Availability of nursing home beds
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The South Dakota House Health and Human Services Committee today melded two measures dealing with nursing home beds.Representative Wayne Steinhauer of Hartford amended one...
View ArticleKrebs supports ballot tweaks
PIERRE, SD (KELO AM) Secretary of State Shantel Krebs supports a number of ideas for the 2017 State Legislature to improve the ballot initiative process in South Dakota.Krebs believes that ballot...
View ArticleJackley on throwing more of the book at corruption
PIERRE, SD (KELO AM) Punishment for Joop Bollen in the EB-5 Scandal could have been tougher under terms of a bill State Attorney General Marty Jackley wants the State Legislature to approve.Bollen took...
View ArticleHigh speed chase ends in Lincoln County
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO AM) A car chase Wednesday morning hit speeds up to 100 mph before the suspect was stopped in rural Lincoln County after police deployed spikes and deflated one of his tires.It all...
View ArticlePacking heat in Pierre passes House
PIERRE, SD (KELO AM) People would be able to carry concealed guns in the State Capitol under legislation approved Wednesday by the House 46-20.The bill alllows a pistol with an enhanced concealed...
View ArticlePBR expands Sioux Falls stop again
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO AM) - In its third go round, the Professional Bull Riding's Built Ford Tough Series stop in Sioux Falls continues to get bigger and better. First it was the addition of a third...
View ArticlePAVE sets grand re-opening
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO AM) - PAVE Nightclub and lounge, damaged in the collapse of the Cooper Lounge building on December 2nd, has set a grand re-opening date.According to the club's Facebook page the...
View ArticleSombke: confirm Perdue quickly
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Some agriculture lobbyists believe a farm bill won't be done until 2019 and it will be 10% lower than the current program.South Dakota Farmers Union President Doug Sombke...
View ArticlePublic preschool bills defeated
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The Senate Education Committee today defeated two measures aimed at early childhood education that set up an advisory council and funded a pilot program.The bills author,...
View ArticleRepublicans wrangle with contribution limits
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The Governor, the House Speaker and Republican legislative leaders support some control of out-of-state money given to opponents or supporters of ballot measures.House...
View ArticleShoring up the State's Retirement System
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Governor Daugaard today signed a bill that manages the South Dakota Retirement System that he says will strengthen its future.Daugaard say the System's board reduced the...
View ArticleRounds to Trump: get tough on Putin
WASHINGTON, DC (KELO AM) South Dakota's Mike Rounds is part of new pressure on President Trump to get tough on Russian Leader Vladimir Putin.Rounds has joined a small group of Republican U.S. Senators...
View Articlethe real Iron Man is coming to Sanford Pentagon
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.COM) Baseball's Iron Man, Cal Ripken Junior, is coming to Sioux Falls.The fabled Hall-of-Famer will be the featured speaker at the second annual South Dakota Sports Awards at the...
View ArticleSex case against doctor has other side
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.COM) The Sioux Falls doctor accused of taking sexual advantage of a teenage runaway from Georgia is now telling his side of the story. His attorney claims that the girl posed as a...
View ArticleSouth Dakota Article V debate goes national
PIERRE, SD (KELO.COM) A debate in the South Dakota State House of Representatives on whether to support an Article V convention of the states has caught the attention of conservative radio talk show...
View ArticleTomorrow will be the warmest day in Sioux Falls since November
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) Tomorrow in Sioux Falls we will reach temperatures in the 50's for the first time since November. We are projected to go as high as 53 degrees with partly cloudly skies. It...
View Article9-1-1 upgrade issues cause money dispute
PIERRE, SD (KELO.COM) South Dakota has stopped paying the company that is upgrading the state's 9-1-1 emergency communications system.The 9-1-1 Coordination Board says that NextGen Communications, Inc....
View ArticleVIDEO: Jackley touts drug forfeiture grants
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley added an extra feature to the state's website offering details on the Drug Asset Forfeiture Program.Jackley says the law...
View ArticleDaugaard will veto concealed weapon's bill
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KE,LO AM) - There are almost a dozen bills dealing with guns making their way through the South Dakota Legislature and Governor Dennis Daugaard feels the state has reasonable gun...
View ArticleNew ground for Republican state leaders
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - For the first time in four decades, Republican leaders in South Dakota will elect a state chairperson from a contested race.GOP leadership will gather tomorrow in Pierre...
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