SIPPs Program helps elementary students read better
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Teachers will use phonics to help elementary kids in Sioux Falls become better readers.Its called the SIPPS program.Assistant Superintendent Teresa Boysen briefed the...
View ArticleAudit Committee vacancy
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Do you have financial and/or audit experience?The City of Sioux Falls' Audit Committee wants to fill a vacant position which includes a three-year term.The committee...
View ArticleCrooks passing funny money in Sioux Falls, Huron
HURON and SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Two South Dakota communities have been hit with counterfeit greenbacks.Sioux Falls Police had reports of fake $20 and $100 bills.The Huron Police Department is...
View ArticleToo cool to go to the pool today in Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- All Sioux Falls Parks and Recreation outdoor aquatic centers and pool facilities are closed today due to rain and cool temperatures.Closed are: Drake Springs Family...
View ArticleWATCH: Sheriff Milstead lauds DOT workers who saved young man
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Minnehaha County Sheriff Mike Milstead says the five South Dakota Department of Transportation workers are heroes in stopping a suicide yesterday on a bridge over...
View ArticleMinnehaha County looking for volunteer reserve police officers
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Minnehaha County Emergency Management is looking for a few good men and women to be reserve police officers."It is a competitive process," says assistant emergency...
View ArticleGov. Daugaard appoints Power to 2nd Circuit bench
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Gov. Dennis Daugaard has appointed attorney James Power to be a judge in the Second Judicial Circuit.The circuit includes Minnehaha and Lincoln Counties.He will replace...
View ArticleNWS says northwest Iowa might see funnel clouds this evening
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The National Weather Service says northwest Iowa residents might see funnel clouds this evening.The NWS statement:"Scattered thunderstorms forming near the center of low...
View ArticleSFPD task force pinches unlicensed massage parlors
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Undercover Sioux Falls Police this weekend made a number of arrests of massage parlor employees who did not have massage therapist licenses.The police made arrests or...
View ArticleLISTEN: SD Highway worker describes I-90 life saving
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The five state highway workers that kept a troubled young man from killing himself on Interstate 90 in Sioux Falls are being called heroes, but they don't look at it...
View ArticleIowa woman sues Sioux Falls doctor for removing her kidney
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- An Iowa woman is suing her Sioux Falls surgeon and his medical practice for removing her kidney and not the mass on it.Dena Knapp was to have her right adrenal gland and...
View ArticlePOLL: Majority of KELO audience not concerned about KKK materials in city
KELO.com News took an unscientific poll on whether our readers and listeners were upset by Ku Klux Klan flyers and bags with candy with recruitment material were found in Sioux Falls this week.We...
View ArticleMayor TenHaken hits first 100 days in office Wednesday
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Mayor Paul TenHaken hits the 100 days in office mark Wednesday.He plans to hold a news conference 1 p.m. Aug. 24 in the old Commission chamber at City Hall.TenHaken says...
View ArticlePolice report explosions around Minnehaha County
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Explosions and their aftermath have been seen and heard in and around Minnehaha county.The Minnehaha County Sheriff's Department reports seven explosions seen and heard...
View ArticleSmithfield wastewater has too much ammonia
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) – On Aug. 15, Smithfield Foods reported its wastewater treatment plant had an upset. Consequently, ammonia concentrations in the discharge from their Sioux Falls facility are...
View ArticleSioux Falls Police investigating hit and run
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Around 12:30 today, Sioux Falls Police responded with Sioux Falls Fire and Rescue and Paramedics Plus, to a car versus pedestrian hit and run accident on North Cliff...
View ArticleWet end to the weekend into Monday
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The rest of the weekend into Monday will be soggy.Showers and thunderstorms will gradually expand in coverage today, becoming more numerous from west to east late today...
View ArticleWATCH/UPDATE: Flash flooding in Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a flash flood warning in southwestern Minnehaha County and northwestern Lincoln County in South Dakota until 6:15...
View ArticleOld Farmer's 2019 Almanac says mild winter with more rain for Sioux Falls area
Dublin, N.H. (KELO.com) -- The Old Farmer's 2019 Almanac has made its annual weather predictions for the United States, including the Sioux Falls area.They say to expect a milder than normal winter...
View ArticleLongtime KELO-AM DJ reflects on Aretha Franklin's legacy
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Aretha Franklin died at her home in Detroit on Thursday at the age of 76.Longtime KELO-AM Radio DJ Jon Michaels tells why she was the Queen of Soul."It makes you feel...
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