 2,000 petition signatures were turned into Lincoln County on Thursday to put the future of wind farms in the county to a public vote.Brian Minish with Dakota Power Community...
View ArticleRounds on tax reform and replacing Obamacare
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KELO AM) South Dakota U.S. Senator Mike Rounds on Thursday shared his latest on replacing Obamacare and comprehensive tax reform, two of the biggest and most difficult issues facing...
View ArticleMN, SD team up to patrol I90 this weekend
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) – South Dakota Highway Patrol troopers and Minnesota State Patrol Troopers will join together to conduct a 23-hour traffic safety operation starting Friday morning.The Minnesota...
View ArticleS.D. makes not "The Green Mile" but The Green Guide
The South Dakota Department of Tourism got a nice boost to the summer travel season by being featured in the “Michelin Green Guide,” an international travel publication.Department Secretary Jim Hagen...
View ArticleSouth Dakota trooper justified in fatal shooting
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KELO AM) State Attorney General Marty Jackley says a South Dakota Highway Patrolman properly used deadly force in a Rapid City standoff last month.But what Trooper Michael Dale...
View ArticleOutdoor butts ban is lit in Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) Sioux Falls outdoor smoking ban on public property started Friday.The ban is not as strong as the City Health Department wanted, but they'll see how it goes and perhaps ask...
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