Dry South Dakota getting drier
UNDATED, (KELO-AM) State Climatologist Laura Edwards says about 82 percent of South Dakota is now suffering from drought conditions."This is the worst drought since 2002 or 2006, so its been awhile...
View ArticleHeat Advisory prompts Peak Alert from Mid America
Sioux Falls, SD and Des Moines, IA (KELO AM) - The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for the listening area beginning Friday at 12 Noon and ending at 8PM. According to the NWS heat...
View ArticleGarth Brooks comes in like a flood
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) Garth Brooks hasn't played Sioux Falls in 20 years, so he must be making up for lost time.Not satisfied with just one show at the Sanford Premier Center September 16, Brooks...
View ArticleGarth Brooks ticket seekers: Beware of fakes
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO AM) - Now that over 45 thousand tickets to Garth Brook's six shows in Sioux Falls have sold out, the Better Business Bureau is warning those who didn't get tickets to beware of...
View ArticleSix may not be enough for Garth
Sioux Falls, S.D. (KELO AM) - The Garth Brooks craze isn't slowing down in Sioux Falls, and the man himself has taken notice.In a post on his official twitter @GarthBrooks the superstar and his wife...
View ArticleA higher standard for constitutional amendments
PIERRE, SD (KELO AM) - Adding future amendments to South Dakota’s Constitution may take a higher vote majority than the current fifty percent plus one. The Initiative & Referendum Task Force,...
View ArticleFire damages two homes to start the weekend
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO AM) – Fire crews responded to two fires in Sioux Falls to start the weekend.An early morning fire damaged a vacant house Saturday.Sioux Falls Fire Rescue responded the fire about...
View ArticlePUC revokes H&I Grain license
PIERRE, SD (KELO AM) - The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission took action to revoke the grain buyers license of H&I Grain, who had locations in DeSmet, Arlington, and Hetland. The PUC...
View ArticleCrane flying the coop
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO AM) - The tower crane in downtown Sioux Falls will be coming down tis week.South Main Avenue will be closed between 11th Street and 13th Street beginning Tuesday morning. The...
View ArticleTwo ramp closures on I – 29 beginning Monday
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO AM) – On Monday, July 24, the South Dakota Department of Transportation will be closing the northbound exit ramp on Interstate 29 at 26th Street (Exit 78) in Sioux Falls to finish...
View ArticleAttorney General Jackley warns of scam contractors
PIERRE, SD (KELO AM) – Attorney General Marty Jackley urges consumers who have been hit with storm damage across the State to proceed with caution when working to get homes, vehicles, and businesses...
View ArticleBedtime Sunday house fire
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO-AM) -- Bedtime turned into an emergency Sunday night.Sioux Falls Fire Rescue responded to a house fire at 330 N. Spring Avenue about 10:30 p.m.The fire started at a rubbish pile...
View ArticleBREAKING: Garth Brooks adds 7th Sioux Falls Show
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO-AM) -- Garth Brooks must really like Sioux Falls. And Sioux Falls must really like Garth.The Sanford Premier Center announced at 7:30 a.m. today that the country music super...
View ArticleTech ed board holds first meeting, picks leaders
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KELO-AM) -- The newly formed South Dakota Technical Education Board held their first meeting last week in Rapid City, and elected Dana Dykhouse of Sioux Falls as board president. Bob...
View ArticleHigh hopes for health care, tax reform dwindle
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KELO-AM) -- Senate Republicans had hopes of completing health care reform, then moving on to tax reform this summer. It appears unlikely that any of that may happen at all this year....
View ArticleTrump polling strong in South Dakota
UNDATED (KELO AM) 57 percent of South Dakotans approve of the way President Trump is handling the job, according to newly released Gallup numbers.Thats the third highest support among the states,...
View ArticleTwo dead, more injured in Alcester
ALCESTER, S.D. (KELO AM) A car rammed into a group of people outside a nursing home in Alcester Monday morning, killing two people and injuring six."There have been two fatalities, ...Those injured...
View ArticleTwo injured in rollover crash
Sioux Falls, S.D. (KELO AM) - The Minehaha County Sheriff's office says alcohol and speed may have contributed to a rollover crash north of Sioux Falls that left one person with life-threatening...
View ArticleDriving drunk with a car load of kids
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) Sioux Falls police bust a woman for driving drunk with six children in the car, after she collides with another vehicle.Police Spokesman Sam Clemens says people,...
View ArticleMayor Huether: cut the fluff
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) Money's tight, so Sioux Falls Mayor Mike Huether says its time to cut the city budget of what he calls fluff."Some of them are very popular. They're fun. They pull at your...
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