SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The four Republican Party candidates for Governor have one more debate appearance before the June primary. The Dakota Scout/Forum Communications debate is set for April 27th at the Washington Pavilion in Sioux Falls. We've been featuring the candidates on KELO-AM 1320 this week, focusing...

UNDATED (KELO.com) -- 70-percent of the nation's farmers say they can't afford to buy all the fertilizer they need for this year's crop. That's according to a nationwide survey conducted by the American Farm Bureau. Fertilizer and fuel prices have spiked by 30-percent or more since the Iran war began. South Dakota F...

OMAHA, NE (KELO.com) -- More than half of the bankers in our region say the economy is in recession. That's the main point of this month's Rural Mainstreet Index from Creighton University. Creighton Economist Dr. Ernie Goss says the impact of the Iran war has spilled over to affect the farm economy, with the heaviest...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Piece by piece, a major drug ring is being taken down in Federal court in Sioux Falls. A Los Angeles man will spend the next 23 years in federal prison for his role in a drug trafficking operation that transported large amounts of meth and fentanyl from California to South Dakota. 43-yea...

SOIUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- U-S Attorney Ron Parsons says 49-year old Courtney Richmond was convicted of trafficking methamphetamine. Richmond faces a maximum penalty of a ten-million dollar fine and life in prison. He was arrested in 2023 when investigators found meth and a loaded pistol in his company's BBQ food ...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Piece by piece, a major drug ring is being taken down in Federal court in Sioux Falls. A Los Angeles man will spend the next 23 years in federal prison for his role in a drug trafficking operation that transported large amounts of meth and fentanyl from California to South Dakota. 43-yea...

SOIUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- U-S Attorney Ron Parsons says 49-year old Courtney Richmond was convicted of trafficking methamphetamine. Richmond faces a maximum penalty of a ten-million dollar fine and life in prison. He was arrested in 2023 when investigators found meth and a loaded pistol in his company's BBQ food ...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The Big Sioux River is in need of its annual cleaning, and organizers are looking for some help. The city of Sioux Falls is partnering with the nonprofit 'Friends of the Big Sioux River' for the 11th annual event next weekend. Check-in stations will be set up along the bike trail near th...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- He's believed to have trafficked over 13-thousand fentanyl pills in the Sioux Falls area. Now, 33-year old Elizeo Kalimba is headed to federal prison for 19 years. He was convicted of conspiracy and drug distribution charges during a trial in October. Law officers used a confidential in...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The Sioux Falls School District tax levy is projected to decline by more than 23-percent in 2027. The School Board has given preliminary approval to a $343-million spending plan, but officials say the spending level may not be sustainable long term. Superintendent Dr. Jamie Nold says the...

VERMILLION, SD (KELO.com) -- It was a great run, but the USD Coyotes Women's basketball season has come to an end. They lost to Illinois State in the WNIT Fab Four 67-60 in Vermillion Wednesday night. The Coyotes jumped off to an early lead, but fell behind. They made a fourth quarter run, but couldn't overcome a 1...

VERMILLION, SD (KELO.com) -- The USD Coyote women were on fire Thursday night, so it's on to the 'Great 8' of the Women's National Invitational Tournament. The Coyotes jumped out to a 14-0 lead over Pepperdine - all of those points scored by Patience Williams. They'll host Montana State Sunday afternoon at the Sanfor...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The Sioux Falls Stampede have claimed the regular-season Western Conference title for the first time since 2013. They'll hold home ice advantage through the Western Conference final, with their first playoff game April 17th. This is the third time in franchise history the Herd have surpa...

VERMILLION, SD (KELO.com) -- The USD Coyote women's basketball squad is on the national stage, facing Pepperdine in the Super 16 in the Women's National Invitational Tournament Thursday night. The Coyotes are led by guard combo Angelina Robles and Molly Joyce in USD's seventh WNIT run. The Coyotes won the WNIT in 201...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The Sanford Pentagon will host the state's first-ever WNBA game next month. The Phoenix Mercury, coached by Sioux Falls native Nate Tibbetts, will take on the Chicago Sky April 25th. The Mercury will also host a youth basketball clinic at the Pentagon April 24th.

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The four Republican Party candidates for Governor have one more debate appearance before the June primary. The Dakota Scout/Forum Communications debate is set for April 27th at the Washington Pavilion in Sioux Falls. We've been featuring the candidates on KELO-AM 1320 this week, focusing...

UNDATED (KELO.com) -- 70-percent of the nation's farmers say they can't afford to buy all the fertilizer they need for this year's crop. That's according to a nationwide survey conducted by the American Farm Bureau. Fertilizer and fuel prices have spiked by 30-percent or more since the Iran war began. South Dakota F...

OMAHA, NE (KELO.com) -- More than half of the bankers in our region say the economy is in recession. That's the main point of this month's Rural Mainstreet Index from Creighton University. Creighton Economist Dr. Ernie Goss says the impact of the Iran war has spilled over to affect the farm economy, with the heaviest...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The four Republican party candidates for Governor have one more planned debate. The Dakota Scout/Forum Communications debate is set for April 27th at the Washington Pavilion in Sioux Falls. We're featuring the gubernatorial candidates on KELO-AM 1320 this week, focusing on some of their ...

RAPID CITY, SD (KELO.com) -- Gunsmithing is being added at Western Dakota Technical College in Rapid City, and the state is buying an accredited Colorado school to make it happen. Governor Larry Rhoden awarded $4-million from the Future Fund to Western Dakota to purchase equipment and acquire the school. He says it b...

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By Andrew Goudsward and Jana Winter WASHINGTON, April 15 (Reuters) - The FBI plans to question roughly a half-dozen witnesses in its criminal inquiry into ex-CIA Director John Brennan over a U.S. intelligence assessment that found Russia interfered in ...

By Jan Wolfe April 16 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday again ruled that U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to build a White House ballroom without congressional approval was unlawful, faulting ​the Republican president for asserting that nationa...

By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, April 16 (Reuters) - The first five or 10 new planned U.S. nuclear reactors will "almost certainly" receive loans from ​the U.S. Energy Department's lending office, U.S. ‌Energy Secretary Chris Wright told lawmakers in a ...

By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, April 16 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth cited biblical scripture on Thursday to attack the media, comparing reporters to Jewish adversaries of Jesus Christ plotting "how to destroy him." Hegse...

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