From South Carolina to Lincoln High
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.COM) The new principal at Lincoln High School comes all the way from South Carolina.Robert Grimm, on July 1, replaces longtime Lincoln leader Val Fox.Grimm, 52, is a 25 year...
View ArticleSouth Dakota tries to dissect Obamacare replacement
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.COM) Insurance premiums could rise dramatically for some older Americans under the Republican plan to replace Obamacare."At age 60 in the new world, you are going to pay in 2020,...
View ArticleMeth battle bills signed in Pierre
PIERRE, SD (KELO.COM) Governor Dennis Daugaard on Wednesday signed still more bills into law from the 2017 State Legislature, including new tools to battle South Dakota's meth epidemic.“Meth is an...
View ArticleSioux Falls deer hunt bags the limit
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.COM) Sioux Falls is not a safe place to live - for deer.Animal Control Supervisor Julie DeJong says the city's annual deer herd culling program is good for citizens, but also good...
View ArticleSmall town artist gets big time exposure
Parkston, SD (KELO.COM) A wildlife artist in Parkston, South Dakota was getting national exposure Wednesday night on CBS-TV.Several of Nicole Heitzman's works were being used in the set design of...
View ArticleWATCH: Huether on improving affordable housing
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO-AM) -- Mayor Mike Huether told The Greg Belfrage show this morning that trying to find solutions to getting more residents affordable housing in challenging.He said it is the flip...
View ArticleBig power blowing in the wind
UNDATED (KELO.COM) Xcel Energy has proposed the largest-ever South Dakota wind power farm - a $900 million project in the northeastern part of the state.The Crown Ridge Wind Project is big says Xcel...
View ArticleVIDEO: Daugaard signs budget bills
PIERRE, SD (KELO.COM) Governor Dennis Daugaard has signed into law the austere $4.6 billion state budget for fiscal year 2018. He's also signed the revised budget for the current fiscal year....
View ArticleUPDATE: Rounds, Thune react to proposed deep cuts at USDA
PIERRE, SD (KELO.COM) South Dakota U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R) sees President Trump's proposed 21 percent cut at the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a starting point, not the end product."Yeah, I...
View ArticleBulldogs digest Jackrabbits, but they didn't go down easy
SALT LAKE CITY, UT (KELO.COM) David gave Goliath a dribble for his money on Thursday in Salt Lake City in the first round of NCAA Tournament.The Jackrabbits of South Dakota State University, the No. 16...
View ArticleWATCH: Feds need to live up to Native health care
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO-AM) -- The federal government needs to live up to its obligations to Native Americans in providing health care, according to state Sen. Deb Soholt (R-Sioux Falls).She said that...
View ArticleUPDATE: Daugaard blocks gun bills
PIERRE, SD (KELO.COM) As expected, Governor Dennis Daugaard (R) on Friday vetoed two bills related to gun rights in South Dakota.A key supporter of both bills, Republican State Representative Lee Qualm...
View ArticleSioux Falls gets worldwide publicity
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.COM) Booming Sioux Falls is featured in a very flattering article in the Wall Street Journal, headlined: As Many Midwest Cities Slump, Sioux Falls Soars.It's great publicity says...
View ArticleSt Patrick's Parade began with chocolate chip cookies
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.COM) The Grand Marshall for Saturday's 38th annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in Sioux Falls was there at the beginning of it all.Larry Fuller remembers back to 1979."It was really...
View ArticleOnline probes bust two for child porn
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.COM) Two Sioux Falls men have been busted on child porn charges in separate investigations.Officer Sam Clemens says the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force has been...
View ArticleI-90 roadwork near Brandon begins Monday
BRANDON, SD (KELO AM) – The South Dakota Department of Transportation says the reconstruction of the Interstate 90 bridges just east of Brandon Exit 406 are scheduled to begin on Monday, March 20.I-90...
View ArticleSt. Patrick's Parade
SIOUX FALLS,SD (KELO-AM) - Perfect weather greeted thousands of revelers downtown this afternoon as the 38th Annual St. Patrick's Day parade made it's way up Phillips Avenue. Whether it was a "family...
View ArticleNoem discusses healthcare at weekend town hall
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Some 250 people attended a town hall meeting with Representative Kristi Noem Saturday in Watertown and she was asked by a Sioux Falls man for assurances that his health...
View ArticleWATCH: Stehly reflects on first year on City Council
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO-AM) -- City Councilor Theresa Stehly--the former community activist--has made her mark on the council during her first year.After her appearance Monday on The Greg Belfrage Show,...
View ArticleState worker's raises go to insurance costs
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - In South Dakota's recently-passed budget, teachers will receive a 3-tenths of a percent wage hike while state employees will see that increase go towards their...
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