Protecting public lands and wildlife
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Conservation groups are seeking bipartisan action to safeguard the nation's natural resources.Lew Carpenter with the National Wildlife Federation says public land and it's...
View ArticleInitial Sioux Falls school budget
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The Sioux Falls School Board starts work on next year's budget at tonight's meeting.Board President Todd Thoelke says Business Manager Todd Vik will present the budget's...
View ArticleNew details in near-drowning
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - No update on the condition of a 12-year-old who was in critical condition Friday after a near-drowning at an apartment pool on East 11th Street.Officer Sam Clemens says a...
View ArticleMental health panel reports
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - A blue ribbon panel studying mental health and criminal justice handed Governor Daugaard a report with recommendations today.Daugaard says some recommendations include...
View ArticleSoaring airplanes and insurance rates
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO-AM) October was another busy month for boardings at Sioux Falls Regional Airport."We had over 9.8 percent increase compared to last October and actually it was our second busiest...
View ArticleBaby steps in right direction for mentally ill
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO-AM) No magic bullet is how Minnehaha County Sheriff Mike Milstead describes the final recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Task Force on the mentally ill in South Dakota's criminal...
View ArticleSchool start date debate comes back to life
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO-AM) The Sioux Falls School District is surveying staff, parents and students on when school should start. Right now school starts after Labor Day, but that voter-approved mandate...
View ArticleSioux Falls one of best-run cities
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - More kudos for Sioux Falls from a personal finance website that says the city is one of the best-run in America.WalletHub says Sioux Falls is the ninth best-run city...
View Article60 degrees giving way to snow
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Highs in the 60's today and tomorrow and two inches of snow forecast Friday in Sioux Falls.Dennis Todey with the Department of Agriculture's Climate Hub says it's the...
View ArticleSecond armed bank robbery
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Two armed bank robberies in less than two weeks and Sioux Falls Police don't believe the suspects are the same.Two men robbed the First National Bank near West 26th Street and South...
View ArticleJail expansion vote next week
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The Minnehaha County Commission officially votes a week from today on a $42.5 million dollar jail expansion.Sheriff Mike Milstead says the addition of 320 beds will be in...
View ArticleState Senator Curd's Way
SIOUX FALLS,SD (KELO-AM) - South Dakota's Republican State Senate leaders met in Pierre last Saturday to elect it's leaders for the upcoming legislative session. Senator Brock Greenfield of Clark will...
View ArticleOrchestra wins Bush Prize
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra embraces the state with several programs that bind cultures, ease suffering and build bonds between generations.Executive Director...
View ArticleFatal shooting in Dell Rapids
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Minnehaha County authorities say a man is dead following a shooting in Dell Rapids on Tuesday.A man was found with a gunshot wound near 9th and Ladelle. The victim was...
View ArticleA crime of passion?
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Authorities identify the victim in yesterday's fatal shooting in Dell Rapids as 39-year-old Jonathon Puttmann.Captain Jason Gearman with the Minnehaha County Sheriff's...
View ArticleGreat American Smokeout
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Thursday is the 41st edition of the Great American Smokeout, a day for tobacco users to quit.Carrie Dragt with the American Cancer Society says quitting helps users enjoy...
View ArticleTaxpayers get ready to pay for Marsy's Law
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO-AM) It will cost Minnehaha County "hundreds of thousands" of dollars to implement Marsy's Law, the Crime Victims Bill of Rights recently approved by South Dakota voters.That is...
View ArticleSF Bank Robbers caught.....on camera
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO-AM) One guy's in a baseball cap, the other in a wig and they're robbing the 1st National Bank at 26th and Sertoma in Sioux Falls. Police have released a bank surveillance video of...
View ArticleSupreme Court nominee early next year
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The lame duck session of Congress has an ambitious schedule including passing a bill that funds the federal government beyond December 9th and a defense authorization...
View ArticleTeacher's salaries closer to goal
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - According to a survey of South Dakota school districts, teacher salaries are on track to meet a statewide target average of $48,500.Governor Dennis Daugaard says the projected...
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