Free underwear says we care in Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO-AM) Children in need can get everything from free vision screenings to free socks and underwear at the 16th annual 'Celebrating Families: A Back To School Fair, at the Washington...
View ArticleTeacher, student sex charges at West Central
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO-AM) A teacher at West Central High School in Hartford has been accused of having sex with a student at the school.The Minnehaha County Sheriff's Department says that 29-year-old...
View ArticleFirefighters rescue two in deck fire
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The call Sioux Falls Fire Rescue received early this morning said two people were trapped in a townhome on East Bragstad Drive because of fire.When firefighters arrived...
View ArticleMuch cooler weekend
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Temperatures will take a dive today and tomorrow as a cold front moves through.Acting state climatologist Laura Edwards says in some parts of South Dakota highs will...
View ArticleSchool attendance is critical
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - As a new school year begins, Governor Daugaard advises parents and students that time out of school is learning time lost.Daugaard says attendance is critical from the...
View ArticleSupply Our Students Saturday
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The Banquet will hand out 6,500 backpacks to needy kids in the Sioux Empire tomorrow at Whittier Middle School on East 6th Street.Madeline Shields says the experience is...
View ArticleSioux Empire Mall doing well but anchor stores vulnerable
With department store giant Macy's slated to close 100 stores, where does that leave Sioux Falls?Commercial real estate expert Ron Nelson of Sioux Falls says the Sioux Falls economy is good and the...
View ArticleManafort quits Trump's campaign
(Reuters) - Paul Manafort resigned as chairman of Donald Trump's U.S. presidential campaign on Friday, Trump said, days after the Republican candidate effectively demoted him in a leadership shakeup...
View ArticleSpace debuts at Science Center
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The newest exhibit at the Kirby Science Discovery Center at the Washington Pavilion is one of the largest investments in the Center's history.Pavilion President Darrin...
View ArticleChurch loses $16K in scam
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The Better Business Bureau likens asphalt cons to gypsies: families working their way up the country with phoney pitches, inferior or no work done and leaving town with...
View ArticleWest Central teacher in court today
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - A 29-year-old special education teacher in the West Central School disitrict is accused of having sexual contact with a 15-year-old male student over the summer.Sergeant...
View ArticleFraud complaints down
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - South Dakota reports fewer fraud complaints than almost any other state, but thousands of residents still fall victim to scams.Leah Ganschow with AARP South Dakota says...
View ArticleA better state for children
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - South Dakota saw 71 child and teen deaths in 2014, one of the highest rates in the country.Carole Cochran with South Dakota Kids Count says most of those deaths come from...
View ArticleSF Schools wrap-up 2016
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Sioux Falls School Superintendent Dr. Brian Maher wraps up fiscal year 2016 at today's school board meeting, just two weeks away from the start of another school...
View ArticleFirst Zika Virus case in SD
PIERRE, SD (KELO-AM) - State Epidemiologist Lon Kightlinger announced the first identification of the Zika virus in South Dakota. The case was documented in a woman that had recently visited the...
View ArticleAn arrest in shots fired case
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Police made an arrest in a two week old incident where an ex-boyfriend fired a handgun at the new boyfriend in a car chase near 12th and Marion Road.Sergeant Paul...
View ArticleGas prices edge higher
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The average price for regular gasoline rose for the first time since June to $2.19 a gallon yesterday.That's up 4.4 cents from a week ago according to the Energy...
View ArticleMayor Mike's next move a mystery even to him
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO-AM) - The South Dakota political rumor mill grinds on that Sioux Falls Mayor Mike Huether will run for governor as a Democrat in 2018.Not so fast. Huether says, like most of us,...
View ArticleSioux Falls petition drive may be DOA
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO-AM) The 'Stop the Funding' campaign says it has delivered nearly 6,700 petition signatures to the City of Sioux Falls to try to put the $22 million city administration building up...
View ArticleSanford Foundation to get new home
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO AM) - Sanford Health will honor its namesake with a new 17,000 square foot building called the Sanford House.According to the foundation, the facility will provide office space...
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