SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - Multiple crews were needed to douse a blaze at the Smithfield Foods plant over the weekend. There was heavy smoke on several floors of the facility when crews arrived at about 5 yesterday morning. The fire was extinguished in about 45 minutes. There were no injuries and the cause is under...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - A candlelight vigil to observe International Overdose Awareness Day is scheduled for tonight. Non-profit Emily's Hope is laying out 54 empty shoes to represent those who lost their lives to overdose in Minnehaha and Lincoln Counties since the beginning of last year. It begins at 8 p.m. at...

MITCHELL, S.D. (KELO.com) - The Mitchell Corn Palace is a top five roadside attraction in the U-S according to a recent study. A global car rental firm ranked the Palace fifth with Wall Drug just three spots behind in eighth. Researchers describe it as an unusual attraction. It carries a 4.3 Star Good rating online.

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) - The South Dakota State Fair opens in Huron Wednesday and that typically marks the beginning of the final push in election years. Governor Larry Rhoden says the Republic party is coming together after the four-way Republican Party Gubernatorial primary and runoff. He says his record in office s...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) - After this summer's cyclospora outbreaks in South Dakota and the U.S., small farm advocates want regulators to support regional food producers instead of corporations. Investigators traced the outbreaks to Taylor Farms of Mexico, which supplied lettuce to fast food chains, other restaurants an...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - Multiple crews were needed to douse a blaze at the Smithfield Foods plant over the weekend. There was heavy smoke on several floors of the facility when crews arrived at about 5 yesterday morning. The fire was extinguished in about 45 minutes. There were no injuries and the cause is under...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - A candlelight vigil to observe International Overdose Awareness Day is scheduled for tonight. Non-profit Emily's Hope is laying out 54 empty shoes to represent those who lost their lives to overdose in Minnehaha and Lincoln Counties since the beginning of last year. It begins at 8 p.m. at...

MITCHELL, S.D. (KELO.com) - The Mitchell Corn Palace is a top five roadside attraction in the U-S according to a recent study. A global car rental firm ranked the Palace fifth with Wall Drug just three spots behind in eighth. Researchers describe it as an unusual attraction. It carries a 4.3 Star Good rating online.

BROOKINGS, S.D. (KELO.com) - Authorities have identified the 19-year-old man killed in a crash in Brookings last week. The South Dakota Department of Public Safety says Daten Briar Odom was driving a GMC Sierra on Interstate 29 when his vehicle was hit by a Subaru. The GMC then rotated and struck a Ford F-350 while the...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - Sioux Area Metro or SAM is adding some new routes for the school year. Logan Penfield of Planning and Development Services says demand is growing. You can see the new routes and their schedules at siouxareametro.info.

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) - The South Dakota State Fair opens in Huron Wednesday and that typically marks the beginning of the final push in election years. Governor Larry Rhoden says the Republic party is coming together after the four-way Republican Party Gubernatorial primary and runoff. He says his record in office s...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) - After this summer's cyclospora outbreaks in South Dakota and the U.S., small farm advocates want regulators to support regional food producers instead of corporations. Investigators traced the outbreaks to Taylor Farms of Mexico, which supplied lettuce to fast food chains, other restaurants an...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) - It comes as no big surprise, but President Trump has now officially endorsed Governor Larry Rhoden's re-election bid. Rhoden became governor in early 2025 when Kristi Noem resigned to join the President's administration as Homeland Security Secretary. He's being challenged by Democrat Dan Ahle...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) - Attorney General Marty Jackley says South Dakota is in line to receive over $52.5 Million in a landmark settlement with META Platforms. META will pay $17.1 Billion to 29 states in one of the largest state consumer protection settlements in history. The company's social media platforms were men...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) - State officials are considering a merger of the fourth and seventh circuit courts. Currently, the two systems work together when needed, but court administrators say it would make more sense to just combine the circuits together permanently. A proposal would create a new Chief Clerk of Court p...

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Aug 31 (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Edouard is likely to strengthen and could approach hurricane ​strength before it reaches ‌the northwest U.S. Gulf coast on Tuesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory. The storm ‌was ​located about 155 ⁠miles (250 km) southeast ⁠of Port Art...

By Nate Raymond BOSTON, Aug 31 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration on Monday asked a U.S. appeals court to lift a judge's order blocking a new rule that would tighten mail-in voting requirements ahead of the November congressional elect...

SEOUL, Sept 1 (Reuters) - South Korea will send a 44-member emergency relief team to Nepal ​to support search-and-rescue operations ‌after flooding in the Rasuwa region, South Korea's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. The deployment follows a request b...

By Jack Queen Aug 31 (Reuters) - A Las Vegas jury on Monday found an ex-gang leader guilty of murder in a case accusing him of masterminding the drive-by killing of legendary hip-hop artist Tupac Shakur, bringing a decades-old cold case to ​a close. Du...

By Dawn Chmielewski LOS ANGELES, Aug 31 (Reuters) - The State of California and 11 other states joined the Writers Guild of America on Monday in urging a federal court judge to deny Paramount Skydance's request for a $1.88 billion bond to address ​the ...