SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- School may be out for summer, but that doesn't mean School Resource Officers are on vacation. In Sioux Falls, those officers represent a beefed up presence in the downtown core area, where most of the city's homeless population congregate. Police Chief Jon Thum says those officers partne...

VERMILLION, SD (KELO.com) -- South Dakota Public Broadcasting may be on financial life support. Proposed federal budget cuts would slash its funding in half, putting local programming, high school sports and emergency broadcasts at risk. SDPB leaders are trying to win Congressman Dusty Johnson's support to fight the ...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Staffing changes are in motion in Mayor Paul Tenhaken's office. Public Relations and Communications Officer Vanessa Gomez is being promoted to Chief of Staff. She replaces Erica Beck, who's transitioning out of the position later this month. Policy Advisor Jenna Harris is also transitio...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls Police are piecing together a string of events involving stolen keys, stolen vehicles, broken windows and a vehicle fire. 35 year old city resident Kenneth Holland faces numerous charges, including the theft of a city bus. Police Information Officer Sam Clemens says it all be...

PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- The South Dakota Project Prison Reset Task Force will see design options next month. The group is narrowing down plans for a new men's prison, officially rejecting the original plan for an 825-million dollar facility between Harrisburg and Canton. The new target is space for 1500 to 1700 inma...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- School may be out for summer, but that doesn't mean School Resource Officers are on vacation. In Sioux Falls, those officers represent a beefed up presence in the downtown core area, where most of the city's homeless population congregate. Police Chief Jon Thum says those officers partne...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Staffing changes are in motion in Mayor Paul Tenhaken's office. Public Relations and Communications Officer Vanessa Gomez is being promoted to Chief of Staff. She replaces Erica Beck, who's transitioning out of the position later this month. Policy Advisor Jenna Harris is also transitio...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls Police are piecing together a string of events involving stolen keys, stolen vehicles, broken windows and a vehicle fire. 35 year old city resident Kenneth Holland faces numerous charges, including the theft of a city bus. Police Information Officer Sam Clemens says it all be...

ROBERTS COUNTY, SD (KELO.com) -- Authorities are on the look out for a man they say committed a violent robbery in Roberts County, and may be headed to the Sioux Falls area. The Roberts County Sheriff's office says surveillance video shows Jordan Biddell, Junior pointing a black revolver-style BB gun at a store clerk ...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The Minnehaha County Public Defender's Office is sounding the alarm over public trust in the justice system. That follows a mistrial declared last Friday after an ICE arrest at the county courthouse. Officials say the arrest happened in front of a witness's wife and baby while jurors wer...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The Sioux Falls Skyforce routed the Texas Legends Thursday evening 125 to 107 - making a season-high sixth-straight victory at the Sanford Pentagon.

FORT MEYERS, FL (KELO.c0m) -- Pablo Lopez struggled in his first Spring Training start during a 12-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates at Lee Health Sports Complex on Thursday. Lopez was charged with the loss after surrendering three runs on four hits in just two innings of work. Matt Wallner drove in Minnesota's only r...

LAKELAND, FL (KELO.com) -- The Minnesota Twins held the Detroit Tigers to two hits during a 4-0 Spring Training victory at Publix Field. Andrew Morris earned his first win of the Spring after tossing two no-hit innings. DaShawn Keirsey, Allan Cerda, and Rubel Cespedes all homered in the victory. Minnesota improved t...

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (KELO.com) -- The Minnesota Vikings are continuing to live the good life. The NFL Players Association released its annual survey yesterday, and the Vikings finished second in the league for a second-straight season. The report cards grade organizations on several factors including practice facilities,...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Are you ready for some football? One local entrepreneur is ready, too! Sioux Falls native Gio Oromo is mixing his love of sports history with his business mind. Oromo, a Senior Marketing major at USD has opened his business "Cosy Thrifts". He specializes in sports merchandise l...

VERMILLION, SD (KELO.com) -- South Dakota Public Broadcasting may be on financial life support. Proposed federal budget cuts would slash its funding in half, putting local programming, high school sports and emergency broadcasts at risk. SDPB leaders are trying to win Congressman Dusty Johnson's support to fight the ...

PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- The South Dakota Project Prison Reset Task Force will see design options next month. The group is narrowing down plans for a new men's prison, officially rejecting the original plan for an 825-million dollar facility between Harrisburg and Canton. The new target is space for 1500 to 1700 inma...

ABERDEEN, SD (KELO.com) -- One of the Republicans who've announced their campaign for Governor is about to begin the 21'st Century version of a whistle stop tour of South Dakota. Aberdeen businessman Toby Doden will begin that tour this week in his home city as he and his family board a bus to begin the four-month mob...

PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- A Pierre teenager is the first Democratic candidate for governor. 19-year old Robert Arnold is a student at Dakota State University, and spent time in the Capitol as a page and intern. He says Senator Jamie Smith, the last Democratic candidate for Governor, planted the seed for him to seek th...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The South Dakota Penitentiary has a new Warden. Corrections Secretary Kellie Wasko announced the hiring of Joseph Roemmich, who has been the warden of a correctional center in New Mexico. Wasko says, "Joseph has extensive experience working in the corrections field. His work in all ...

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TAIPEI (Reuters) -A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck off Taiwan's east coast on Wednesday, the island's Central Weather Administration said. The quake had a depth of 30.9 km, it added. There were no immediate reports of damage. (Reporting by Ben Blancha...

ROME (Reuters) -Extreme weather due to climate change may cost Italy more than 5% of GDP in 2050, the country's budget watchdog said on Wednesday, adding that global action to reduce carbon emissions could significantly reduce the impact. In recent yea...

By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. states will not be able to fully administer food stamp benefits for millions of the nation's poor if a proposal in the Republican tax bill forcing them to shoulder billions of dollars in new costs is signed in...

By Brad Brooks (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump says he sent in the National Guard and Marines to "liberate" Los Angeles from the violence of protesters, but some residents of Little Tokyo, a neighborhood hit hardest by the unrest say "no thanks"...