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The forum for the new men's penitentiary was held at Washington Pavillion this morning
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- More inmates, more released prisoners in the city, and higher crime numbers. Those are some of the "beneath the surface" stats tied to hosting a new men's penitentiary. Attorney General Marty Jackley says those stats will be center stage at a forum at the Washington Pavilion la...
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Recently fired Brookings Principal plans to take legal action
BROOKINGS, SD (KELO.com) -- A recently fired Brookings Principal plans to take legal action, saying he was forced to resign or be terminated. Justin Stanley is also winning support from parents and students, who have defended him at a recent school board meeting. Stanley calls the firing process unfair and lacking tr...
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Trump has already endorsed Mike Rounds
WASHINGTON, DC (KELO.com) -- Senator Mike Rounds hasn't announced he's running for reelection yet...and already he has the endorsement of President Trump. Trump calls Rounds a fighter for South Dakota values, farmers, the economy and the military. Rounds thanked the President on social media and hinted an official ca...
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Surge in tick bites in South Dakota this summer
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- There's a surge in tick bites in South Dakota and across the Midwest this summer. Emergency departments say it's one of the busiest peak seasons for tick bites in recent years, according to a report by Northern Plains news. Health experts say the pattern matches a broaders national trend...
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South Dakota's Division of Criminal Investigation is teaming up with ICE
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- South Dakota is teaming up with federal immigration officials to crack down on violent criminals and drug dealers. Attorney General Marty Jackly says ICE has agreed to partner with the state's Division of Criminal Investigation. A new task force will allow specially trained DCI agents to enfo...
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The forum for the new men's penitentiary was held at Washington Pavillion this morning
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- More inmates, more released prisoners in the city, and higher crime numbers. Those are some of the "beneath the surface" stats tied to hosting a new men's penitentiary. Attorney General Marty Jackley says those stats will be center stage at a forum at the Washington Pavilion la...
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Local Sioux Falls restaurant helping flood victims in Texas
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Sanaa's Restaurant in downtown Sioux Falls is doing its part to help flood victims in Texas. The restaurant held a fundraiser brunch yesterday, with all proceeds going to World Central Kitchen. World Central Kitchen is already in Texas serving hot meals to families in need.
Jul 21, 2025

A South Dakota Penitentiary inmate is pleading not guilty in overdose death
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- A South Dakota Penitentiary inmate is pleading not guilty in the overdose death of a fellow prisoner. 21-year-old Manarion Fuse is accused of giving Anthony Richards the synthetic drug K2. Richards died shortly after taking the drug. Fuse is scheduled to stand trial in October. Four inm...
Jul 17, 2025
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A Sioux Falls man has murder and manslaughter added to his list of accusations
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Murder and manslaughter charges have been added for a Sioux Falls man accused in the recent death of a woman. 45-year-old Jubal Rattler is accused of pushing Doris High Elk off a retaining wall under a downtown bridge. She later died of her injuries.
Jul 17, 2025
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Sioux Falls City council considering tightening controls on public alcohol consumption
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The Sioux Falls City Council will consider new rules to tighten controls on where alcohol can be consumed. They'll vote on an ordinance tonight that would ban drinking or even holding an open alcohol container in places like Phillips Avenue Plaza and Falls Park. Licensed events and certa...
Jul 15, 2025
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Trump has already endorsed Mike Rounds
WASHINGTON, DC (KELO.com) -- Senator Mike Rounds hasn't announced he's running for reelection yet...and already he has the endorsement of President Trump. Trump calls Rounds a fighter for South Dakota values, farmers, the economy and the military. Rounds thanked the President on social media and hinted an official ca...
9h ago

Surge in tick bites in South Dakota this summer
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- There's a surge in tick bites in South Dakota and across the Midwest this summer. Emergency departments say it's one of the busiest peak seasons for tick bites in recent years, according to a report by Northern Plains news. Health experts say the pattern matches a broaders national trend...
9h ago
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South Dakota's Division of Criminal Investigation is teaming up with ICE
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- South Dakota is teaming up with federal immigration officials to crack down on violent criminals and drug dealers. Attorney General Marty Jackly says ICE has agreed to partner with the state's Division of Criminal Investigation. A new task force will allow specially trained DCI agents to enfo...
