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Mayor TenHaken delivers upbeat message in State of the City - with a word of caution
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- A long list of accomplishments and a bright, but challenging future. Sioux Falls Mayor Paul TenHaken hosted his State of the City address at the Convention Center this morning. Among the challenges, sales tax revenues running behind expectations that are creating a difficult budgeting pr...
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More family space for Bishop Dudley House program
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- It's a three and a half million dollar fundraising drive aimed at emergency housing for families. The Bishop Dudley Hospitality House already houses up to 100 individuals in its downtown Sioux Falls center. Now, through a partnership with Interlakes Community Action, it will be able to s...
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Sioux Falls sales tax revenues lower than projected; budget reserves grow anyway
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Budget reserves for the city of Sioux Falls are growing, even though sales tax collections are running behind expectations. City Councilors received the 2023 year-end financial report last night. Reserves grew to 86-million dollars, even with sales tax growth coming in at 3-percent - tha...
Apr 17, 2024
DSU students staying in South Dakota after graduation
MADISON, SD (KELO.com) -- Dakota State University students appear to be falling in love with the state of South Dakota. DSU President Dr. Jose Marie Griffiths says a high percentage of the school's graduates are staying in South Dakota. 22-percent of the non-resident students are also staying in the state after gradua...
Apr 17, 2024
Iowa state veterinarian cautions dairy operators on Avian Influenza
DES MOINES, IA (KELO.com) -- Concerns over Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza - Bird Flu - are growing. Eight states, including South Dakota, have now reported "spillover" infections in dairy herds. So far, there aren't any dairy cases in Iowa, but state Veterinarian Jeff Kaisand says there are a lot of unkn...
Apr 17, 2024
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Mayor TenHaken delivers upbeat message in State of the City - with a word of caution
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- A long list of accomplishments and a bright, but challenging future. Sioux Falls Mayor Paul TenHaken hosted his State of the City address at the Convention Center this morning. Among the challenges, sales tax revenues running behind expectations that are creating a difficult budgeting pr...
8h ago
More family space for Bishop Dudley House program
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- It's a three and a half million dollar fundraising drive aimed at emergency housing for families. The Bishop Dudley Hospitality House already houses up to 100 individuals in its downtown Sioux Falls center. Now, through a partnership with Interlakes Community Action, it will be able to s...
8h ago
Sioux Falls sales tax revenues lower than projected; budget reserves grow anyway
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Budget reserves for the city of Sioux Falls are growing, even though sales tax collections are running behind expectations. City Councilors received the 2023 year-end financial report last night. Reserves grew to 86-million dollars, even with sales tax growth coming in at 3-percent - tha...
Apr 17, 2024
DSU students staying in South Dakota after graduation
MADISON, SD (KELO.com) -- Dakota State University students appear to be falling in love with the state of South Dakota. DSU President Dr. Jose Marie Griffiths says a high percentage of the school's graduates are staying in South Dakota. 22-percent of the non-resident students are also staying in the state after gradua...
Apr 17, 2024
Toddler injured in fall from third story of hotel
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The condition of a 1 1/2 year old Minnesota boy who fell from the third floor of the Club House Hotel in Sioux Falls Saturday morning is still unknown. The child fell out of a window in a hotel room. Officer Sam Clemens says police are investigating. Clemens says someone with a medical b...
Apr 15, 2024
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NCAA Hockey returns to the Denny
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Major college hockey is back at the Premier Center in Sioux Falls. Four teams are competing for a spot in the Frozen Four. Boston takes on Rochester Institute of Technology this afternoon. Minnesota squares off against the University of Nebraska-Omaha tonight. It's the first time the N...
Mar 28, 2024
Two of SDSU's leading players moving on
BROOKINGS, SD (KELO.com) -- It appears as though South Dakota State University will have some rebuilding to do before the 2024-25 basketball season. Two of its leading players are entering the NCAA transfer portal. William Kyle the Third was the first to announce he would enter the portal. Now, Zeke Mayo is declarin...
Mar 27, 2024
Milbank native, former USF standout new coach at Alabama
TUSCALOOSA, AL (KELO.com) -- A Milbank native now holds the reigns of one of college football's premiere programs. Kalen DeBoer has succeeded Nick Saban as coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide A record-setting receiver at the University of Sioux Falls, DeBoer became head coach of the Cougars in 2005. Over the next five se...
Jan 13, 2024
A big game and a bobblehead to boot
A little extra bling to go with a rematch from last year's football championship game...that is, if you consider a bobblehead bling. SDSU and NDSU square off in the Dakota Marker matchup in Brookings tomorrow. A special edition bobblehead featuring the two teams' mascots and a replica of the Dakota Marker will be rel...
Nov 03, 2023
Pheasant opener gives big boost to local economy
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- With the opening of this year's pheasant season hunters from all over the country will be flocking to South Dakota. State Senator Casey Crabtree says that the impact on the state is huge. Crabtree is also excited that out of staters will get to experience the freedom and beauty of South ...
