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...

ABERDEEN, S.D. (KELO.com) - Aberdeen Mayor Travis Schaunaman's family is mourning the loss of their eight-year-old son in a paragliding accident. The mayor and his ten-year-old child were also injured, but both are expected to be ok. The family is asking for privacy and time to deal with their loss. No other details ar...

PARKER, S.D. (KELO.com) - Turner County's new courthouse is now open for business. The old courthouse was demolished a year and a half ago. The treasurer's office was busy yesterday with vehicle license plate work. Court proceedings will begin next month.

BRANDON, S.D. (KELO.com) - The new school year marks the opening of a new elementary school in the Brandon Valley School District. Burkman Valley Elementary is on Brandon's east side. The district also expanded its Middle School. Students arrive next Wednesday.

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...

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...

ABERDEEN, S.D. (KELO.com) - Aberdeen Mayor Travis Schaunaman's family is mourning the loss of their eight-year-old son in a paragliding accident. The mayor and his ten-year-old child were also injured, but both are expected to be ok. The family is asking for privacy and time to deal with their loss. No other details ar...

PARKER, S.D. (KELO.com) - Turner County's new courthouse is now open for business. The old courthouse was demolished a year and a half ago. The treasurer's office was busy yesterday with vehicle license plate work. Court proceedings will begin next month.

BRANDON, S.D. (KELO.com) - The new school year marks the opening of a new elementary school in the Brandon Valley School District. Burkman Valley Elementary is on Brandon's east side. The district also expanded its Middle School. Students arrive next Wednesday.

VERMILLION, S.D. (KELO.com) - USD Students have a new option for their morning cup of joe this morning. A new Dunkin' location is opening inside the Muenster Unversity Center. It marks the return of the company to South Dakota after several years absence.

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.

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...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The Medical Marijuana Oversight Committee is crediting the Department of Health for improvements to South Dakota's medical marijuana program. Health officials report that more than 19,000 people in the state currently have access to medical marijuana through medical cards. Officials are also ...

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By Siddharth Cavale and Suzanne McGee NEW YORK, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated this weekend from the area of Reno, Nevada, and many others were under orders ​to leave on Sunday as a wildfire reached the outskirts ‌of...

CONAKRY, Aug 23 (Reuters) - A landslide at a landfill in Guinea's capital killed 30 people, the government said on Sunday, after heavy ​rains overnight prompted the collapse of a ‌massive mound of waste that engulfed nearby tents and shacks. • The inci...

By Jacob Bogage WASHINGTON, Aug 23 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump capped celebrations of the U.S. 250th anniversary with a first-of-its-kind auto race through the streets of Washington, closing a summer of sports and spectacle as drivers sped past ...

Aug 23 (Reuters) - A fast-moving brush fire on a hillside in Northern Nevada, ​just outside Reno, has ‌grown to over 10,500 acres as of Saturday evening. The Hawk fire grew to 10,523 acres, ‌mapping ​platform Perimeter Map ⁠said. Reno Police ⁠asked res...

By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Japanese ice-skating champions Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara, who won the hearts of many Japanese in a country where skating ​can top the news bulletins, announced their engagement on ‌Sunday, becoming partner...