Falls Park makes national John Deere calendar
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Sometimes you have to rely on a little dumb luck to get some good PR.A farmer from Canton will have his big green tractor featured on a national calendar, with the picture...
View ArticleWinter Storm Watch Sunday
SIOUX FALLS (KELO-AM) The National Weather Service has issed a Winter Storm Watch effective Sunday evening thru Monday afternoon for counties North and East of Sioux Falls. The affected counties are:...
View ArticleWinter weather returns to the area
Undated (KELO AM) - A storm system coming through the area Sunday into Monday will leave a wintery mess behind.The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for snow,...
View ArticleFire damages Sioux Falls business overnight
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO AM) – A Saturday night fire damaged a business in Sioux Falls.Crews were called just before midnight to a structure fire at 1406 S. Minnesota Ave. A 911 caller reported smoke and...
View ArticleWoman faces DUI charges after pond crash
A woman faces DUI charges after driving her car into a pond on the north side of Sioux Falls.Police say she lost control on a gravel road near the airport, on 60th Street North and Minnesota Avenue...
View ArticleCrown Casino robbery Sunday night
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Police say a man held up the Crown Casino on East 10th Street around 10 last night.The man showed a weapon to the clerk and demanded money. The clerk complied with the...
View ArticleGovernment shutdown averted overnight
WASHINGTON D.C. (REUTERS) -Negotiators in the U.S. Congress reached a deal late on Sunday on around $1 trillion in federal funding that would avert a government shutdown later this week, while handing...
View ArticlePHOTOS--A slush bucket instead of a May Day basket
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO-AM) -- The Sioux Empire received a bucket of snowy slush instead of a May Day basket for the 1st of May.Inches of wet snow covered roads and vehicles across eastern South...
View ArticleRegional economy still very healthy
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Another positive bump last month in Creighton University's Mid-America Conditions Index for a nine-state region that includes South Dakota.Director of Creighton's Economic...
View ArticleHultgren faces second round of OSHA cites
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - OSHA handed down a second set of citations against Hultgren Construction in the fatal Copper Lounge collapse in December and the federal agency charges the company with...
View ArticleRounds on latest Obamacare overhaul
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - President Trump still has his sights set on Obamacare and tweeted yesterday that a "new healthcare plan is on its way."Trump is promising lower premiums and continued...
View ArticleLincoln wind farm gets big push from new survey
LINCOLN CO. S.D. (KELO AM) A new survey of Lincoln County residents shows that about two-thirds of them support a big wind power project in the southern part of the county.Dakota Power Community Wind...
View ArticleBREAKING: Iowa deputies shot in escape
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA (KELO AM) In Council Bluffs Iowa Monday morning, two Sheriff's Deputies were shot, one fatally, by an escaping jail inmate.The inmate was reportedly in a jail transport vehicle when...
View ArticleRecord trash in river cleanup
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) A record number of volunteers collected a record amount of trash during the 4th annual Big Sioux River Greenway Cleanup.The City says that nearly 500 volunteers pulled in...
View ArticleTastier pizza may be coming to Sioux Falls schools
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) The Sioux Falls School District welcomes the greater flexibility in school meals announced by the Trump Administration on Monday.School systems nationwide have been...
View ArticleKorea warns U.S. about rising tensions
SEOUL/BEIJING (REUTERS) - North Korea accused the United States on Tuesday of pushing the Korean peninsula to the brink of nuclear war after a pair of strategic U.S. bombers flew training drills with...
View ArticleMock disaster training event this morning in Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - A citywide emergency training involving law enforcement, first responders, the City, Sanford Health and Avera Health starts this morning at 8:30.The training is centered...
View ArticleDaugaard says South Dakota is not like North Carolina
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - South Dakota passed a bill last session protecting faith-based adoption agencies from state penalties for refusing to place a child due to moral or religious...
View ArticleCounty Commission gets out of drainage disputes
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Minnehaha County essentially got out of drainage disputes today by not adopting a watered down ordinance and leaving the issue to landowners and possibly civil...
View ArticleWorkforce development still a struggle in South Dakota
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Pierre did not see legislation last session that specifically dealt with finding more employees for state businesses.President of the state Chamber of Commerce Dave Owen...
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