CUSTER, S.D. (KELO.com) - Officials at the Jewel Cave National Monument are hoping a mystery animal recently spotted in the park is a porcupine. No one has received a close enough look to identify a mystery animal lurking in the park. If it's a porcupine it would be one of the first sightings since the Jasper Fire in 2...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - Sioux Falls residents will get their first opportunity to learn about plans for The Quarry at The Falls and share ideas about its future during a free, family friendly celebration Thursday, Oct. 1, from 4 to 6:30 p.m. at the future site of The Quarry at The Falls, 1110 N. Weber Ave. The e...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - The National Institutes of Health has awarded $11 million to South Dakota for research over the next five years. The grant will be utilized through a state-wide partnership involving Avera Research Institute, SDSU and the USD Sanford School of Medicine. It will focus on the needs of rural...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - The Jo Dee Messina concert scheduled for Washington Pavilion in Sioux Falls is canceled. An email was sent to ticket holders on Monday that the September 27th show was canceled because of "circumstances beyond the artist's control." Refunds will be issued within 30 days.

ABERDEEN, S.D. (KELO.com) - The Aberdeen Police Department is seeking the public's help in locating Ellisa Wooden Knife, a 16-year-old female. Ellisa was last seen in Aberdeen on 9/13/26. Anyone with information about Ellisa's whereabouts is encouraged to contact the Brown County Dispatch Center at (605)626-7911. You c...

CUSTER, S.D. (KELO.com) - Officials at the Jewel Cave National Monument are hoping a mystery animal recently spotted in the park is a porcupine. No one has received a close enough look to identify a mystery animal lurking in the park. If it's a porcupine it would be one of the first sightings since the Jasper Fire in 2...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - Sioux Falls residents will get their first opportunity to learn about plans for The Quarry at The Falls and share ideas about its future during a free, family friendly celebration Thursday, Oct. 1, from 4 to 6:30 p.m. at the future site of The Quarry at The Falls, 1110 N. Weber Ave. The e...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - The National Institutes of Health has awarded $11 million to South Dakota for research over the next five years. The grant will be utilized through a state-wide partnership involving Avera Research Institute, SDSU and the USD Sanford School of Medicine. It will focus on the needs of rural...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - The Jo Dee Messina concert scheduled for Washington Pavilion in Sioux Falls is canceled. An email was sent to ticket holders on Monday that the September 27th show was canceled because of "circumstances beyond the artist's control." Refunds will be issued within 30 days.

ABERDEEN, S.D. (KELO.com) - The Aberdeen Police Department is seeking the public's help in locating Ellisa Wooden Knife, a 16-year-old female. Ellisa was last seen in Aberdeen on 9/13/26. Anyone with information about Ellisa's whereabouts is encouraged to contact the Brown County Dispatch Center at (605)626-7911. You 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.

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 ...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) - A judge has denied The League of Women Voters' request for a preliminary injunction over South Dakota's new voter registration law...but the league is claiming victory in the case. The law requires new voters to prove U.S. citizenship in order to vote in state elections. At issue was an errone...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) - The U-S Senate inched closer to passing a new farm bill yesterday, with a party-line approval but the bill isn't home yet. Democrats are opposed to a provision to root out fraud in the supplemental food program. Senate Majority Leader John Thune says it was a bipartisan effort but there are co...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.COM) - County auditors are preparing for absentee voting beginning on Friday in South Dakota. Lincoln and Brown County auditors Sheri Lund and Lynn Heupel say they have hired temp employees to help with absentee voting, and they want voters to make sure they bring IDs with them if they are voting in ...

PIERRE, SD - In celebration of National Arts in Education Week, Sept. 13-19, 2026, Governor Larry Rhoden and the South Dakota Arts Council announce the opening of the Governor's Student Art Competition. "Arts are an important part of a well-rounded education," said Governor Larry Rhoden. "They give stude...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) - Farmers in South Dakota are sharing experiences with hopes of passing a new farm bill in Congress. The Senate AG Committee is voting on a new farm bill, saying this legislation is three years overdue. Typically, Congress passes a farm bill every five years, but the last one passed in 2018. Far...

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By John Kruzel WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (Reuters) - The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to halt a judicial ruling declaring a California couple the legal parents of an infant born to their surrogate who refused their request ​to terminate the pregnancy...

By Courtney Rozen WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump bought as much as $50,000 worth of shares and sold as much as $15,000 in Elon ​Musk's SpaceX in July, according to a public ‌financial disclosure, his latest transactions invol...

By Gram Slattery, Ryan Patrick Jones and Timothy Gardner UNITED NATIONS, Sept 22 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he backed the idea of a ban on diesel exports, which lawmakers from farm states are calling for as a way to curb the ...

By Raphael Satter and AJ Vicens WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (Reuters) - The digital extortion group known as "ShinyHunters" said on Tuesday that it had breached the Federal Bureau of Investigation and stolen data on a huge number ​of current and former FBI emp...

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (Reuters) - US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on Tuesday that he will ask Congress to approve another $30 billion for ​air traffic control towers, software and digital upgrades ‌as well as improving air...