Special high schooler gets her wish to walk
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KELO AM) Responding to a huge public outcry, The Rapid City School District has relented and will now allow a teenage cancer survivor to attend her high school graduation ceremony.As...
View ArticleSouth Dakota pulled in good money last year
UNDATED (KELO AM) Since the state has been warning for months that tax revenues have been slowing, it may come as a surprise that total tax revenue in South Dakota actually grew in 2016.The report by...
View ArticleStone Sentenced To Life Without Parole
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO-AM) - The man found guilty of killing another man outside of a Sioux Falls casino last spring will spend the rest of his life behind bars.A judge sentenced Jared Stone to life...
View ArticleSioux Falls bucking, but not immune, to national retail trends
Sioux Falls, S.D. (KELO.com) - It's no secret that the national trends in retail are looking bleak.Earnings reports for major big-box stores have been on the steady decline as more and more people turn...
View ArticleSioux Falls Saturation Patrol
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO-AM) With the the Memorial Holiday upon us you will see extra officers on the street.SGT Paul Creviston of the Sioux Falls Police Departmentexplains why and when this will be...
View ArticlePresident Trump's Iowa visit postponed
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - President Donald Trump's planned visit next month to Iowa has been postponed.Trump had been scheduled to visit Cedar Rapids - his first trip to Iowa as president of the United...
View Article28 year old dies in Yankton crash
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO-AM) - A 28-year-old man was killed in a one vehicle crash near Yankton Friday morning.The crash happened just before 8:30 a.m. near 435th Ave and 308th Street. South Dakota...
View ArticlePublic meeting on Meandered Waters in Sioux Falls Tuesday
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) – A public meeting will be held on the issue of Meandered and Non-Meandered waters. The meeting will be Tuesday, May 30 at 7:00 p.m. in the Hub building, 2001 N Career Ave...
View Article***UPDATE*** Six Dead in Head-on Crash
WANBLEE, SD (KELO-AM / KSFY-TV) - Six victims are confirmed dead in a head-on collision on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. It happened late Saturday evening on Highway 44 5 miles west of Wanblee....
View ArticleMassive fire at Hog Confinement
KINGSLEY, IA (AP) Officials say 2,400 head of hogs have died in a massive fire near Kingsley Iowa.The Plymouth County fire was reported Friday morning. Firefighters arriving on the scene found the...
View ArticleMemorial Day events
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO-AM) - Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer. Some fire up the grill, while others pay homage and give thier respects to those Americans who served our country, and...
View ArticlePolice investigating Sunday night shots fired
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO AM) - Sioux Falls Police are looking for suspects in a Sunday night shooting...they responded to several calls of gunshots last night at 10:15...near 11th Street and Summit...
View ArticleLewis and Clark Pipeline to connect Worthington by the end of 2018
VERMILLION, SD (KELO AM) - The Minnesota legislature included three and a half million dollars for construction of the Lewis & Clark Regional Water System in their bonding bill.Lewis & Clark...
View ArticleSouth Dakota's fallen live on in family memories
UNDATED (KELO AM) South Dakota Veterans Affairs Secretary Larry Zimmerman hopes you remember more than the fallen on Memorial Day."Remember the families, because those veterans who went and fought for...
View ArticleCentral Sioux Falls on the firing range
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) There were two cases of unexplained gunfire in Sioux Falls in less than 24 hours this Memorial Day weekend. Police say that Monday morning, shots were fired at an unoccupied...
View ArticleStorms slice here, but not there
LUVERNE, MN. (KELO AM) Laser-like wind gusts, up to 60 mph, uprooted trees and downed branches in scattered parts of the Tri-State area Sunday evening, while other parts hardly noticed.There were...
View ArticlePizza deliverer robbed at knife point
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO-AM) -- Late Monday night, a pizza delivery person was robbed at knife point near 19th and Duluth in Sioux Falls.The assailant approached the pizza person after they made their...
View ArticleHow about a cup of joe with the police today?
It's a chance to build relationships and get to know the people they protect...part of what's called "community policing"Sioux Falls Police officers will be out with two "Coffee with a Cop" sessions...
View ArticleWATCH--City Council will weigh in on Goodroad
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO-AM) -- Sioux Falls Fire Rescue Division Chief Brad Goodroad may be May Mike Huether's pick to be the next fire chief, but that doesn't make it so.Goodroad's nomination must also...
View ArticleAUDIO: Xcel Energy's carbon footprint steadily shrinking
MINNEAPOLIS, MN. (KELO AM) Xcel Energy says it's reduced carbon emissions by 30 percent from 2005, four years earlier than expected.Environmental Affairs Director Jack Ihle says the reasons include...
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