OGLALA, S.D. (KELO.com) - Pine Ridge Indian Reservation has won a national award for its efforts to train people for good-paying jobs in the sustainable energy workforce. The Red Cloud Renewable Energy Center was launched in 2016 and has trained over 11-hundred graduates. Last month, it won a National Electrical Innova...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - Sioux Falls police are warning about another scam that involves gift cards. A local man was told to buy $10,000 worth of gift cards at a local home improvement store. He was instructed to resist store employee efforts to stop him from making the purchase. The man bought the cards and gave...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) - South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley says 18 states are backing his appeal regarding an abortion pill distribution law. Jackley made the announcement Thursday, saying the states filed a brief backing South Dakota's ability to enforce the law which bans the distribution of the pill. A fe...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) - Over 120 South Dakota National Guard troops are headed to the southwest border to join the fight against cartel drug trade. The Guard's 155th Engineer Company based in Wagner was mobilized during a ceremony in Rapid City. Commander, Captain Haley Derr told his troops, "We have a mission t...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- You have an opportunity to protect others from prescription drug addiction this weekend. Saturday is National Drug Take Back Day. It's sponsored by the Drug Enforcement Administration, and local law enforcement offices are participating. The event is held twice each year. In April of t...

OGLALA, S.D. (KELO.com) - Pine Ridge Indian Reservation has won a national award for its efforts to train people for good-paying jobs in the sustainable energy workforce. The Red Cloud Renewable Energy Center was launched in 2016 and has trained over 11-hundred graduates. Last month, it won a National Electrical Innova...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - Sioux Falls police are warning about another scam that involves gift cards. A local man was told to buy $10,000 worth of gift cards at a local home improvement store. He was instructed to resist store employee efforts to stop him from making the purchase. The man bought the cards and gave...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) - Over 120 South Dakota National Guard troops are headed to the southwest border to join the fight against cartel drug trade. The Guard's 155th Engineer Company based in Wagner was mobilized during a ceremony in Rapid City. Commander, Captain Haley Derr told his troops, "We have a mission t...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- You have an opportunity to protect others from prescription drug addiction this weekend. Saturday is National Drug Take Back Day. It's sponsored by the Drug Enforcement Administration, and local law enforcement offices are participating. The event is held twice each year. In April of t...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) - United States Attorney Ron Parsons, announced today that a federal grand jury has indicted a Pierre, South Dakota, man and woman for Conspiracy to Defraud the United States and related offenses. Beth Miley, a/k/a Beth French, age 51, and Jason Miley, a/k/a Jake Miley, age 54, were indicted in ...

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 ...

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...

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.

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.

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) - South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley says 18 states are backing his appeal regarding an abortion pill distribution law. Jackley made the announcement Thursday, saying the states filed a brief backing South Dakota's ability to enforce the law which bans the distribution of the pill. A fe...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration National Take Back Day is an opportunity to safely and anonymously dispose of medications you no longer need. Help reduce the risk of medication misuse and accidental poisoning. Take Back Day is Saturday October 24th, starting at 10:00 AM. You can find ...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) - The campaign over Amendment L on South Dakota's ballot is an expensive one. Campaign finance reports show the 'L-No' committee has spent over $1.5-million dollars on advertising with two weeks to go before election day. The campaign ads claim amendment supporters are financed by out of state b...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) - South Dakota's pheasant population is on its annual decline with the arrival of Pheasant season. Thousands of hunters spread out across the state for the opener on Saturday to a high bird count and good weather. Saturday's wind may have given the birds a bit of an edge.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - Social Security recipients will receive a 3.6-percent cost of living adjustment in their benefits. AARP South Dakota Director Erik Gaikowski says it's needed. He says his agency is hearing from seniors about their struggles to keep up with inflation eating away at their income. Social Sec...

by John Hughes District 13 Representative South Dakota State Legislature Think the "L-NO" ad campaign flooding our airwaves and social media is about giving our people a voice? Think again! As the saying goes, "Follow the money." The money trail show that the "L-No" campaign is a proxy to ...

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By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Foreign policy is rarely the deciding factor in US midterm elections, when economic considerations usually drive voters' choices. But this time, with Donald Trump's war against Iran and his sweeping tar...

By Daniel Trotta Oct 23 (Reuters) - The US Justice Department accused a government contractor on Friday of leaking national defense information to his girlfriend, the publisher of a Substack newsletter. The FBI arrested Ian Brinksman, 42, on Friday fol...

Oct 23 (Reuters) - A magnitude ​7.2 ‌earthquake struck waters about ‌200 ​km (124 ⁠miles) west ⁠of Sola, Vanuatu on ​Saturday, the ⁠United ⁠States ​Geological Survey (USGS) ​said. The quake ‌was at a ⁠depth of 10 km (6.2 ⁠miles), ‌USGS ⁠said. (Repo...

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Oct 23 (Reuters) - A police officer in Mississippi who fatally shot a 1-year-old Black child in a Walmart parking lot in June and the interim police chief in the city where the ​shooting took place have resigned, local off...

By Yimou Lee, Angie Teo and Ann Wang YILAN, Taiwan/TAIPEI, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Typhoon Champi swept past Taiwan on Saturday, killing 1 person and injuring more than 500, downing trees and severing power, as it continued to weaken and head north towards ...