SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Immunizations are down and measles cases are up in South Dakota. The local chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics is encouraging parents to talk with their healthcare providers about vaccines. South Dakota has had 11 measles cases so far this year, while it had 16 for all of last ...

FREEMAN, SD (KELO.com) -- For the first time in 125 years, Freeman Academy won't welcome a new class of students this year. The Academy closed due to low enrollment and financial challenges. Leaders are working to determine the future use of the facilities, which remain in good condition.

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls City Council members are working their way through the proposed budget for next year. Council chair Rich Merkouris calls it a status quo budget that's very comparable to this year's budget. But there's an exception that's creating some concern. "We've seen a sizeable upti...

HIGHMORE, SD (KELO.com) -- A Highmore daycare is moving into a new home after a storm in June destroyed its former location. Iseman Homes of Pierre bought the 23-hundred square foot facility for Little Pirates Childcare. That more than doubles the size of the previous building.

MCPHERSON COUNTY, SD (KELO.com) -- Citizen concerns have caused McPherson County officials to pump the brakes on a proposed 50-megawatt data center. Citizens are concerned about water usage and the impact on crops and livestock near the location. The County's Planning and Zoning Commission is delaying a final vote on t...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Immunizations are down and measles cases are up in South Dakota. The local chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics is encouraging parents to talk with their healthcare providers about vaccines. South Dakota has had 11 measles cases so far this year, while it had 16 for all of last ...

FREEMAN, SD (KELO.com) -- For the first time in 125 years, Freeman Academy won't welcome a new class of students this year. The Academy closed due to low enrollment and financial challenges. Leaders are working to determine the future use of the facilities, which remain in good condition.

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls City Council members are working their way through the proposed budget for next year. Council chair Rich Merkouris calls it a status quo budget that's very comparable to this year's budget. But there's an exception that's creating some concern. "We've seen a sizeable upti...

HIGHMORE, SD (KELO.com) -- A Highmore daycare is moving into a new home after a storm in June destroyed its former location. Iseman Homes of Pierre bought the 23-hundred square foot facility for Little Pirates Childcare. That more than doubles the size of the previous building.

MCPHERSON COUNTY, SD (KELO.com) -- Citizen concerns have caused McPherson County officials to pump the brakes on a proposed 50-megawatt data center. Citizens are concerned about water usage and the impact on crops and livestock near the location. The County's Planning and Zoning Commission is delaying a final vote on t...

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, SD (KELO.com) -- Attorney General Marty Jackley says South Dakota will seek further review of an Appeals Court ruling that prohibits the state from enforcing a new election law. The law moved the election-year filing deadline for ballot question petitions to nine months but was the subject of a lawsuit filed by...

PENNINGTON COUNTY, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The Pennington County Sheriff's Office is searching for a man wanted by U.S. Marshals. They consider 35-year-old Keanu Dillon armed and dangerous. He is about five-foot-11 and weighs about 215 pounds. In a post on social media, the Pennington County Sheriff's Office says Dillon was...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Dan Ahlers, the Democratic candidate for South Dakota governor, plans to go public with the identity of his running mate. But the South Dakota Secretary of State's website spoiled the surprise, with its online general election candidate list indicating Ahlers chose former Democratic legislato...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) -- South Dakota Attorney Marty Jackley commends a Texas U.S. Federal Court decision that ruled the National Firearms Act (NFA)'s registrational regulations of short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, silencers and other firearms are no longer valid. South Dakota was one of 14 states to ch...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) --Today, Governor Larry Rhoden ordered that flags be flown at half-staff at the State Capitol from sunrise until sunset on Thursday, August 13, 2026, in honor of former state treasurer Dave Volk. He served as the state treasurer from 1973 until 1990. A celebration of life will be held at 7 pm CT...

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PARIS, Aug 12 (Reuters) - About 1,200 people were evacuated from a campsite due to two ​wildfires near the beach ‌in the north of France, local officials said on Wednesday. The prefecture for the administrative department of Pas-de-Calais, in ‌the ​cou...

By Francois Murphy and Leonhard Foeger GREIFENSTEIN, Austria, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Austria's water supply levels are at their lowest since records began around a century ago, utility Verbund said, as an exceptionally hot, dry ​summer leaves sections of t...

By Jonathan Saul and Catherine Cartier LONDON, Aug 12 (Reuters) - A vast oil spill from a leaking tanker has started to hit Oman's coastline, its environment agency confirmed on Wednesday, in what threatens to become one of the world's worst in years a...

By Julia Symmes Cobb and Santiago Limachi CALI, Colombia, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Colombian rescue teams raced on Wednesday to find survivors still trapped beneath collapsed buildings two days ​after a powerful earthquake left nearly 250 people dead. At ‌To...

PARIS, Aug 12 (Reuters) - The heatwaves that have hit France in recent months could ​result in €10 billion to €15 ‌billion ($17 billion) in direct and indirect costs, French environment minister Monique Barbut said on Wednesday. Barbut cited estimates ...