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Latest Saturation Patrol Numbers
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - Sioux Falls Police are releasing the results of a recent "saturation patrol" from earlier this month. The joint effort by SFPD, State Highway Patrol and other law enforcement from August 14th into the 15th resulted in more than 150 total citations. Officers and deputies were on ...
13h ago

A Sioux Falls Man is Facing Rape Charges
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - A Sioux Falls man is facing rape charges after an alleged incident involving a juvenile. Nineteen-year-old Steven Bradley Yates was placed into custody after the incident Monday morning. A 911 caller told dispatch they had seen an adult male with a teen in the area of 15th Street and West...
17h ago

A Man was Arrested for Walking Down a Public Road Naked in Mead
MEAD, S.D. (KELO.com) - An unusual case in Mead County this week, as sheriff's deputies arrested a man who was walking down a public road in the nude. He was reported by witnesses who say they saw him going through parked cars. The deputies who responded were called away from their normal patrol outside Black Hawk Elem...
17h ago

An Inmate has Passed Away
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - An inmate serving life in prison at Jameson Prison in Sioux Falls is dead. The South Dakota Department of Corrections announced the passing of 66-year-old Benny Laible yesterday. Laible was serving life for second-degree murder in Miner County. It appears he passed away from natural cause...
17h ago

ICE Facility Reopening in Appleton, Minnesota
APPLETON, M.N. (KELO.com) -A showdown is brewing in Appleton, Minnesota over the reopening of a prison as a facility for ICE to hold illegal immigrants. The move could create around 500 jobs. The city would lose a large chunk of property tax revenue, raising the possibility of tax increases. CoreCivic, a private prison...
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Latest Saturation Patrol Numbers
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - Sioux Falls Police are releasing the results of a recent "saturation patrol" from earlier this month. The joint effort by SFPD, State Highway Patrol and other law enforcement from August 14th into the 15th resulted in more than 150 total citations. Officers and deputies were on ...
13h ago

A Sioux Falls Man is Facing Rape Charges
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - A Sioux Falls man is facing rape charges after an alleged incident involving a juvenile. Nineteen-year-old Steven Bradley Yates was placed into custody after the incident Monday morning. A 911 caller told dispatch they had seen an adult male with a teen in the area of 15th Street and West...
17h ago

A Man was Arrested for Walking Down a Public Road Naked in Mead
MEAD, S.D. (KELO.com) - An unusual case in Mead County this week, as sheriff's deputies arrested a man who was walking down a public road in the nude. He was reported by witnesses who say they saw him going through parked cars. The deputies who responded were called away from their normal patrol outside Black Hawk Elem...
17h ago

An Inmate has Passed Away
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - An inmate serving life in prison at Jameson Prison in Sioux Falls is dead. The South Dakota Department of Corrections announced the passing of 66-year-old Benny Laible yesterday. Laible was serving life for second-degree murder in Miner County. It appears he passed away from natural cause...
17h ago

Slow Down in School Zones
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - The Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office is reminding drivers to slow down in school zones. Reduce your speed, put your phones away, and watch for students walking and on bicycles Deputies have increased patrols in the morning drop-offs and afternoon pickup. Your cooperation helps keep these...
Aug 25, 2026
Local Sports

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

Coyote softball team makes the top 25
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.
May 19, 2026

Creighton/USD matchup set for the Pentagon
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 ...
May 06, 2026

Storley wins unanimous decision in Pentagon main event
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.
May 04, 2026
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State News

Marty Jackley Joins 16 Other Attorneys General in Raising Concerns Over Climate-Related Financial Activism
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) - South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley joins a coalition of 16 Attorneys General in raising concerns over climate-related financial activism in a letter sent to the "Big 4" accounting firms: Deloitte; Ernst & Young; KPMG; and PricewaterhouseCoopers. "These firms stand t...
Aug 25, 2026

More Women Will Have Access to Breast and Cervical Cancer Screenings
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com)- The South Dakota Department of Health (DOH) is expanding eligibility for the All Women Count! (AWC!) Program by lowering the minimum age from 30 to 21, allowing more South Dakota women to access breast and cervical cancer screening and diagnostic services. The expanded eligibility will take eff...
Aug 25, 2026

A Union County 4H Member Will Represent South Dakota Nationally
UNION COUNTY, S.D. (KELO.com) - A 4-H member from Union County is about to represent the state on the national livestock stage. Carley Crist of Wakonda has been selected to join South Dakota's delegation at this year's North American International Livestock Exposition in Louisville, Kentucky. The expo is happening Nove...
Aug 24, 2026

Appeals Court Dismissed an Appeal by Alleged Gang Members
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) - Attorney General Marty Jackley says an Appeals court got it right in dismissing an appeal by alleged gang members. The action opens the way for deporting suspected members of the Tren de Aragua gang. Jackley was among 24 Attorneys General who enacted the Alien Enemies Act to remove violent non...
Aug 21, 2026

Some Canadian Tariffs on Hold for Now
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - A 50% tariff on some Canadian products is on hold for now and that's good news for South Dakota according to Senators Mike Rounds and John Thune. Thune says Canada and Mexico are the top two trading partners for the U.S. as well as for South Dakota. They're both hoping differences can be ...
Aug 20, 2026
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Yayoi Kusama, Japanese artist who turned hallucinations into art, dies at 97
TOKYO, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Japanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama, who transformed hallucinations into art and was known for her obsessive dot-covered paintings and pumpkin motifs, has died at the age of 97. The announcement made on her official web...
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Lawyer for Fed's Cook, targeted by Trump, says there are no grounds for dismissal
By Ann Saphir Aug 26 (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook's lawyer on Wednesday offered a detailed rebuttal to the accusations of mortgage fraud that U.S. President Donald Trump asserts provide cause to fire her, saying they rely "on untried ...
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Wildfires kill 12 people across several Algerian provinces
TUNIS, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Twelve people were killed in wildfires that swept through several Algerian provinces, Interior Minister Said Sayoud said late on Wednesday, amid a severe heatwave gripping North Africa. The fatalities included five peopl...
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US judge refuses to force extradition of jailed ICE agent from Texas to Minnesota
By Steve Gorman and Andrew Goudsward Aug 26 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday denied a request by Minnesota to force Texas Governor Greg Abbott to immediately extradite a jailed U.S. immigration agent facing assault charges for shooting a Venezu...
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Trump says he signed proclamation to address 'unreasonably' high beef prices
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