SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- A 26 year old Sioux falls man faces aggravated assault and property damage charges after a standoff with police. Meles Kuku Adris is accused of threatening two occupants of a home with knives, demanding car keys. The occupants left the residence and called police. Adris refused to leave...

DELL RAPIDS, SD (KELO.com) -- Plans for a new Avera Clinic and Hospital near Dell Rapids are moving forward, in spite of opposition from nearby residents. Avera's plan won rezoning approval during a joint meeting of the Minnehaha County Commission and the Dell Rapids City Council Tuesday. Residents of a nearby reside...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Momentum is building in the Sioux Falls economy...and that's good news for the city budget. Sales and property tax revenues are on the rise, exceeding budget projections. That follows several years of below-budget performances. Manufacturing was up by more than 13 percent. City Finance...

MADISON, SD (KELO.com) -- A dispute over electrical power has derailed plans for a proposed digital currency mining data facility in Madison. Talks with Giga Energy were moving forward until city officials learned the company demanded non-interruptible electric services. The two sides were on track to finalize the El...

MITCHELL, SD (KELO.com) -- A thousand educators are gathered in Mitchell for the State Education Department's Literacy Summit. The state adopted curriculum known as the science of reading, which has helped improve reading skills in other states. The Summit is designed to build enthusiasm about literacy.

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- A 26 year old Sioux falls man faces aggravated assault and property damage charges after a standoff with police. Meles Kuku Adris is accused of threatening two occupants of a home with knives, demanding car keys. The occupants left the residence and called police. Adris refused to leave...

DELL RAPIDS, SD (KELO.com) -- Plans for a new Avera Clinic and Hospital near Dell Rapids are moving forward, in spite of opposition from nearby residents. Avera's plan won rezoning approval during a joint meeting of the Minnehaha County Commission and the Dell Rapids City Council Tuesday. Residents of a nearby reside...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Momentum is building in the Sioux Falls economy...and that's good news for the city budget. Sales and property tax revenues are on the rise, exceeding budget projections. That follows several years of below-budget performances. Manufacturing was up by more than 13 percent. City Finance...

MADISON, SD (KELO.com) -- A dispute over electrical power has derailed plans for a proposed digital currency mining data facility in Madison. Talks with Giga Energy were moving forward until city officials learned the company demanded non-interruptible electric services. The two sides were on track to finalize the El...

Sioux Falls voters will decide the next mayor in the June 23 runoff election between Christine Erickson and Jamie Smith. In these exclusive interviews, both candidates answered the same set of questions on key issues facing the city, including taxes, business climate, infrastructure, data centers, public safety, childc...

MUSKEGON, MI (KELO.com) -- The Sioux falls Stampede Hockey Club go for it all Friday night. They're in Muskegon taking on the Lumberjacks in Game 3 of the Clark Cup Championship Finals. They have a 2 games to none lead in the 5-game series, and could make it a clean sweep.

VERMILLION, SD (KELO.com) -- One final honor for the 2026 USD Coyotes softball squad. They were ranked #19 in the final poll of the Softball America top-25 poll - their first time to make the list. The 'Yotes also made it to the NCAA Tournament for the first time ever.

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Red takes on blue in South Dakota this November - and it has nothing to do with politics. The USD Coyote women's basketball team squares off against the Creighton Blue Jays at the Sanford Pentagon November 11th. Creighton has made four of the past five NCAA tournaments. USD played deep ...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Webster native Logan Storley is the winner of this weekend's PFL Sioux Falls main event. He won in a unanimous decision at the Sanford Pentagon, taking his record to 19 & 4. With the win, Storley could be in the mix to be the next welterweight title challenger.

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- It's on to the Western Conference Finals for the Sioux Falls Stampede. The Herd downed the Lincoln Stars 5-1 Tuesday night to advance. Goalie Linards Feldbergs was credited with 24 saves. The Stampede face the Fargo Force Friday night at the Sanford Premier Center.

MITCHELL, SD (KELO.com) -- A thousand educators are gathered in Mitchell for the State Education Department's Literacy Summit. The state adopted curriculum known as the science of reading, which has helped improve reading skills in other states. The Summit is designed to build enthusiasm about literacy.

PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- South Dakota debt is Triple-A quality according to Standard and Poor's Rating. Governor Larry Rhoden says the rating is due to the state's balanced budgets and stable financial performance. The Triple-A rating is the highest awarded by S & P.

FALL RIVER COUNTY, SD (KELO.com) -- The Bureau of Land Management has approved infrastructure work connected with a controversial uranium project. All nine Sioux Tribes have expressed opposition to the project, which could impact ten-thousand acres in Fall River County. A company has been given the go-ahead to build ...

PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden is adding his name to the list of people who endorse Christine Erickson's run for Mayor of Sioux Falls. The two served together in the state legislature in 2013 and 2014. Rhoden's opponent in the Republican party primary runoff for Governor, Toby Doeden, has...

BROWN COUNTY, SD (KELO.com) -- State Health officials have confirmed the detection of West Nile Virus in mosquitoes in Brown County. South Dakota has had nearly three-thousand human cases of West Nile and 58 deaths related to the virus since 2002. You can protect yourself by limiting outdoor activity in the dusk to d...

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WASHINGTON, June 18 (Reuters) - The top Democrat on the Senate aviation subcommittee urged ​the Federal Aviation Administration ‌to reject White House pressure to approve President Donald Trump's proposed 259-foot (79-meter) tall Independence Arch, say...

MADRID, June 18 (Reuters) - The high-speed rail service between Spain's Madrid and Barcelona was disrupted on Thursday after a wildfire broke out near a ​section in Catalonia, rail operator Adif said. The ‌disruption comes as Spain braces for the first...

By Renee Hickman and Steve Gorman CHICAGO, June 18 (Reuters) - Throngs of guests were due to converge on a lakefront park in Chicago on Thursday to dedicate the Obama Presidential Center, a sprawling campus of granite, nature and art designed as a hub ...

ROME, June 18 (Reuters) - The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization and World Food Programme on Thursday appealed for $202 million to help ​protect 8.8 million people across 22 ‌high-risk countries from the looming El Niño weather pattern. ...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, June 18 (Reuters) - While a city is not a living organism, it behaves very much like one. Its metabolic processes may be manifested in growth spurts, metamorphosis over time and even decay. Researchers using satellite imagery...