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First National Bank Field in Brandon Suffered Heavy Smoke Damage
BRANDON, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The Brandon Valley Baseball Association says a fire broke out under the grandstand last night at First National Bank Field. Everything under the grandstand is a total loss. Heavy smoke damage to the concession stands and pressbox. There was also damage to the grandstand. They are asking the ...
4h ago

20-Year-Old Arrested for Aggravated Assault and Drug Charges
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls Police have arrested a 20-year-old Sioux Falls man for aggravated assault, and drug charges. Michael Hernandez is accused of punching and strangling a victim and striking them several times with a shotgun. The Department's Emergency Response Team responded because of the use ...
5h ago

Interest Rates Remain High
OMAHA, NE (KELO.com) -- If you're hoping for interest rates to come down you may be waiting longer than anticipated. The Federal Reserve Board's target is to bring inflation down to the two-percent level. That hasn't happened in more than six years. Economist Dr. Ernie Goss says he expects the Fed to hold steady on rat...
5h ago

Landowners Upset with Proposed Site of New Smithfield Foods
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Landowners near the proposed site of a new Smithfield Foods plant in northwest Sioux Falls are challenging the conditional use permit for the project. The facility is expected to process about 23,000 hogs per day. Property owners say the plant location is directly across the street from ...
5h ago

Domestic Violence a Factor in Friday's Stabbing
Sioux Falls, S.D. (Kelo.com) -- Domestic violence was a factor in the Friday stabbing death of a Sioux Falls woman. 46-year-old Yien Dak Duop Chiek was arrested after a high-speed chase that ended south of Sioux City on I-29. 43-year-old Nysam Chagi had obtained a protection order against Chiek the day before her death...
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First National Bank Field in Brandon Suffered Heavy Smoke Damage
BRANDON, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The Brandon Valley Baseball Association says a fire broke out under the grandstand last night at First National Bank Field. Everything under the grandstand is a total loss. Heavy smoke damage to the concession stands and pressbox. There was also damage to the grandstand. They are asking the ...
4h ago

20-Year-Old Arrested for Aggravated Assault and Drug Charges
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls Police have arrested a 20-year-old Sioux Falls man for aggravated assault, and drug charges. Michael Hernandez is accused of punching and strangling a victim and striking them several times with a shotgun. The Department's Emergency Response Team responded because of the use ...
5h ago

Interest Rates Remain High
OMAHA, NE (KELO.com) -- If you're hoping for interest rates to come down you may be waiting longer than anticipated. The Federal Reserve Board's target is to bring inflation down to the two-percent level. That hasn't happened in more than six years. Economist Dr. Ernie Goss says he expects the Fed to hold steady on rat...
5h ago

Landowners Upset with Proposed Site of New Smithfield Foods
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Landowners near the proposed site of a new Smithfield Foods plant in northwest Sioux Falls are challenging the conditional use permit for the project. The facility is expected to process about 23,000 hogs per day. Property owners say the plant location is directly across the street from ...
5h ago

Domestic Violence a Factor in Friday's Stabbing
Sioux Falls, S.D. (Kelo.com) -- Domestic violence was a factor in the Friday stabbing death of a Sioux Falls woman. 46-year-old Yien Dak Duop Chiek was arrested after a high-speed chase that ended south of Sioux City on I-29. 43-year-old Nysam Chagi had obtained a protection order against Chiek the day before her death...
5h ago
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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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Gas prices move higher in July
SOUTH DAKOTA (KELO.com) -- Military actions in the Middle East and between Russia and Ukraine have pushed South Dakota gas prices higher. The price increased by about 38-cents a gallon in July. Prices are hovering now at about $3.88/gallon.
Jul 31, 2026

Foundations join South Dakota grocer in efforts to provide food to remote areas
RURAL SOUTH DAKOTA (KELO.com) -- Fighting food insecurity in rural and tribal areas has become his life mission. Now, RF Buche has the backing of grant funding to help him make it happen. Team Buche Cares is the non-profit wing of the GF Buche chain of grocery stores in South Dakota. Its locations provide grocery s...
Jul 31, 2026

International cyberattacks suspected in Pennington County, and Minnesota
UNDATED (KELO.com) -- Experts say a recent cyberattack in Pennington County's government operations system was likely the work of a foreign government. The county had to shut down public access to government services July 5th during the attack. Iran, China and Russia are mentioned as possible suspects. You can find ...
Jul 31, 2026
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In person voting slower, but absentee votes grow
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- Election history was made in South Dakota Tuesday as votes were cast in the state's first runoff election for the Governor's office. Thousands of people registered to vote in the Republican Primary between Larry Rhoden and Toby Doeden, many of them Democrats wanting to play a role in the decis...
Jul 28, 2026
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Man dies when vehicle falls into Missouri River at face of Oahe Dam
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- One person is dead after his vehicle went into the Missouri River near the Oahe Dam. Anglers witnessed a vehicle entering the river near the powerhouse at about 7:15 Monday morning. Divers located the vehicle and removed the lone male occupant. Life saving measures were not successful. At t...
Jul 28, 2026
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CDC expands largest known cyclosporiasis outbreak to 15 states, Washington Post reports
Aug 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. CDC is adding six more states to the ongoing cyclosporiasis outbreak linked to iceberg lettuce, widening the number of affected states to 15, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday, citing three individuals familiar with t...
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Southern California Edison equipment blamed for 2025 Eaton fire in LA, local media says
Aug 4 (Reuters) - The 2025 Eaton Fire in Los Angeles was caused by Southern California Edison equipment, local media including ABC News reported on Tuesday, citing a Los Angeles County Fire Department report. Southern California Edison (SCE), a u...
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Exclusive-White House set to extend Jones Act waiver as Trump hunts for cheaper gasoline
By Jarrett Renshaw and Arathy Somasekhar WASHINGTON/HOUSTON, Aug 4 (Reuters) - The White House is expected to extend a waiver of the century-old Jones Act in the coming days, sources say, reaching for one of the few tools it has to try and hold down ga...
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US jury says Medtronic owes $88 million in first case to go to trial over Covidien's hernia mesh
By Nate Raymond and Dietrich Knauth BOSTON, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Medtronic must pay an Alabama man and his wife $88 million, a federal jury decided on Tuesday, in the first case to go to trial out of thousands facing the company from people claiming they ...
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EPA cannot block billions in climate grants, US appeals court rules
Aug 4 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court said the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency cannot freeze about $20 billion of clean energy grants awarded to several nonprofit groups, handing a defeat to the Trump administration. Tuesday's decision by a d...
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