Oct 21, 2023
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Legislature to look at ways to prepare for Ellsworth AFB expansion
BOX ELDER, SD (KELO.com) -- South Dakota legislators have caught their breath and are looking ahead to next year. As they do, committees will study Artificial Intelligence, protecting youth from harmful aspects of the internet, and property tax assessment procedures. Senate Majority Leader Casey Crabtree says another...
Apr 17, 2024
Tribes inquiring about tribal law officer training
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- Still no word on whether South Dakota Tribes will accept the state's offer to training tribal law officers - but the offer stands. Governor Noem's office has worked to provide the funding needed to train up to 48 officers. Attorney General Marty Jackley's office says at least a few of the sta...
Apr 15, 2024
Bird flu spreading, but no human cases in South Dakota
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- The spring migration is at its peak - and that means increased risk of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, commonly called bird flu. South Dakota reported its first case involving a dairy herd late last week, becoming the eighth state with cases involving dairy cows. State Health Secretary Mel...
Apr 15, 2024
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Rules committee holds off on GFP plan to issue more non-resident waterfowl licenses
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- A South Dakota Legislative committee tapped the brakes today on plans to allow more non-resident waterfowl licenses to be issued next fall.The prairie pothole region in the northeastern part of the state is viewed as some of the best waterfowl hunting area in the nation, and that's where the co...
Apr 15, 2024
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Homicide in Custer ends with multi-state pursuit
CUSTER, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A Friday night homicide in Custer ends with the suspect's suicide in Colorado. The Custer County Sheriff's Office Friday night responded to a report of a homicide at a home west of Custer on U.S. Highway 16. Officers found a deceased adult male. An adult female, who also was assaulted, had dr...
Apr 13, 2024
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Death Investigation at Mitchell's I-90 Truck Stop
MITCHELL, SD (KELO.com) - Attorney General Marty Jackley and the Mitchell Police Department announced a death investigation at a Mitchell truck stop. The partially dismembered body of 57 year old Melody Fae Gooch of Detroit, MI was discovered on Monday night at the Mitchell I-90 Travel Center. 50 year old Anthony Harri...
Mar 14, 2024
The Week in BizzaroWorld 6.15.23
#3. THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST OF 'JEOPARDY' The answer is: "Matthew 6:9 says, 'Our Father, which art in heaven, [this] be thy name." NOBODY knew the question on the June 13 episode of Jeopardy. I'm hoping you know the question is, "What is hallowed?" What a sad commentary on America today. Cue the Wei...
Jun 15, 2023
Beware the 'Smartphone Zombie'
It can be difficult to drive in areas where there are pedestrians, bicyclists, children and animals. It's even worse when people have their phones out. The city of Mulberry, Florida is putting up dozens of signs warning drivers of "smartphone zombies". They're not warning drivers about other drivers. They're ...
Jun 05, 2023
The Week in BizzaroWorld
#3. NYT REVIEW OF 'THE LITTLE MERMAID' Wesley Morris of NYT outraged many with his creepy review of Disney's live-action remake of "The Little Mermaid". Morris wrote, "Joy, fun, mystery, risk, flavor, kink - they're missing." KINK?? This is a CHILDREN'S movie not HBO After Dark! The review also clai...
Jun 02, 2023
WATCH: Young Boy Brings "Mom Bride" to Tears Telling Her She's Beautiful
This touching video has racked up over 35 million views since being posted earlier this month. A bride and groom are at an outdoor altar with their two small children when the little boy suddenly says, "Mommy, you're beautiful." Mom tries NOT to cry. But when he says it again, here come the tears. She rewar...
May 30, 2023
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Finance firms urge ambitious action on plastic pollution
By Virginia Furness and Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) - A group of 160 financial companies on Friday urged governments to agree a treaty to end plastic pollution that would help spur private sector action, ahead of the next round of global talks in...
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Gun makers urge US Supreme Court to hear appeal in Mexico's lawsuit
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - U.S. gun manufacturers on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court hear their challenge to Mexico's $10 billion lawsuit seeking to hold them responsible for facilitating the trafficking of firearms to violent drug cartels a...
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Over 100 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested from New York's Columbia campus
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - More than 100 pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested on Wednesday on the campus of Columbia University after its president authorized New York police to clear an encampment set up by students demonstrating against Is...
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Biden taps Curtis Ried to be next US ambassador to OSCE, White House says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Thursday announced the nomination of Curtis Ried as the U.S. representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). Ried serves as chief of staff and executive secretary of the Wh...
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Maine lawmakers pass gun bills in wake of October mass shooting
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - Maine lawmakers on Thursday sent a raft of gun safety measures to the governor to sign into law, fulfilling a promise to take swift action designed to prevent mass shootings such as a rampage last year that killed 18 peop...
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