FORT PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) - As students return to classrooms in Stanley County today, they will be adjusting to a significant change: personal smartphones and other electronic devices will no longer be part of the school day. The Stanley County School District has adopted a bell-to-bell cell phone policy, meaning st...

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...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - The University of Sioux Falls is offering a new form of competition in chess. The university announced it as a new collegiate sport, giving students a chance to get involved. The school currently has a club chess program...but not a competitive program. It's expected to begin in the fall ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - You may have to dodge a few extra orange cones in the Sioux Falls area this week. Work begins on South Marion Road today...and work begins tomorrow on Tenth, 11th and 13th streets. Also, the north and southbound off-ramps at I-29 and 41st Street will be closed tomorrow and Wednesday. Offi...

HOT SPRINGS, SD (KELO.com) -- Authorities have found the vehicle of a missing teen in the Black Hills, but they haven't found the teen. 16-year old Deren Pershall was last seen leaving the Angostura Dam Saturday night. Anyone with information on his location is asked to call Hot Springs police.

FORT PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) - As students return to classrooms in Stanley County today, they will be adjusting to a significant change: personal smartphones and other electronic devices will no longer be part of the school day. The Stanley County School District has adopted a bell-to-bell cell phone policy, meaning st...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - The University of Sioux Falls is offering a new form of competition in chess. The university announced it as a new collegiate sport, giving students a chance to get involved. The school currently has a club chess program...but not a competitive program. It's expected to begin in the fall ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - You may have to dodge a few extra orange cones in the Sioux Falls area this week. Work begins on South Marion Road today...and work begins tomorrow on Tenth, 11th and 13th streets. Also, the north and southbound off-ramps at I-29 and 41st Street will be closed tomorrow and Wednesday. Offi...

HOT SPRINGS, SD (KELO.com) -- Authorities have found the vehicle of a missing teen in the Black Hills, but they haven't found the teen. 16-year old Deren Pershall was last seen leaving the Angostura Dam Saturday night. Anyone with information on his location is asked to call Hot Springs police.

YANKTON, S.D. (KELO.com) - In keeping with America 250 it's Red, White and Riverboats in Yankton this weekend. The annual Riverboat Days celebration kicks off tonight with opening ceremonies at the Riverside Park Amphitheater at 6. Riverboat Days board member John Kraft says getting around to see all of the events this...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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 ...

GAYVILLE, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Three volunteer fire departments in South Dakota are receiving $10,000 dollars in grant funding. It comes from part of the State Farm Good Neighbor Firefighter Safety Program. According to the program, roughly 82 percent of fire departments throughout the country are mostly or entirely volu...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Governor Larry Rhoden signed Executive Order 2026-10 to expand assistance to South Dakotans during this drought emergency. The order expands South Dakota Wildland Fire's assistance and resources to help rural fire departments outside the Black Hills Forest Fire Protection District. In additio...

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WASHINGTON, Aug 24 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration is preparing to revoke the business and ​tourism visas of up to ‌200,000 foreigners who have applied for or are currently seeking asylum status in the United States, the Associated ...

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NEW YORK, Aug 24 (Reuters) - An Alaska federal judge on Monday threw out a lawsuit by environmental groups challenging President Donald Trump's move to allow offshore drilling along broad swaths of previously ​protected coastline. U.S. District Judge S...

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