Frost in need of upgrades
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Frost Arena on the South Dakota State University campus in Brookings is fifty years old and in need of renovation.President Barry Dunn told the Board of Regents this week...
View ArticlePhillips and 10th open today
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The Phillps Avenue and 10th Street intersection at the Copper Lounge collapse will open to traffic today at one.City Engineer Chad Huwe says the risk to public safety has...
View ArticleWinter Weather Advisory Saturday
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - A winter weather advisory is issued for the tri-state area around Sioux Falls from nine tomorrow morning until noon Sunday.Forecaster Todd Heitkamp says snow will start...
View ArticleHuether to explain himself on smoking ban balk
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO-AM) Early this week, Sioux Falls City Council approved a watered-down outdoor smoking ban, but on Friday his office announced that Mayor Mike Huether has not signed it.We have the...
View ArticleMore bang for the buck shopping downtown
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO AM) Shopping in downtown Sioux Falls Friday and Saturday will directly help the victims of the building collapse on Phillips Avenue. Its called 'Shopping For Strength'."Lloyd...
View Article196th Home for the Holidays
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - A Sioux Falls-based Army National Guard unit that served in the Middle East is coming home. Thirty-eight soldiers with the Guard's 196th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade served 10...
View ArticlePolar Vortex
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO-AM) Next weeks weather is going to be a huge change. Kerry Hanko of the Weather Service in Sioux Falls said, "We will be seeing a plunge of Arctic cold air coming from Canada with...
View ArticleEducation not this session's star
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The chairman of the State Senate Education Committee is freshman Senator Jim Bolin of Canton, who previously served four terms in the House from District 16.Bolin says...
View ArticlePatrol encourages seatbelt use
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The Highway Patrol says 62 percent of all fatalities in South Dakota car crashes were not wearing seat belts.Captain Jason Husby says the Patrol is cracking down on...
View ArticleHuman trafficking arrest in Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Police arrested a Sioux Falls man for human trafficking after detectives arranged a meeting for sex with a 27-year-old women at southwest motel Saturday night.Officer Sam...
View ArticleGuns, gold and less rock n roll
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO-AM) Looks like there could be less rock and roll at Badlands Pawn, the unique complex in Sioux Falls that bills itself as the home of "Guns, Gold & Rock N Roll." Badlands Pawn...
View ArticleHuether will push for stronger smoking ban
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO-AM) Sioux Falls Mayor Mike Huether has both personal and public reasons for refusing to sign off on the watered-down outdoor smoking ordinance recently approved by City Council."I...
View ArticleNew life for the Rock & Roll Academy
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO AM) - At least one person is expressing interest in reviving one of Chuck Brennan's soon to be closed enterprises.According to her web site, Teri Thompson Katzenberger is looking...
View ArticleTrump taps Exxon Mobil's Tillerson
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump announced Exxon Mobil Corp's Rex Tillerson as his choice for secretary of state on Tuesday, praising the business leader as a successful...
View ArticleJackley defends voter approved amendment
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - A challenge to Initiated Measure 22, a revision of South Dakota's campaign finance and lobbying laws, resulted in a temporary injunction with the judge's recommendation...
View ArticleMarsy's Law forces commission's hand
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Minnehaha County State's Attorney Aaron McGowan requested five additional employees to deal with the fallout from Marsy's Law but commissioners approved only three.McGowan...
View ArticleStolen car nets drug bust
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Police arrested three people sitting in a stolen car parked at 18th and South Third Avenue early this morning and a passenger faces felony drug charges.Officer Sam Clemens...
View ArticleSioux Falls tuning in to state radio upgrade
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO-AM) Sioux Falls City Council may push the 2017 State Legislature to upgrade South Dakota's state-wide emergency radio system. It's one of Council's proposed legislative priorities...
View ArticleJackley targets vehicular homicide
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Attorney General Marty Jackley says when he talks with South Dakotans, they can't believe vehicular homicide offenders get out with 50% of time served, let alone the...
View ArticleThune on election hacking
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Senator John Thune says Congress should get involved over possible Russian influence in the U-S election process.The CIA charges that the interference may have helped...
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