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The affordable care act is about to become unaffordable.
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The affordable care act is about to become unaffordable. That's the opinion of Nikki Gronli, former State Director for USDA Rural Development, who wrote a guest column in the Dakota Scout. She says the enhanced premium tax credits that lower monthly premiums will disappear. Gronli says ...
Jul 21, 2025
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South Dakota lawmakers will tackle the question of a new men's prison in September.
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- South Dakota lawmakers will tackle the question of a new men's prison in September. Governor Larry Rhoden called a special session of the legislature for September 23rd to approve the location and funding for the facility. That follows the unanimous decision by the Project Prison Reset Task F...
Jul 21, 2025
National News
Man charged with 37 counts of attempted murder in Los Angeles car-ramming
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -A man accused of deliberately driving his car into a crowd of pedestrians outside a Los Angeles nightclub over the weekend, injuring dozens of people, some critically, was charged on Tuesday with 37 counts of atte...
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US nuclear weapons agency breached in Microsoft SharePoint hack, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) -U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration was among those breached by a hack of Microsoft's SharePoint document management software, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing a person with knowledge of the matter. Bloomberg reported tha...
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Video showing Florida deputy punching Black man goes viral
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Civil rights advocates condemned the sheriff's department in Jacksonville, Florida, after a video of officers punching a Black man and throwing him to the ground during a February traffic stop went viral online. ...
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Central banks told to prepare for climate shock to labour market
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Central banks risk being blindsided by climate-driven shocks to global labour markets unless they overhaul their approach to monetary policy, a report published on Wednesday by the London School of Economics warned. The study found...
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Masked ICE agents detain former Afghan who helped US military
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -An Afghan who moved to the United States after working for the U.S. military in his home country was seized by armed, masked immigration agents, put in a van and taken out of state, attorneys and members of Co...
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World News
More than 100 aid, rights groups call for action as hunger spreads in Gaza
By Daphne Psaledakis (Reuters) -More than 100 largely aid and rights groups on Wednesday called for governments to take action as hunger spreads in Gaza, including by demanding an immediate and permanent ceasefire and the lifting of all restrictions on...
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EU-China trade frictions
BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese and European Union leaders will meet in Beijing on Thursday for a summit marking 50 years of diplomatic ties. Here is a timeline of EU-China trade tensions in recent years. Mar 22, 2021 - The EU sanctions four Chinese officia...
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Trump says trade deal struck with Japan includes 15% tariff
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the U.S. and Japan had struck a trade deal that includes a 15% tariff that will be levied on U.S. imports from the country. In a post on Truth Social, Trum...
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Reaction to U.S. trade deal with Japan
(Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the U.S. and Japan had struck a trade deal that includes a 15% tariff that will be levied on U.S. imports from the country. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the deal would include $550 billion of J...
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Japan PM Ishiba to decide his future after assessing tariff talks progress, Yomiuri says
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is planning to decide on his future after assessing progress in tariff negotiations with the United States, Yomiuri newspaper reported on Wednesday. Ishiba is facing growing opposition from within...
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Business News
Vale's iron ore output up 4% with record Q2 at key mine
SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian miner Vale produced 83.6 million metric tons of iron ore in the second quarter, up 3.7% from a year earlier, the company reported on Tuesday. In its output and sales report, Vale said the increase was mainly driven by a n...
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US nuclear weapons agency breached in Microsoft SharePoint hack, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) -U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration was among those breached by a hack of Microsoft's SharePoint document management software, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing a person with knowledge of the matter. Bloomberg reported tha...
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Nikkei rally buoys Asian shares as Trump announces Japan trade deal
By Stella Qiu SYDNEY (Reuters) -Japanese shares led an Asian share market rally on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a trade deal with Japan and fuelled hopes of more to come, offsetting mixed U.S. earnings that highlighted the drag...
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Shares in South Korean automakers rally after US-Japan trade deal
SEOUL (Reuters) -Shares in South Korean automakers rallied on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S. and Japan had struck a trade deal that includes a 15% tariff that will be levied on Japanese exports to the United States. Hyundai M...
