ANALYSIS: Are there flaws in the voter registration system?
(The following is an excerpt from KELO.com News' news director Todd Epp's column, South Dakota Journal.)The story came down today as one of those silly, goofy things you often find in politics.South...
View ArticleCab driver dispute leads to weapons violation
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A dispute over a parking space near the Sioux Falls Regional Airport lead to a weapons violation on Wednesday evening.Police say they responded to a call of a man...
View ArticleHow Lederman stayed registered to vote in two states
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- How is it possible for the head of the South Dakota Republican Party to stay registered for 17 years as a Democrat in Iowa?Blame not filling out a form...
View ArticleElk vs Car: rare crash in eastern South Dakota
CODINGTON COUNTY, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A car colliding with an elk doesnt happen every day in eastern South Dakota.Codington County Sheriff Brad Howell says it's happened."It's rare. Actually it was one...
View ArticleUPDATED: Sturgis homecoming game canceled over car stunt
STURGIS, S.D. (KELO.com and KWSN) -- A racially inflammatory slogan painted on an old car by some students at Sturgis Brown High School has canceled the Scoopers' homecoming football game with Pine...
View ArticleCar falls off I-29 bridge
TEA, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A 22-year-old woman's car fell off the bridge at the Tea Exit on Interstate 29 late Thursday morning.She was rushed by helicopter to a Sioux Falls hospital with life threatening...
View ArticleFailed USA World Cup bid motivation for DASC
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com and KWSN) -- As United States soccer supporters come to grips with the reality of the red, white, and blue sitting out the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, attention turns to...
View ArticleGreatLife gets golf concession, new Elmwood clubhouse?
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- At least one tidbit has emerged from the City of Sioux Falls secret consideration of proposals to run the City's three municipal golf courses.Appearing on KELO-AM's It's...
View ArticleSouth Dakota impact of Obamacare subsidies ending
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Avera Health and Sanford Health must be doing a lot of hand holding with their insurance customers as a result of President's Trump's decision to end Obamacare...
View ArticleSouth Dakota education chief announces retirement
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) -- South Dakota State Education Secretary Melody Schopp will retire December 15.She leaves under a cloud caused by the Gear Up Scandal. Critics accuse Schopp of not paying...
View ArticleMayor Huether, others praise the pool
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The Midco Aquatic Center in Sioux Falls celebrated its one-year anniversary on Friday with city officials singing its praises and puncturing past criticism.Mayor Mike...
View ArticleWATCH: Hollywood comes to Southeast Tech
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A school gymnasium was turned into a Hollywood soundstage this week at Southeast Technical Institute.A camera gliding on rails, elaborate sets, a long rack of wardrobe,...
View ArticleLatest submarine christened South Dakota Saturday
GROTON, CT (KELO.com) -- The latest naval vessel to bear the name South Dakota is a Virginia Class submarine. Pre-Commissioning Unit 790 is now officially known as PCU South DakotaDeanie Dempsey, wife...
View ArticleState prison inmate dies
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- A state prison inmate has died.Inmate Wade Aikins, age 54, was found unresponsive in his cell at the Jameson Annex to the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls...
View ArticleUPATED: Lyft will beat Uber into South Dakota
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) While Uber is still driving in circles about whether to operate in the Sioux Falls area, the other popular ride-hailing service, Lyft, is full speed ahead.A news conference...
View ArticleIM-22 2.0 reaches signature milestone
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) Activists hoping to essentially resurrect Initiated Measure 22 say they have collected more than 50,000 signatures to get their reform measure on the South Dakota ballot next...
View ArticleLISTEN: Don't book that Sioux Falls Lyft ride just yet
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Announced with much fanfare today, Mayor Mike Huether and City Council Vice Chair Christine Erickson said the ride share app Lyft is coming to Sioux Falls.Just not...
View ArticlePierre lobbyist claims she was raped
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) The Executive Director of the abortion rights group NARAL Pro-Choice South Dakota says she was raped in Pierre last March by a man she knew who worked at the Capitol.Samantha...
View ArticleDOCUMENTS: City responds to latest Denny Deal questions
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The City of Sioux Falls has provided responses to the latest set of questions posed by KELO.com News regarding the settlement of the bent panels on the Premier...
View ArticleJaber sentenced for guns violations
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A judge has sentenced Ehab Jaber to seven months imprisonment for making threatening comments in a Facebook video after he was asked to leave a Christian speaking...
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