State Prison Inmate Dies
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO AM) – A state prison inmate from the State Penitentiary has died from suicide. Inmate Nicholas Tchida was hospitalized Sept. 4 after being found hanging in his cell at the South...
View ArticleSioux Falls Fire Rescue Plans 9/11 Memorial Service
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO-AM) - Sioux Falls Fire Rescue is planning a memorial service to honor the lives and service of the firefighters, police officers, emergency medical services personnel, and...
View ArticlePolice see more alleged "drug rips"
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Victims reported a home invasion early Saturday morning when four men, two armed, burst in the house looking for money.Officer Sam Clemens says when police arrived at the...
View Article128 speeding tickets in 8 hours
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - A daytime saturation patrol Saturday in Sioux Falls resulted in 128 speeding citations written.Officer Sam Clemens says 14 extra officers made almost 300 contacts between...
View ArticleSouth Dakota 9th happiest state
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - According to the personal finance website WalletHub, South Dakota is the 9th happiest state in America.Analyst Jill Gonzalez says South Dakota's lowest rankings are in...
View ArticleGet involved. Be Ready...for the Community's sake
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO-AM) - This is National Preparedness Month. Get involved. A chance for you and your family to get set to face the next emergency or disaster. "Luck is not a planning factor" says...
View ArticleDakota Access Pipeline Protesters Hold Falls Park Rally
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO-AM) Protestors gathered in Sioux Falls Monday night to voice their opposition to construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. The 'Solidarity March' was held to show support of...
View ArticleDanielson calls tonight's vote critical
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Sioux Falls City Council hears second reading tonight of an ordinance calling for a special election in June on a new city administration building."Stop the Funding"...
View ArticleCourt date set for 'Stop the Funding' petition drive
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO-AM) A date has been set for a legal showdown involving the $22 million Sioux Falls City Administration Building.The Stop the Funding Campaign's petition drive for a public vote on...
View ArticleDemocrat Williams Questions Jet
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO-AM) Jay Williams, who's challenging U.S. Senator John Thune in November, says it's time to look at the shortcomings of the Nation's newest fighter jet, the Lockheed-Martin F-35...
View ArticleCouncil nixes vote on admin building
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO AM) - For the time being, the formal debate on a new $25 million city administration building has been put to rest. The council voted 6-2 against an ordinance that would have set...
View ArticleUpdate: Arrests in stolen car crash
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Police say an Albuquerque man and two Sioux Falls teenagers were arrested after they allegedly crashed a stolen car last night.Officer Sam Clemens says police chased the...
View ArticleAlleged drunk driver careens through town
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - A Sioux Falls man faces a second D-W-I charge and three counts of hit and run in an early morning driving spree in the central part of town.Officer Sam Clemens says...
View ArticlePreparing for disaster
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The Federal Emergency Management Agency is using this month to encourage folks to have an emergency supply kit and a family plan.Leah Ganschow says AARP South Dakota will...
View ArticleMore national buzz for booming Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO-AM) The City of Sioux Falls gets more national attention in two new 'Best of' rankings lists.The consumer health information website - Heathline.com - ranks Sioux Falls number six...
View ArticleSioux Falls streets now online
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO-AM) The surveyed pavement condition of every street in the City of Sioux Falls is now at your fingertips on an colorful interactive online map in green, yellow and...
View ArticleBallot Issue Forum tonight
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - South Dakota voters will determine the fate of ten ballot issues in November and there's a forum tonight at the Instructional Planning Center on East 38th Street in Sioux...
View ArticlePOW/MIA Ceremony at Veterans Memorial
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Friday is national P-O-W/M-I-A Day and a ceremony will be held at Veteran's Memorial Park in Sioux Falls.President of the local chapter of the Vietnam Veterans of...
View ArticleUPDATED: Thursday deluge temporarily closed interstate and streets
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO-AM) Very heavy rain, mixed with thunder and lightening, deluged Sioux Falls and wide parts of the Sioux Empire on Thursday.The rain, at times, was pounding down at the rate of one...
View ArticleHarrisburg High School shrugs off lightening bolt
HARRISBURG, SD (KELO-AM) Lightening struck the roof of the high school in Harrisburg, South Dakota, during Thursday's torrential rain."There's a couple little spots where you can tell that burn marks...
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