Naked guy assaults driver
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - A Sioux Falls man police believed to be high on LSD ran naked through a southwest neighborhood Saturday night before getting into a vehicle and assaulting the female...
View ArticleLawmakers call for special prosecutor
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - A group of bipartisan South Dakota lawmakers is sponsoring a resolution calling on Attorney General Marty Jackley to appoint a special prosecutor for the EB-5 and GEAR UP...
View ArticlePublic Safety Citizens' Academy
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The Citizen's Academy this year has expanded to include Sioux Falls Police, Fire Rescue, Metro Communications and Paramedics Plus.Officer Sam Clemens says the highly...
View ArticleProposal to remove sales tax on food
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Democrat Representative Ray Ring of Vermillion says he'll introduce a bill to cut the sales tax on food.Ring says his plan is to put a zero percent sales tax on food and...
View ArticleTransgender locker room bill withdrawn
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The sponsors of the transgender locker room bill withdrew their measure this morning before the Senate Education Committee.Committee Chair Senator Jim Bolin was informed...
View ArticleVIDEO: IM22 sponsor says legislature acting precipitously
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO-AM) --Initiated Measure 22 sponsor Rick Weiland is critical of the South Dakota Legislature slapping an emergency clause on repeal of the voter passed measure.Following an...
View ArticleCity Visionary dies at 71
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Former longtime Sioux Falls City Planner Steve Metli died last night.Executive Director of the Sioux Falls Convention and Visitor's Bureau Teri Schmidt says Metli's hand...
View ArticleGun measure defeated in committee
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - A measure that allows liability against public entities that ban firearms on their property, and an individual is subsequently injured during a crime of violence, was...
View ArticleFiery radio debate in Sioux Falls over IM 22
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO AM) "You guys screwed up," argued House Speaker Mark Mickleson in a debate Tuesday with Democratic Activist Rick Wieland over Initated Measure 22.On KELO Radio's It's Your...
View ArticleNew USF President picked
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO AM) The University of Sioux Falls has hired from within for its 23rd President.Brett Bradfield, current vice president of academic affairs, will replace the retiring Mark...
View ArticleSouth Dakota reacts to Neil Gorsuch selection
WASHINGTON, DC (KELO AM) — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) released the following statement on President Trump’s nomination of Neil Gorsuch to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by the passing of...
View ArticleChamber names new leader
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO AM) - The Sioux Falls Area Chamber of Commerce is under new leadership.Beginning on Monday Jason Ball took over as President/CEO, replacing Evan Nolte.Nolte is retiring after 37...
View ArticleRegional economy improving
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Another month of favorable economic news for South Dakota and eight neighboring states from the monthly survey of business supply managers.The Mid-America Business...
View ArticleCan you hear me? scam
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Phone scammers are using your own voice against you by editing calls to make it sound like you authorized a major purchase.Jessie Schmidt with the Better Business Bureau...
View ArticleBollen nets probation and fine
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - 53-year-old Joop Bollen of Aberdeen is pleading guilty to unauthorized disposal of personal property in connection with the investigation into the EB5 and SDRC case.A...
View ArticlePublic university's economic impact
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The South Dakota Board of Regents released research demonstrating the economic impact the six public universities have in the state.The Regents are in the second day of...
View ArticleProtest in the sky over IM 22
PIERRE, SD (KELO-AM) A small plane was slowly circling above the State Legislature on Wednesday, towing a banner that said, in big red letters: Shame on You, Respect our vote.The State Senate was...
View ArticleState Senate approves IM 22 repeal
PIERRE, SD (KELO AM) The Republican-controlled State Senate on Wednesday approved a repeal of Initiated Measure 22 by a vote of 27-8, after a long debate. The repeal was already approved by the...
View ArticleFarm bill 2018 cooperation
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - State Agriculture Secretaries across the nation are meeting in Washington D.C. as the Trump Administration continues setting up the federal agency that feeds the United...
View ArticleSchool days bill deferred
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - A measure providing for the referral of a school board's decision to change the number of school days in a week, was deferred after it became clear that it will face more...
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