SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- South Dakota State University is unveiling a new Center for AI Innovation and Emergent Technologies. The announcement came Friday morning at a symposium being held in Sioux Falls. Senator Mike Rounds secured 750-thousand dollars in federal funding to help establish the center. Senator R...

PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- Vietnam Veterans will hear the words they should have heard decades ago - "Welcome Home," according to Jeremiah Scheider, Secretary of the South Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs. His agency and Governor Larry Rhoden are proclaiming this Sunday as "Welcome Home Vietnam Vete...

PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- Help is coming in at least one area of school spending. Governor Rhoden says he'll sign a bill to have the state cover the cost of Reduced Price meals in the school nutrition program. The move will help lower income families, and reimburse schools for unpaid meal account balances.

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) -- Sioux Falls School officials are planning on two-million dollars in budget cuts for the upcoming year. A preliminary 360-million dollar budget was presented to the school board this week. Classroom staff reductions are part of the cuts.

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- South Dakota State University is unveiling a new Center for AI Innovation and Emergent Technologies. The announcement came Friday morning at a symposium being held in Sioux Falls. Senator Mike Rounds secured 750-thousand dollars in federal funding to help establish the center. Senator R...

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) -- Sioux Falls School officials are planning on two-million dollars in budget cuts for the upcoming year. A preliminary 360-million dollar budget was presented to the school board this week. Classroom staff reductions are part of the cuts.

CANTON, SD (KELO.com) -- Lincoln County Commissioners are questioning parts of Governor Rhoden's property tax relief plan. The plan allows counties to impose a half-penny sales tax, which would be used to reduce property taxes on owner-occupied homes. Commissioner Betty Otten wants staff to draft a proposal to initia...

Friends and classmates are mourning the loss of a 14-year old girl. A funeral processional made its way through central Sioux Falls Thursday morning, as McKenna Wendel was taken to her final resting place. She went missing two weeks ago, and her remains were found near Brookings last week. So far, police haven't nam...

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) -- It's official. March Madness has arrived in Sioux Falls with the Summit League men's and women's basketball championships. The first game is Wednesday night, featuring ORU and Kansas City. The city is going all out, creating 'Summit League Central' at Jacobson Plaza at The Falls, free p...

PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- Vietnam Veterans will hear the words they should have heard decades ago - "Welcome Home," according to Jeremiah Scheider, Secretary of the South Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs. His agency and Governor Larry Rhoden are proclaiming this Sunday as "Welcome Home Vietnam Vete...

PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- Help is coming in at least one area of school spending. Governor Rhoden says he'll sign a bill to have the state cover the cost of Reduced Price meals in the school nutrition program. The move will help lower income families, and reimburse schools for unpaid meal account balances.

PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- South Dakota lawmakers will be looking for ways to fund emergency ambulance service. Governor Rhoden has signed a bill to create a task force to study the problem. There's a severe shortage of Emergency Medical Technicians in rural areas. Officials also say some ambulance companies lose mone...

PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- Governor Larry Rhoden has issued his second veto of the 2026 legislative session. He rejected a bill that would have required licensing and training for non-medical home care agencies. He says he supports the idea, but feels the bill mandated too much government regulation.

PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- "An extraordinary month delivering justice for victims." That's how Attorney General Marty Jackley sums up the month of March. His office successfully prosecuted several high visibility jury trials, obtaining guilty verdicts in a triple homicide in Turner County, a double-homicide i...

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WASHINGTON, March 27 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he wanted ​top agriculture supply brands, ‌including John Deere, Case and Caterpillar, to lower farmers' tractor and equipment costs. Deere & Co shares were down ‌2% ​afte...

By Daniel Wiessner March 27 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday threatened to hold the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in contempt of court for terminating a union contract covering 320,000 of the agency's employees shortly after she had ordered ...

By Jana Winter and AJ Vicens WASHINGTON, March 27 (Reuters) - Iran-linked hackers on Friday claimed they had accessed FBI Director Kash Patel's personal email inbox, publishing photographs of the director and other documents to the internet. On their w...

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK, March 27 (Reuters) - A divided U.S. appeals court on Friday struck down a $16.1 billion judgment against Argentina for seizing control of state-owned oil company YPF in 2012, a victory for Argentine President Javier Milei ...

WASHINGTON, March 27 (Reuters) - House Transportation and ​Infrastructure chair ‌Sam Graves will not seek re-election, joining dozens ‌of ​other ⁠lawmakers who ⁠are leaving Congress, sources told Reuters Friday. Graves has ​been a key lawmaker ⁠on ⁠avi...