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Santa is Headed to Brandon
BRANDON, S.D. (KELO.com) - Santa is headed to Brandon. The Brandon Parade of Lights will be held on November 28th. Lineup starts at 5 pm. This is a first come FREE event and no registration is required. The parade will start at 6:00 pm. The route will begin West on Holly Blvd to Main Street headed south, and will end a...
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Goodwill to Provide Free Shoes and Winter Gear to Children at Sioux Falls Shoe Party
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - Goodwill of the Great Plains is providing shoes, hats, socks and gloves to children in the community. The Sioux Falls Shoe Party will take place this Saturday November 14 from 9:00 am - 12 pm at 3400 S Norton Ave. No pre-registration is required. This event will be on a first-come, first-...
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Area Businesses Offer Veterans Day Discounts and Freebies to Honor Those Who Served
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - Today is Veterans Day and to honor those who have served our country area businesses are providing a small gesture of thanks. Make sure to take your military ID or active-duty ID along if you plan on stopping at any of the following businesses. The Original Pancake House - Veterans can ea...
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Thune Holds on to His Leadership Role
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KELO.com) - Senator John Thune holds on to his Senate GOP Leadership following last week's election drubbing. He goes from Senate Majority Leader to Minority Leader when Democrats take over both houses of Congress in January. GOP Senators chose Thune, following what's called a contentious hours-long m...
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Cousins Makes Return to the Vikings
MINNEAPOLIS, M.N. (KELO.com) - Kirk Cousins is back with the Minnesota Vikings. He was traded by the Raiders yesterday. Previous starting quarterback Kyler Murray is out with injuries, and Carson Wentz led the team to its first two defeats of the season. Cousins was previously with the Vikings from 2018 to 2023.
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Santa is Headed to Brandon
BRANDON, S.D. (KELO.com) - Santa is headed to Brandon. The Brandon Parade of Lights will be held on November 28th. Lineup starts at 5 pm. This is a first come FREE event and no registration is required. The parade will start at 6:00 pm. The route will begin West on Holly Blvd to Main Street headed south, and will end a...
27m ago

Goodwill to Provide Free Shoes and Winter Gear to Children at Sioux Falls Shoe Party
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - Goodwill of the Great Plains is providing shoes, hats, socks and gloves to children in the community. The Sioux Falls Shoe Party will take place this Saturday November 14 from 9:00 am - 12 pm at 3400 S Norton Ave. No pre-registration is required. This event will be on a first-come, first-...
32m ago

Area Businesses Offer Veterans Day Discounts and Freebies to Honor Those Who Served
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - Today is Veterans Day and to honor those who have served our country area businesses are providing a small gesture of thanks. Make sure to take your military ID or active-duty ID along if you plan on stopping at any of the following businesses. The Original Pancake House - Veterans can ea...
1h ago
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Governor Rhoden to Honor Veterans at Sioux Falls Veterans Day Ceremony
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - Governor Larry Rhoden is set to honor veterans in Sioux Falls at today's Veterans Day Program. It's happening at the South Dakota Military Heritage Alliance, starting at 10:30 this morning. He'll also take part in the South Dakota Military Heritage Alliance Veterans Day bridge naming cere...
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Minnehaha County Commission Backs F-35 Jets for Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - The Minnehaha County Commission is now among the growing list of supporters for having the Air Force bring F-35 fighter jets to Sioux Falls. The Commission voted unanimously to send a letter asking Air Force Secretary Troy Meink to upgrade the fleet of F-16s currently flown by the Air Nat...
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Stampede home opener to be big event for defending champions
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- This is a big weekend for the Sioux Falls Stampede as the Herd plays its home season opener Saturday night. There will be jersey and mini championship banner giveaways, a tailgate party and the defending Clark Cup Champions will hoist last season's championship banner into the rafters of ...
Oct 2, 2026

The Jackrabbits Will Play Without Chase Mason This Weekend
BROOKINGS, S.D. (KELO.com) - The SDSU Jackrabbits will have to go without lead quarterback Chase Mason this weekend. Coach Dan Jackson has announced that Mason will sit out this Saturday's game against Eastern Illinois. He suffered a leg injury last weekend. Coach Jackson says he's hopeful Mason will be back within a c...
Sep 23, 2026

