NWS Cold Weather Science Experiments
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO-AM) It's not everyday (thankfully!) you can go out and freeze dry a shirt, turn an egg into a rock, or experience water to vapor in mid-air. That's exactly the kind of experiments...
View ArticleState Republicans cast votes
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Electors from across the nation will cast votes today for President and Vice-President.South Dakota Republican Party Chair Pam Roberts is a substitute elector for...
View ArticleVIDEO: Visual impact of Lincoln Co.'s wind ordinance
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO-AM) -- The proposed new wind ordinance Lincoln County is considering would essentially outlaw most wind turbine projects in the county.That's the analysis of Brian Minish with...
View ArticleVIDEO: Anti-wind power group gives overview
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO-AM) -- The leader of the opponents against a wind generation project in southwest Lincoln County say it's not just people in the southern part of the county who should be...
View ArticleSchool week legislation planned
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - A West River lawmaker will introduce a bill that addresses a school district's ability to move from a five day school week to a four day school week.Senate Minority Leader...
View ArticleCar accidents near snow plows
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - A drunk driver is accused of rear-ending a Sioux Falls police cruiser and another is accused of ramming her car into the front of a city snow plow over the...
View ArticleSioux Falls mayor makes big political switch
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO AM) Saying that he's always put the person above party, Sioux Falls Mayor Mike Huether, a registered Democrat, is switching his affiliation to Independent. The November election...
View ArticleState funded preschools
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - State Senator Billie Sutton will introduce legislation allowing for state-funded preschools in South Dakota.Sutton says the state is one of only six that doesn't offer...
View ArticleVIDEO: Mayor Huether on snow removal, snowgates
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO-AM) -- Despite all the talk about Mayor Mike Huether changing his party affiliation from Democratic to Independent Tuesday, he still has a city to run.And one of the big jobs...
View ArticleDeportations impact on agriculture
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The American Farm Bureau says close to half of all farm workers in the United States are undocumented and the agency endorses a plan to give people residency but not...
View ArticleCounty and Carroll renew
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The Minnehaha County Commission today renewed its contract with Carroll Institute for addiction pre-treatment ordered by a court.Carroll's Executive Director Gary Tuschen...
View ArticleDick Kelly retires from Commission
SIOUX FALLS,S.D. (KELO AM) - A ceremony today for retiring Minnehaha County Commissioner Dick Kelly who previously served as a city councilor and a state senator.Commission Chair Cindy Heiberger...
View ArticleSioux Falls booming in more ways than one
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO AM) Boom! Boom! Boom! That's a quote from Sioux Falls Mayor Mike Huether announcing fresh evidence of the city's strong economy."We are going to break the city's construction...
View ArticleA nationally recognized hero at Harrisburg High
HARRISBURG, SD (KELO-AM) The assistant principal at Harrisburg High School, Ryan Rollinger has been named one of just 21 Carnegie Heroes nationwide for 2016.Rollinger helped save his principal from...
View ArticleCat house uncovered in Brandon
BRANDON, SD (KELO AM) Police are dealing with a real cat house in Brandon or more accurately a house in Brandon with real cats - lots of them.A house on the west side of the growing community to the...
View ArticleVIDEO: Huether on being a moderate, next move
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO-AM) -- Mayor Mike Huether says he's a moderate and its time for moderates to reassert themselves into the political process.Earlier this week, he held a news conference...
View ArticleLarge affordable housing projects
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - South Dakota and Sioux Falls are funding the development of two affordable housing projects for a little over 15 million dollars for tenants with incomes of 50 percent or...
View ArticleDrunk driving arrests increasing
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Adult drunk driving arrests increased to 1,365 last year in Minnehaha and Lincoln Counties.Darcy Jensen with Prairie View Prevention Services says alcohol related crashes...
View ArticlePolice play Santa, with help
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - An anonymous donor is helping Sioux Falls Police make the holidays a little brighter for those in need.Officer Sam Clemens says the donor gave police $3,500 dollars to...
View ArticleDaugaard: come on downtown, the shopping's fine
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO-AM) Governor Dennis Daugaard was doing a little Christmas shopping in downtown Sioux Falls on Wednesday. He was encouraging shoppers to come back downtown in the aftermath of the...
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