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Construction accident claims one life
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A construction accident in Sioux Falls has left one person dead. On Thursday a contractor was working on a large tower light pole along Interstate 229 near exit 9 when the pole began to lean and fell across the northbound lanes of I-229, striking a passing vehicle. The driver, a 60 year ...
Jan 11, 2025
Thune gets behind Trump
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KELO.com) -- As Senate majority Leader, John Thune is the voice of Senate Republicans. In just about a week, Donald Trump with become President again Although Thune initially backed Tim Scott this election cycle, he is rallying behind the President-elect. Thune described his relationship to Trump as &...
Jan 11, 2025
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Sioux Falls best for jobs in South Dakota
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls is the biggest city in the state. And the best place for jobs. Finance website WalletHub reports that Sioux Falls has the best job market in South Dakota, and 58th best in the country. Job opportunities, employment growth and average starting salaries were the criteria for th...
Jan 11, 2025
Mayor: 2024 a year of growth - 2025 off to good start
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Not without challenge - but another year of strong growth in Sioux Falls. Mayor Paul TenHaken unveiled the final numbers, showing building permits of more than a billion dollars for the fourth straight year, and nearly 57-hundred new residents. The city's population is now just under 220-...
Jan 09, 2025
Southeast Technical College, Northern State University enter into co-enrollment agreement
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- It's a partnership that reaches from Sioux Falls to Aberdeen that's intended to help students and business. Southeast Technical College and Northern State University have developed a new co-enrollment agreement that allows Southeast students to pursue baccalaureate degrees at Northern. S...
Jan 09, 2025
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Construction accident claims one life
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A construction accident in Sioux Falls has left one person dead. On Thursday a contractor was working on a large tower light pole along Interstate 229 near exit 9 when the pole began to lean and fell across the northbound lanes of I-229, striking a passing vehicle. The driver, a 60 year ...
Jan 11, 2025
Thune gets behind Trump
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KELO.com) -- As Senate majority Leader, John Thune is the voice of Senate Republicans. In just about a week, Donald Trump with become President again Although Thune initially backed Tim Scott this election cycle, he is rallying behind the President-elect. Thune described his relationship to Trump as &...
Jan 11, 2025
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Sioux Falls best for jobs in South Dakota
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls is the biggest city in the state. And the best place for jobs. Finance website WalletHub reports that Sioux Falls has the best job market in South Dakota, and 58th best in the country. Job opportunities, employment growth and average starting salaries were the criteria for th...
Jan 11, 2025
Mayor: 2024 a year of growth - 2025 off to good start
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Not without challenge - but another year of strong growth in Sioux Falls. Mayor Paul TenHaken unveiled the final numbers, showing building permits of more than a billion dollars for the fourth straight year, and nearly 57-hundred new residents. The city's population is now just under 220-...
Jan 09, 2025
Southeast Technical College, Northern State University enter into co-enrollment agreement
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- It's a partnership that reaches from Sioux Falls to Aberdeen that's intended to help students and business. Southeast Technical College and Northern State University have developed a new co-enrollment agreement that allows Southeast students to pursue baccalaureate degrees at Northern. S...
Jan 09, 2025
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Sioux Falls entrepreneur ready for football
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Are you ready for some football? One local entrepreneur is ready, too! Sioux Falls native Gio Oromo is mixing his love of sports history with his business mind. Oromo, a Senior Marketing major at USD has opened his business "Cosy Thrifts". He specializes in sports merchandise l...
Aug 10, 2024
Augie granted conference membership a year ahead of schedule
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Augustana University's hockey team is getting a one-year jump on conference membership. Central Collegiate Hockey Association Commissioner Don Lucia says Augie's support of its hockey program is impressive, and allowing them to compete in the regular season and conference championship is ...
Jul 17, 2024
Canaries on a roll
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Ryan Zimmerman carried a perfect game into the eighth inning on Wednesday and Josh Rehwaldt drove in four as the Canaries topped Gary SouthShore 9-1 at the Bird Cage Wednesday night. Rehwaldt belted a 429-foot homerun in the sixth inning to open the scoring and added a two-run double in t...
