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SDSU opening new Center for AI Innovation and Emergent Technologies
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- South Dakota State University is unveiling a new Center for AI Innovation and Emergent Technologies. The announcement came Friday morning at a symposium being held in Sioux Falls. Senator Mike Rounds secured 750-thousand dollars in federal funding to help establish the center. Senator R...
Mar 27, 2026

Sending long overdue message to Vietnam veterans
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- Vietnam Veterans will hear the words they should have heard decades ago - "Welcome Home," according to Jeremiah Scheider, Secretary of the South Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs. His agency and Governor Larry Rhoden are proclaiming this Sunday as "Welcome Home Vietnam Vete...
Mar 27, 2026
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Governor to sign school lunch bill
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- Help is coming in at least one area of school spending. Governor Rhoden says he'll sign a bill to have the state cover the cost of Reduced Price meals in the school nutrition program. The move will help lower income families, and reimburse schools for unpaid meal account balances.
Mar 27, 2026

Coyote women advance to WNIT Great 8
VERMILLION, SD (KELO.com) -- The USD Coyote women were on fire Thursday night, so it's on to the 'Great 8' of the Women's National Invitational Tournament. The Coyotes jumped out to a 14-0 lead over Pepperdine - all of those points scored by Patience Williams. They'll host Montana State Sunday afternoon at the Sanfor...
Mar 27, 2026

Preliminary school budget plans for $2-million cut
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls School officials are planning on two-million dollars in budget cuts for the upcoming year. A preliminary 360-million dollar budget was presented to the school board this week. Classroom staff reductions are part of the cuts.
Mar 27, 2026
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SDSU opening new Center for AI Innovation and Emergent Technologies
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- South Dakota State University is unveiling a new Center for AI Innovation and Emergent Technologies. The announcement came Friday morning at a symposium being held in Sioux Falls. Senator Mike Rounds secured 750-thousand dollars in federal funding to help establish the center. Senator R...
Mar 27, 2026

Coyote women advance to WNIT Great 8
VERMILLION, SD (KELO.com) -- The USD Coyote women were on fire Thursday night, so it's on to the 'Great 8' of the Women's National Invitational Tournament. The Coyotes jumped out to a 14-0 lead over Pepperdine - all of those points scored by Patience Williams. They'll host Montana State Sunday afternoon at the Sanfor...
Mar 27, 2026

Preliminary school budget plans for $2-million cut
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls School officials are planning on two-million dollars in budget cuts for the upcoming year. A preliminary 360-million dollar budget was presented to the school board this week. Classroom staff reductions are part of the cuts.
Mar 27, 2026

Lincoln County Commission questions parts of tax relief plan
CANTON, SD (KELO.com) -- Lincoln County Commissioners are questioning parts of Governor Rhoden's property tax relief plan. The plan allows counties to impose a half-penny sales tax, which would be used to reduce property taxes on owner-occupied homes. Commissioner Betty Otten wants staff to draft a proposal to initia...
Mar 26, 2026
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Family and friends bid farewell to McKenna Wendel
Friends and classmates are mourning the loss of a 14-year old girl. A funeral processional made its way through central Sioux Falls Thursday morning, as McKenna Wendel was taken to her final resting place. She went missing two weeks ago, and her remains were found near Brookings last week. So far, police haven't nam...
Mar 26, 2026
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Coyote women advance to WNIT Great 8
VERMILLION, SD (KELO.com) -- The USD Coyote women were on fire Thursday night, so it's on to the 'Great 8' of the Women's National Invitational Tournament. The Coyotes jumped out to a 14-0 lead over Pepperdine - all of those points scored by Patience Williams. They'll host Montana State Sunday afternoon at the Sanfor...
Mar 27, 2026

Stampede clinch regular-season Western Conference title
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The Sioux Falls Stampede have claimed the regular-season Western Conference title for the first time since 2013. They'll hold home ice advantage through the Western Conference final, with their first playoff game April 17th. This is the third time in franchise history the Herd have surpa...
Mar 26, 2026

USD Coyote women face first WNIT test
VERMILLION, SD (KELO.com) -- The USD Coyote women's basketball squad is on the national stage, facing Pepperdine in the Super 16 in the Women's National Invitational Tournament Thursday night. The Coyotes are led by guard combo Angelina Robles and Molly Joyce in USD's seventh WNIT run. The Coyotes won the WNIT in 201...
Mar 26, 2026

Pentagon to host South Dakota's first WNBA game
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The Sanford Pentagon will host the state's first-ever WNBA game next month. The Phoenix Mercury, coached by Sioux Falls native Nate Tibbetts, will take on the Chicago Sky April 25th. The Mercury will also host a youth basketball clinic at the Pentagon April 24th.
Mar 24, 2026
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Sioux Falls serving up championship welcome for Summit League fans
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- It's official. March Madness has arrived in Sioux Falls with the Summit League men's and women's basketball championships. The first game is Wednesday night, featuring ORU and Kansas City. The city is going all out, creating 'Summit League Central' at Jacobson Plaza at The Falls, free p...
Mar 04, 2026
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Sending long overdue message to Vietnam veterans
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- Vietnam Veterans will hear the words they should have heard decades ago - "Welcome Home," according to Jeremiah Scheider, Secretary of the South Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs. His agency and Governor Larry Rhoden are proclaiming this Sunday as "Welcome Home Vietnam Vete...
Mar 27, 2026
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Governor to sign school lunch bill
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- Help is coming in at least one area of school spending. Governor Rhoden says he'll sign a bill to have the state cover the cost of Reduced Price meals in the school nutrition program. The move will help lower income families, and reimburse schools for unpaid meal account balances.
Mar 27, 2026

Governor signs bill creating EMT Task Force
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- South Dakota lawmakers will be looking for ways to fund emergency ambulance service. Governor Rhoden has signed a bill to create a task force to study the problem. There's a severe shortage of Emergency Medical Technicians in rural areas. Officials also say some ambulance companies lose mone...
Mar 27, 2026
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Governor issues 2nd veto
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- Governor Larry Rhoden has issued his second veto of the 2026 legislative session. He rejected a bill that would have required licensing and training for non-medical home care agencies. He says he supports the idea, but feels the bill mandated too much government regulation.
Mar 26, 2026
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A.G. office scores big in March jury verdicts
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- "An extraordinary month delivering justice for victims." That's how Attorney General Marty Jackley sums up the month of March. His office successfully prosecuted several high visibility jury trials, obtaining guilty verdicts in a triple homicide in Turner County, a double-homicide i...
Mar 25, 2026
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