SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Area residents lined up to give their input on the state's plans for a new men's prison. Governor Larry Rhoden's "Project Prison Reset" Task force is receiving public comments this afternoon. Sioux Falls Mayor Paul TenHaken started things off, saying it's long past the time to ...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- U-S Attorney Alison Ramsdell calls it one of the largest methamphetamine conspiracies in South Dakota history. 45-year old Christopher Spider of Crow Creek, South Dakota and Lance Brunsting of Colorado were convicted of conspiracy to distribute hundreds of pounds of meth during a trial in...

WASHINGTON, DC (KELO.com) -- International farm goods now face stiff tariffs as they enter the U-S. President Trump imposed the tariffs, effective Wednesday. He says it's an effort to level the playing field for the nation's farmers. President Trump says Canada imposes tariffs that approach 300% on U.S. dairy produc...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- More than four years after the fact, a suspect pleads guilty in a Sioux Falls kidnapping and murder case. Amir Beaudion pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2020 death of Pasqalina Badi. Beaudion kidnapped Badi in the parking lot of the east-side WalMart, killed her and abandoned her bod...

PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- South Dakota's Department of Social Services is losing three million dollars in grants from the Federal Government. The U-S Department of Health and Human Services terminated the grants for behavioral health initiatives. The money was from the "American Rescue Plan" from the pandemi...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- More than four years after the fact, a suspect pleads guilty in a Sioux Falls kidnapping and murder case. Amir Beaudion pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2020 death of Pasqalina Badi. Beaudion kidnapped Badi in the parking lot of the east-side WalMart, killed her and abandoned her bod...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation is gathering evidence following two officer-involved shootings late Tuesday afternoon. One of those included a Sioux Falls Police officer being struck by a bullet. He was among several officers trying to arrest 25-year old Samir Albaidh...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Add "destructive severe thunderstorms" to your list of possible weather warnings for the upcoming storm season. City Emergency Manager Regan Smith says that warning will sound identical to a tornado warning, and you should respond by taking cover. He says it's also important to ...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Attorney General Marty Jackley is in the win column in a battle with the NC-Double-A over a Name-Image-and-Likeness settlement. The state has sued the NCAA, saying its proposed 2.8-billion dollar settlement and larger colleges is unfair to smaller D-1 schools. Jackley wants that suit to ...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- A Sioux Falls woman accused of helping her husband in the assault of a young woman is facing more charges. Amanda Huff is accused of domestic abuse and neglect of a disabled adult. Her husband Kyle is charged with sexually assaulting that woman over the course of five years, starting whe...

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...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Area residents lined up to give their input on the state's plans for a new men's prison. Governor Larry Rhoden's "Project Prison Reset" Task force is receiving public comments this afternoon. Sioux Falls Mayor Paul TenHaken started things off, saying it's long past the time to ...

ABERDEEN, SD (KELO.com) -- Now it's official. The South Dakota Board of Regents approved a 2.9-percent tuition rate hike today...after five consecutive years of holding tuition steady. Regents' Executive Director Nathan Lukkes says it's a delicate balance between affordability and maintaining quality programs for stu...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- U-S Attorney Alison Ramsdell calls it one of the largest methamphetamine conspiracies in South Dakota history. 45-year old Christopher Spider of Crow Creek, South Dakota and Lance Brunsting of Colorado were convicted of conspiracy to distribute hundreds of pounds of meth during a trial in...

PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- South Dakota's Department of Social Services is losing three million dollars in grants from the Federal Government. The U-S Department of Health and Human Services terminated the grants for behavioral health initiatives. The money was from the "American Rescue Plan" from the pandemi...

PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- A new law approved by this year's legislature is the target of a lawsuit. The law changes the deadline for submitting petitions for ballot measures, moving it from May to February. The suit was filed by Rick Weiland and Dakotans for Health, which had two measures on the 2024 ballot.

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(Reuters) - Nearly all employees at the Wilson Center, a non-partisan foreign policy think tank in Washington, have been placed on leave, the New York Times reported on Thursday. About 130 staff at the center, chartered by Congress in 1968, were bl...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The director of the wiretapping and cyber espionage service, the U.S. National Security Agency, was fired on Thursday, the Washington Post reported, citing two current and one former U.S. officials. Timothy Haugh, who also he...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Michigan couple, Christy and Paul Akeo, arrested March 4 in Cancun, Mexico, in a credit card dispute, have been freed and were on a plane home, U.S. hostage negotiator Adam Boehler told Reuters on Thursday. "They are in the...

(Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department will allow actor Mel Gibson to own guns again, despite his 2011 conviction on a domestic violence charge, the New York Times reported on Thursday. The Times, citing unnamed sources familiar with the Justice Depart...

By Lisa Richwine LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - The next installment of the "Avatar" movie franchise will introduce a new challenge to the Sully family on the moon of Pandora, director James Cameron said as Walt Disney unveiled the first footage from the fi...