Jul 11, 2024
Canaries make it three in a row, lead the league
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The Sioux Falls Canaries are riding a three-game win streak after beating the Lincoln Saltdogs 6-to-2. Josh Rehwaldt smacked a 475-foot homer and Trevor Achenbach drove in two runs. It was also Mike Meyer's 300th career win as Canaries manager. The number one Canaries will continue thei...
Jun 28, 2024
Augie women drop tournament opener
LONGWOOD, FL (KELO.com) -- It's do or die for the Augustana University softball squad in the NCAA Division Two National Finals. They dropped a two-to-one decision to second-seeded University of Texas, Tyler yesterday in extra innings. The Vikings have a chance to pull it together with a day off today in the double-el...
May 20, 2024
State News
Majority leaders sign on as prime sponsors of education savings accounts bill
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- The move to create Education Savings Accounts has picked up some high-powered support. The Majority Leaders of both chambers of the South Dakota Legislature have signed on as primary sponsors of the bill to make it happen. Secretary of Education Joseph Graves is also on board, saying they wil...
Jan 09, 2025
Attorney General focused on fighting fraud heading into Legislative Session
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- The 100th Session of the South Dakota Legislature kicks off Tuesday, January 14th. When it does, Attorney General Marty Jackley will be ready with a package of bills for legislators to consider. The package includes a measure to create whistle blower protection for state employees who may obs...
Jan 07, 2025
"Heinous" sex trafficker sentenced
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A multi-state sex trafficker will be off the streets for decades. Emily Nicole Yeary, 26, of Summerset, South Dakota, was sentenced to forty years behind bars. From 2019 to 2022 Yeary traveled to Mississippi, Kentucky, Florida and Missouri to lure underage girls and groom and manipulate t...
Jan 04, 2025
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Regents preparing to tighten belt to deal with budget cuts
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- South Dakota lawmakers are are heading into a bit of a perfect storm in a few weeks. Federal money is drying up, sales tax revenues are down, and a lot of new faces will be looking for answers in a tight budget year. Like all state departments, the Board of Regents will have to get by on a sm...
Dec 26, 2024
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South Dakota's Senators gaining prominence
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KELO.com) -- South Dakota's Senators will play a big role in the 119th Congress. John Thune ascended to the position of Senate Majority Leader. He is the second South Dakotan to hold that position, the first being Tom Daschle from 2001-2004 Mike Rounds has recently been appointed to five committees, i...
Dec 21, 2024
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Jan 03, 2025
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Austin recommends defense spending boost by more than $50 billion in 2026, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) - Outgoing U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin recommended the government boost defense spending by about $50 billion more than projected in the fiscal year 2026, Bloomberg News reported on Monday. Austin recommended the Office of Managem...
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Bezos' Blue Origin prepares for debut New Glenn rocket launch
By Joey Roulette CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin prepared for the inaugural launch of its New Glenn rocket from Florida early on Monday, nearing a pivotal debut in Earth orbit that will mark a major step towards a long-a...
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Tokyo museum offers visitors 'flashback' to defunct technology
By Joseph Campbell and Irene Wang TOKYO (Reuters) - Tucked away in a corner of central Tokyo, the Extinct Media Museum lives up to its name. From Betacam videotapes to floppy disks and vintage Sony devices, the museum is a showcase for old cameras ...
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Bezos sees no threat from Musk-Trump ties in space race
By Joey Roulette CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) -Jeff Bezos in an interview with Reuters on Sunday said he does not think SpaceX CEO Elon Musk will use his close ties with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to undercut his space company Blue Origin, ...
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Biden spoke with families of Americans detained in Afghanistan, White House says
By Andrea Shalal and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden spoke on Sunday with the families of three Americans detained in Afghanistan by its Taliban rulers since 2022, and emphasized his commitment to bringing home Ameri...
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