Canaries Begin Playoffs Tonight
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The Sioux Falls Canaries begin playoffs Wednesday evening. They'll host the Kansas City Monarchs in game 1 of the West division Series. It's the fourth consecutive year the Canaries have made the playoffs, and the eighth time in franchise history. First Pitch is set for 6:30.
Sep 9, 2026

Jackrabbits rank #1 in Missouri Valley football
BROOKINGS, SD (KELO.com) -- The SDSU Jackrabbits are the football team to beat in the powerful Missouri Valley Conference this season. Coach Dan Jackson calls it a great honor, but he says preseason polls don't define the season. The Jacks won the conference in 2023 and 2024 when they were ranked number one in the pr...
Jul 15, 2026

Stampede going for Clark Cup Championship
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.
May 22, 2026
State News

Thune Holds on to His Leadership Role
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KELO.com) - Senator John Thune holds on to his Senate GOP Leadership following last week's election drubbing. He goes from Senate Majority Leader to Minority Leader when Democrats take over both houses of Congress in January. GOP Senators chose Thune, following what's called a contentious hours-long m...
1h ago

South Dakota Shoppers Defy National Trend, Retail Survey Finds
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) - The South Dakota Retail Association says 605 shoppers may be bucking a national trend as the Christmas Shopping season approaches. An Association fall survey showed 80% of the state's business owners described customers as upbeat, optimistic and confident. National media describes consumer opt...
Nov 10, 2026

South Dakota Supreme Court to Hold Hearing on Proposed Judicial Circuit Merger
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) - The South Dakota Supreme Court will hold a public hearing this morning on a proposal to merge the Fourth and Seventh Judicial Circuits in western South Dakota. The proposed merger is intended to improve efficiency by allowing the two circuits to share judges, staff and clerk resources. The hea...
Nov 9, 2026

South Dakota Senate Announces Leadership Teams for Upcoming Legislative Term
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) - The South Dakota Senate has selected its party leadership teams for the upcoming legislative session. Sioux Falls Democrat Liz Larson was elected Minority Leader, while fellow Sioux Falls Democrat Erick Muckey was selected to serve in the party's other leadership position. On the Republican si...
Nov 9, 2026

South Dakota and Minnesota Senators Introduce RANCH Act to Expand Grazing Land by 20 million Acres
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) - South Dakota ranchers are hoping to see action from Congress on a bill to turn more row crops into pasture. It's called the Rebuilding america's National Cow Herd Act...or the RANCH act. Senators Mike Rounds and Amy Klobuchar introduced the bill in August. Senator Rounds says it could open up ...
Nov 9, 2026
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How a Vitol trader's ties to JD Vance helped land a prized Venezuela oil contract
By Tim McLaughlin Nov 11 (Reuters) - A week before the United States invaded Venezuela in January and captured its authoritarian leader, US Vice President J.D. Vance flew in Air Force Two for a visit to Montana's Yellowstone Club, an ultra-exclusive sk...
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US federal employees to work in Taiwan government offices under scheme to strengthen ties
TAIPEI, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Some US federal employees will work in Taiwan government offices for up to one year under a new scheme to strengthen already close ties between Taipei and Washington, the de facto US embassy said on Wednesday. The United St...
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Exclusive-Military-linked Chinese university bought Nvidia H200 chips despite US blacklist, records show
By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING, Nov 11 (Reuters) - A Chinese university with deep ties to the People's Liberation Army bought Nvidia's powerful H200 AI chips last month despite being on a US export blacklist, procurement records show, highlighting gaps in...
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Senior Republican on US Senate banking panel calls on Nvidia CEO Huang to resign
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Republican US Senator Kevin Cramer from the Senate Banking Committee has called on Jensen Huang to step down as Nvidia CEO after revelations of the tech executive's affair with a Chinese businesswoman ...
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Cricket-Pakistan move second Sri Lanka test to Rawalpindi from Lahore due to smog
Nov 11 (Reuters) - The second match in the two-test series between Pakistan and Sri Lanka next week has been moved to Rawalpindi from Lahore due to worsening smog, the Pakistan Cricket Board said on Tuesday. Rawalpindi is currently hosting the ser...
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