Final Legislative coffee
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO AM) – The last legislative coffee for this session of the South Dakota legislature occurred Saturday morning.Local legislators sat down with Sioux Falls residents to answer...
View ArticleVIDEO: Sunday House Fire
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO-AM) - Thick, acrid smoke filled the air Sunday evening, as crews responded to a house fire on a busy street in Southeast Sioux Falls. Metro Communications dispatched the call at...
View ArticleSizing up 2018 governor's race
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Lieutenant Governor Matt Michels says he's been encouraged by a lot of people to run for Governor of South Dakota next year.Michels says it's very heartening to hear...
View ArticleRace relations measure falls in Pierre.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - A bill establishing a truth and healing conciliation commission to deal with race relations was defeated in the House State Affairs Committee in Pierre today.The measure...
View ArticleExpanding broadband service in South Dakota
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - A state house committee passed a bill today that aims to bring broadband service to rural South Dakota.The measure brings telecommunications companies into the...
View ArticleJackley: New high tech weapon against child traffickers
PIERRE, SD (KELO.COM) South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley is helping spearhead a new national effort to better use technology to save children from sex traffickers.Republican Jackley has joined...
View ArticleStudent stabbing at SDSU
BROOKINGS, SD (KELO.COM) A South Dakota State University student has been stabbed on campus in Brookings.Authorities say it happened in a dorm room. The victim has been rushed to Sioux Falls for...
View ArticleCoding immersion program passes board
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO AM) - First, it was a Spanish immersion elementary school. Now, another kind of language will be bestowed upon Sioux Falls youngsters.On Monday the school board overwhelmingly...
View ArticleInitiated and referendum bill advances in Pierre
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The Senate State Affairs Committee approved a measure that revises the initiated and referendum process.Senator Jim Bolin of Canton amended the bill to call for a panel of...
View ArticleMidwives bill goes to the House
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - After two hours of debate this morning, the South Dakota Health and Human Services Committee approved a bill that would license certified professional midwives.Debbie...
View ArticleState diagnostic animal lab moves forward
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - A new animal diagnostic lab at South Dakota State University in Brookings got a leg up today in the legislature's Joint Appropriation's Committee.The bill now includes...
View ArticleMinot man arrested for pimping in Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - A North Dakota man was arrested at a northeast Sioux Falls hotel on charges of pimping.Officer Sam Clemens says 23-year-old Cody Daniel Haman of Minot is accused of...
View ArticleSouth Dakota struggles while Minnesota cruises
UNDATED (KELO.COM) While South Dakota lawmakers struggle with over $50 million in budget shortfalls, the Minnesota State Legislature is basking in a projected budget surplus of over $6...
View ArticleDaycare provider to be charged in infant death
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.COM) A licensed daycare provider in Sioux Falls will be charged in the death of an infant last September at her daycare near Fernwood and Alpine.As the result of the months-long...
View ArticleIt's numbers crunch time for State Legislature
PIERRE, SD (KELO.COM) You can't spend what you don't have. That's the way House Speaker Mark Mickelson looks at the challenges South Dakota lawmakers face with over $50 million in budget...
View ArticleDetails of Sioux Falls police chase
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.COM) A high speed police chase after a stolen car in central Sioux Falls on Tuesday ended at church.Authorities say the pursuit started on Cliff Avenue when the driver refused to...
View ArticleDirt turned for new industrial park off I-90
BRANDON, SD (KELO.COM) Ground has been broken in Brandon for 80-acre Rovang Industrial Park.The new development park will have planned rail access, next to the Brandon and Corson development parks near...
View ArticleNew chamber director having "the time of his life"
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO AM) - Jason Ball, the new director of the Sioux Falls Area Chamber of Commerce, says his first month on the job as been on big listening session.Ball appeared on KELO Radio's It's...
View ArticleCity uses less reserve funds in budget
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Sales tax revenue slowed to just under 3.5% last year in Sioux Falls but Director of Finance, Tracy Turbak, says the City still maintained a high level of service to its...
View ArticleRegional economy shows signs of life
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Encouraging economic news this morning for a nine-state region including South Dakota: manufacturing is strengthening the economy.The Creighton University Mid-America...
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