UPDATE: Command Center responds to OSHA's findings
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) The Federal Government has levied stiff fines against two companies in connection with the fatal building collapse in Sioux Falls last December.Hultgren Construction, the...
View ArticleUPDATED: SF Schools to start in August for '18
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) The Sioux Falls School Board Monday evening has approved a return to an August start date for the 2018-2019 school year.A city wide vote in 2015 pushed the start date back...
View ArticleMinnesota liquor stores reluctantly preparing for July
ST. PAUL, MN. (KFGO) - If you're thinking ahead to July when the restrictions are lifted for Sunday liquor sales in Minnesota, most cities with municipal liquor stores will be open. 200 cities have...
View ArticleRepair Affair brings accessibility to Sioux Falls homes
Sioux Falls, S.D. (KELO AM) - It may be the best-kept secret in volunteering in the Sioux Empire.The Home Builders Association has selected the 2017 Repair Affair grant winners, and Chairman Brad Mair...
View ArticleDaugaard says spending reserves would drop bond rating
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - State sales tax figures are not keeping up with budget projections and a report last week indicates South Dakota is running about $10 million short.Governor Daugaard says...
View ArticleWATCH: Huether pleasantly surprised by smoking ban
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO-AM) -- Mayor Mike Huether said he is surprised but pleased that the City Council recently passed a somewhat tougher smoking ban outdoors on city property.Huether had let an...
View ArticleWill Minnehaha County abandon drainage rules?
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Minnehaha County does not currently have a drainage ordinance in place and it's possible that it may never have one again.The county commission last week repealed its...
View ArticleDr. Dave Kapaska to retire from Avera McKennan
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Regional President and CEO of Avera McKennan Hospital and University Health Center, Dr. David Kapaska will retire at the end of June.Chief Administrative Officer David...
View ArticleGambling addiction grips South Dakota
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - According to WalletHub, South Dakota is the second most gambling addicted state behind only Nevada.Jill Gonzales says South Dakota ranks third in gambling friendliness,...
View ArticleTemp company disputes big fine in building collapse
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) One of the two companies facing big OSHA fines in the Sioux Falls Building Collapse claims that the penalties are "grossly" out of whack with its part in the project.Command...
View ArticleMayor Huether reacts to Facebook video rant
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) Sioux Falls Mayor Mike Huether says he viewed the Facebook weapons rant by Ehab Jaber and found it "unbelieveably disturbing."Jaber has been charged with making a...
View ArticleWell armed pizza delivery driver foils robbery
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) A pizza delivery driver used her pizzas as weapons against some robbers in Sioux Falls.Officer Sam Clemens says it happened outside an apartment in the 700 block of South...
View ArticleSioux Falls nominated as top midwest food town
Sioux Falls, S.D. (KELO AM) - The Sioux Falls Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) is excited to announce that Sioux Falls has been named a finalist for Midwest Living’s Greatest Midwest Town 2017,...
View ArticleThune, Rounds eager for tax reform
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - President Trump today unveils the broad strokes of his tax overhaul package which includes cutting the top corporate rate from 35% to 15%.South Dakota Senator John Thune...
View ArticleAudit on Mid Central and GEAR UP due in May
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - South Dakota State Auditor General spoke yesterday to legislators about federal grants given to the beleaguered Mid Central Educational Coop and passed to GEAR-UP.Marty...
View ArticleMan suffers knife wound in bar scuffle
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - A Wagner man is accused of assaulting an Eagle Butte man with a knife outside a central Sioux Falls bar.Officer Sam Clemens says 48-year-old Joseph Edward Omaha got into...
View ArticleSioux Falls one of best for Hispanic entrepreneurs
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Sioux Falls is the 17th best city for Hispanic entrepreneurs compared to 150 of the largest cities in the United States according to WalletHub.Jill Gonzalez says...
View ArticleThune reacts to Trump plan for deep tax cuts
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KELO AM) The Trump Administration on Wednesday unveiled what it called the largest tax cuts in U.S. history.The Trump tax plan would lower all tax rates, both personal and business,...
View ArticleVIDEO: Jim Sideras remembers
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) Retiring Sioux Falls Fire/Rescue Chief Jim Sideras talks with KELO Radio's Todd Epp.Sideras joined the department some 34 years ago.
View ArticleState Ag Chief Jaspers on finally getting Perdue
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO AM) "Fantastic" is the joyful reaction of South Dakota Agriculture Secretary Mike Jaspers to Sonny Perdue finally being confirmed as U.S. Agriculture Secretary."The fact that the...
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