RAPID CITY, SD (KELO.com) -- Life in prison for murder and arson. That's the sentence for 52-year old Reno Rondeau of Manderson. He intentionally set fire to his brother's residence, knowing his brother a a friend - Tanya White Butterfly - were inside. White Butterfly, a former correctional officer with the Oglala S...

OMAHA, NE (KELO.com) -- The regional farm economy is in the red for the fourth straight month according to Creighton University's monthly Rural Mainstreet Index. The Index includes a survey of community bankers in a ten-state region. Half of those bankers say their local economies are in recession. One of the banker...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Two area men face lengthy federal prison sentences as the U-S Attorneys Office racks up more convictions against members of a major drug ring. 50-year old Cary Ludens of Crooks was sentenced to 13 years and 3 months. Officials say he distributed about 22 pounds of meth that came from Ari...

KEY WEST, FL (KELO.com) -- Professional Fighters League standout Logan Storley faces sexual battery charges in Florida. The Webster, SD native is accused of having sex and battering a woman in an alley outside a strip club in Key West, and was stopped by the club manager who witnessed the incident. Storley ran away w...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Work has begun on a highly-anticipated addition to the Sioux Falls restaurant scene. The site of David's Bridal on 41st Street has been demolished to make way for a Raising Cane's chicken restaurant. Company officials say the Sioux Falls site is high priority. It's expected to open some...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Two area men face lengthy federal prison sentences as the U-S Attorneys Office racks up more convictions against members of a major drug ring. 50-year old Cary Ludens of Crooks was sentenced to 13 years and 3 months. Officials say he distributed about 22 pounds of meth that came from Ari...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Work has begun on a highly-anticipated addition to the Sioux Falls restaurant scene. The site of David's Bridal on 41st Street has been demolished to make way for a Raising Cane's chicken restaurant. Company officials say the Sioux Falls site is high priority. It's expected to open some...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Signs that the weed crop is thriving in Sioux Falls. The city's Code Enforcement office is receiving more property maintenance complaints than normal, even though it's early in the season. There have been 99 complaints since Monday. People with violations on their property are given six...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- A new state voter registration law may be discouraging military members from voting. Amber Hobert - the head of a mail forwarding business - told Minnehaha County Commissioners that it's related to people who spend most of their time out of state, but have registered to vote in South Dako...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The financial picture for the city of Sioux falls is getting brighter, defying national trends. Consumer sentiment nationally is at its lowest point since the 1950's. Despite that, City Finance Director Shawn Pritchett says sales tax revenues are on the upswing in Sioux Falls. "The...

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.

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.

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls Stampede forward Cooper Soller is the 2025-26 USHL Rookie of the year. Soller played in all 62 games this season, racking up 49 points on 26 goals and 23 assists. Coach Ryan Cruthers says Soller's work ethic is unmatched. He's also one of the reasons for the team's success t...

RAPID CITY, SD (KELO.com) -- Life in prison for murder and arson. That's the sentence for 52-year old Reno Rondeau of Manderson. He intentionally set fire to his brother's residence, knowing his brother a a friend - Tanya White Butterfly - were inside. White Butterfly, a former correctional officer with the Oglala S...

WASHINGTON, DC (KELO.com) -- Small and Disadvantaged South Dakota communities are getting more than nine-million dollars to help remove so-called "forever chemicals" - PFA's - from drinking water. PFA's are contaminants that can cause cancer. The agency says the funding is directed at the communities that n...

PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- This year's GOP Gubernatorial campaign is a big-money event. The four candidates have raised more than six and a half million dollars so far this year. Congressman Dusty Johnson's campaign accounts for more than half of that amount - $3.7-million. Businessman Toby Doeden added more than $2-m...

PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- More than 33-hundred people are on parole in South Dakota, and the state Corrections Commission says over 100 of them are absconders with warrants issued for their arrest. That means the parolees have lost contact with their parole officer or efforts to contact the parolee have been exhausted....

PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- Governor Larry Rhoden is expanding South Dakota's partnerships with ICE. More highway patrol Troopers are being enrolled in ICE training as part of the effort. Over the past year, over 650 illegal immigrants have been deported out of South Dakota because of the operation.

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