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"Free to Roam" campaign producing results
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- South Dakota tourism officials say a new ad campaign aimed at summer travelers is already showing strong results. The "Free to Roam" campaign encourages visitors to explore the state's open roads, outdoor adventures, and cultural attractions. State tourism leaders say travel-planning ...
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Sioux Falls pool season set to begin
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Outdoor pool season starts Friday in Sioux Falls. Recreation manager Jackie Nelson says the pools and splash pads are ready to offer safe and affordable ways to stay active and enjoy the summer. Open swim hours at all the pools will be from 1 to 5 pm with lap swimming for adults availabl...
21h ago

Driver nearly strikes police officer with vehicle
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls police are searching for a man who nearly struck an officer with his car. The officer was responding to a handicapped parking violation report at a business near 12th and Kiwanis shortly before 9pm Wednesday night. Information officer Aaron Benson says the driver didn't produc...
21h ago

Campaign mailer generates cease and desist order from legislators
UNDATED (KELO.com) -- 15 South Dakota legislative candidates are asking for a cease and desist order over a campaign mailer. The mailer was sent by Dakota First Action, a political action committee. It aligns the legislative candidates with Gubernatorial Candidate Toby Doeden, even though they've endorsed a different...
23h ago

Election night voting tabulation changes should produce quicker results
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- You can expect quicker results on election night this year. In the general election two years ago, results were delayed until the day after the election in Pennington, Lincoln and Minnehaha Counties. Minnehaha County Auditor Leah Anderson says she worked on a new law that makes way for e...
May 28, 2026
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Sioux Falls pool season set to begin
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Outdoor pool season starts Friday in Sioux Falls. Recreation manager Jackie Nelson says the pools and splash pads are ready to offer safe and affordable ways to stay active and enjoy the summer. Open swim hours at all the pools will be from 1 to 5 pm with lap swimming for adults availabl...
21h ago

Driver nearly strikes police officer with vehicle
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls police are searching for a man who nearly struck an officer with his car. The officer was responding to a handicapped parking violation report at a business near 12th and Kiwanis shortly before 9pm Wednesday night. Information officer Aaron Benson says the driver didn't produc...
21h ago

Election night voting tabulation changes should produce quicker results
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- You can expect quicker results on election night this year. In the general election two years ago, results were delayed until the day after the election in Pennington, Lincoln and Minnehaha Counties. Minnehaha County Auditor Leah Anderson says she worked on a new law that makes way for e...
May 28, 2026
Deuel County residents to vote on proposed power plant zoning permits
DEUEL COUNTY, SD (KELO.com) -- Deuel County farmers say one power plant is enough. A second plant is proposed for the area just north of Toronto, and zoning permits have been approved. Residents circulated petitions to force a public vote to overturn the permits. That vote will be part of the Deuel County ballot nex...
May 28, 2026

Mosquito season about to arrive
SOIUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- South Dakota has one of the highest infection rates in the nation for West Nile virus, so mosquito control is a serious matter. Sioux Falls Public Health Program Manager Jaimie Roggenbauer says this spring's cool weather has kept the skeeters in check so far, but that will soon change wit...
May 27, 2026
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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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Stampede win series, advance to Western Conference Finals
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- It's on to the Western Conference Finals for the Sioux Falls Stampede. The Herd downed the Lincoln Stars 5-1 Tuesday night to advance. Goalie Linards Feldbergs was credited with 24 saves. The Stampede face the Fargo Force Friday night at the Sanford Premier Center.
Apr 29, 2026
State News

"Free to Roam" campaign producing results
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- South Dakota tourism officials say a new ad campaign aimed at summer travelers is already showing strong results. The "Free to Roam" campaign encourages visitors to explore the state's open roads, outdoor adventures, and cultural attractions. State tourism leaders say travel-planning ...
21h ago
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Campaign mailer generates cease and desist order from legislators
UNDATED (KELO.com) -- 15 South Dakota legislative candidates are asking for a cease and desist order over a campaign mailer. The mailer was sent by Dakota First Action, a political action committee. It aligns the legislative candidates with Gubernatorial Candidate Toby Doeden, even though they've endorsed a different...
23h ago

Dealing with parole problems leads to new issues
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Solving one problem, while creating another. That's how Lt. Governor Tony Venhuizen describes the process of improving the state's response to parole problems. Governor Rhoden is focused on sending parole violators back to prison, which is creating overcrowding problems at county jails i...
May 28, 2026

Regional drug kingpin headed to prison for 45 years
RAPID CITY, SD (KELO.com) -- 45 years in Federal Prison for a regional drug kingpin. 43-year old Juan Sertuche was arrested in 2023 with 15-hundred fentanyl pills. That followed the arrest of couriers under his direction who possessed 19 pounds of methamphetamine. After his arrest he directed others to continue the d...
May 27, 2026
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SD responds to federal anti-fraud plan request
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- South Dakota ranks high in preventing Medicare and Medicaid fraud, and the state is working to keep it that way. The Department of social Services has submitted its plan of safeguards to the federal government, which was requested following the discovery of fraud in other states. South Dakota...
May 27, 2026
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Bessent argues US was 'asleep' on economic security, Trump policies waking it up
By David Lawder May 28 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will argue on Friday that President Donald Trump's economic policies are helping to reverse decades of policy failures that left U.S. supply chains vulnerable and its economy too ...
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Record-breaking heat and dry spring leave parts of England without water
By Yann Tessier and Sam Tabahriti WHITSTABLE, England May 29 (Reuters) - Thousands of households in southeast England were left without water or facing low pressure during a record-breaking heatwave this week, as high demand followed a dry spring to ​e...
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Inca child mummy returned to indigenous community in Argentina
By Lucila Sigal BUENOS AIRES, May 29 (Reuters) - The mummy of a child from the Inca period, discovered frozen in 1905 on a mountain in northwestern ​Argentina, has been returned to an indigenous community after spending 119 years in a Buenos Aires mus...
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Kanye West to perform in the Netherlands despite bans elsewhere
AMSTERDAM, May 29 (Reuters) - U.S. rapper Kanye West, who has been barred from performing in several countries due to past antisemitic comments, is set to hold ​concerts in the Netherlands next month, after its migration minister said there were no le...
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Backlash over fund tests Blanche's bid for US attorney general
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