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...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - Sioux Falls police are investigating two shooting incidents - one of which left a man dead. 48-year old Derrick Franklin was found unresponsive in the 1000 Block of East 8th Street Staturday night. He had been shot twice. Police say they have suspects, but no arrests have been made yet. T...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - The Sioux Falls Foster Network has received some help from the Helmsley Charitable Trust. The trust presented the Network with a $15-thousand dollar grant yesterday. The agency held an event last night for local families to choose Halloween costumes free of charge.

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) - State election offices in three states were sent packages this week containing unknown powders, just weeks before the election. South Dakota is not one of the states mentioned in reports, but Secretary of State Monae Johnson is expressing thanks to law enforcement for intercepting an envelope ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - The Sioux Empire Home Builders are hoping the curiosity of children will result in future home builders. The Home Builders Care Foundation has helped create a new exhibit at the Washington Pavilion that encourages hands-on learning through play. It's at the Kirby Science Discovery Center ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - Sioux Falls police are investigating two shooting incidents - one of which left a man dead. 48-year old Derrick Franklin was found unresponsive in the 1000 Block of East 8th Street Staturday night. He had been shot twice. Police say they have suspects, but no arrests have been made yet. T...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - The Sioux Falls Foster Network has received some help from the Helmsley Charitable Trust. The trust presented the Network with a $15-thousand dollar grant yesterday. The agency held an event last night for local families to choose Halloween costumes free of charge.

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) - State election offices in three states were sent packages this week containing unknown powders, just weeks before the election. South Dakota is not one of the states mentioned in reports, but Secretary of State Monae Johnson is expressing thanks to law enforcement for intercepting an envelope ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - The Sioux Empire Home Builders are hoping the curiosity of children will result in future home builders. The Home Builders Care Foundation has helped create a new exhibit at the Washington Pavilion that encourages hands-on learning through play. It's at the Kirby Science Discovery Center ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KELO.com) - United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a jury convicted 42-year-old, Brandon Brave Heart of Kyle for Assault by striking, beating or wounding and simple assault following a two-day jury trial. ---------------------------------------------------Read the full news release below --...

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.

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...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) - South Dakota's incoming Attorney General is working to get a feel for the lay of the land before taking office. Lance Russell will succeed Marty Jackley when he takes his oath in January. He's conducting a listening tour before that to hear from prosecutors and law enforcement agencies across ...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) - South Dakota's class of 2026 upheld the state's history of surpassing the national average ACT score. South Dakota's average of 21.1 was nearly two full points above the national average of 19.2. State Education Secretary Dr. Joseph Graves calls it a remarkable accomplishment.

PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- They're calling it the "Give Me Five" program, and it could help first-time homebuyers get into home ownership in South Dakota. Give Me Five is being launched by Governor Larry Rhoden and South Dakota Housing. It gives Eligible first-time home buyers 5% down payment assistance throu...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) - A viral disease is limiting hunting opportunities for South Dakota deer hunters. License numbers have been trimmed and refunds are being offered in some cases. EHD is a viral disease spread by insect bites...and our warm weather of late is extending the infection period. The first hard freeze ...

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 Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES, Oct 16 (Reuters) - A judge in New ​Mexico on Friday ‌dismissed sexual assault charges against "West Wing" actor Timothy Busfield, according to court documents. "The prosecuting ‌attorney ​failed to ⁠act in a ⁠fair and impa...

By Lisandra Paraguassu and Andre Romani BRASILIA, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest declined to the lowest level on record in the 12 months through July, according to data released ​by Brazilian space research agency Inpe o...

By Dan Burns Oct 16 (Reuters) - The US budget deficit rose by $217 billion to nearly $2 trillion in the 2026 fiscal year, fueled in part by tariff refunds and record spending to service the nation's ​more than $40 trillion in debt, marking the largest ...

By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jasper Ward WASHINGTON, Oct 16 - US President Donald Trump said on Friday he told new White House ​Press Secretary Katie Zacharia she should reconsider ‌her role after facing public scrutiny a week after taking the job. "I told ...

Oct 16 (Reuters) - US police were investigating on Friday why a 16-year-old boy shot dead three children and a teacher at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, and how he got hold of the long gun used in his attack. The latest deadly school shooting in...