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UK private sector pay settlements stagnate at 3%, Brightmine says
LONDON (Reuters) -Pay settlements by British private-sector employers held at 3% in the three months to June, representing a pay cut in inflation-adjusted terms for many workers, according to a survey published on Wednesday. With the Bank of England wa...
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Sports News
Big Ten Media Days: Tony Petitti pushing for four automatic bids
LAS VEGAS -- At the Big Ten's first-ever media day in Nevada on Tuesday, a portion of commissioner Tony Petitti's opening address suggested College Football Playoff odds are stacked against his conference. "It's really simple math," Petitti said at Ma...
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Free agent G Josh Okogie signs with Rockets
The Houston Rockets announced the signing of free agent guard Josh Okogie on Tuesday. The team did not announce the terms, but reports classify the deal as one year for $3.1 million, fully guaranteed. Okogie, 26, is a seven-year NBA veteran and former...
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Astros RHP Lance McCullers Jr. back on IL with finger blister
Houston Astros right-handed pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. was placed back on the injured list Tuesday, retroactive to Sunday, with a right finger blister. This marks Houston's seventh starting pitcher and 17th player total on IL. McCullers, 31, began th...
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Orioles to start RHP Zach Eflin on Wed.; C Adley Rutschman near return
The Baltimore Orioles will bring right-handed pitcher Zach Eflin back from the injured list Wednesday to start that night's game against the host Cleveland Guardians. "Being on the IL here with the lower back strain, he's unhappy," O's interim manager...
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Carlos Alcaraz latest to withdraw from Toronto tourney
World No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz of Spain was the latest star player to bow out of the upcoming National Bank Open on Tuesday, citing the need for physical and mental recovery. Alcaraz follows World No. 1 Jannik Sinner of Italy, Serbian star Novak Djokovic,...
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Health News
Intuitive Surgical reports upbeat quarterly earnings on strong demand for surgical robots
(Reuters) -Intuitive Surgical beat Wall Street estimates for second-quarter profit and revenue on Tuesday, driven by growing demand for its surgical robots used in minimally invasive procedures. A steady rise in demand for elective surgeries has contri...
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Roche pauses shipments of Elevidys gene therapy outside the US, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) -Roche Holding AG paused all shipments of the controversial gene therapy Elevidys, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday. (Reporting by Disha Mishra in Bengaluru; Editing by Alan Barona)
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Factbox-Food companies to phase out artificial colors amid 'Make America Healthy Again' campaign
(Reuters) -Packaged food makers in the U.S. have rolled out plans to eliminate the use of FD&C colors - a category of synthetic dyes - from their products, responding to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again initiative and...
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CapVest eyes majority stake in German drugmaker Stada, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) -London-based buyout firm CapVest Partners is in talks to acquire a majority stake in German drugmaker Stada Arzneimittel, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday. The deal would value Stada Arzneimittel at about 10 billion euros ($11.75 billion) ...
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World Health Organization raises concern about spread of mosquito-borne Chikungunya virus
By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -The World Health Organization issued an urgent call for action on Tuesday to prevent a repeat of an epidemic of the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus that swept the globe two decades ago, as new outbreaks linked t...
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Science News
FAA says power outage forced postponement of SpaceX TRACERS launch
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Aviation Administration said a regional power outage disrupted telecommunications at the Los Angeles Air Route Traffic Control Center, which forced postponing of the SpaceX Falcon 9 TRACERS launch on Tuesday. The regio...
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Iran conducted suborbital test with Qased satellite launch vehicle, report says
DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran conducted a suborbital test with the Qased satellite launch vehicle to evaluate new technologies developed by the country's space industry, semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Monday. "The results of this test will be use...
Jul 21, 2025
Martian meteorite sells for record $5.3 million at Sotheby's
By Roselle Chen NEW YORK (Reuters) -A 54-pound (24.5-kg) Martian meteorite that is the largest known piece of Mars found on Earth has sold for $5.3 million at Sotheby's, setting a new auction record for a meteorite. The auction on Wednesday for the roc...
Jul 17, 2025
Europe's oldest lake settlement uncovered in Albania
By Fatos Bytyci LIN, Albania (Reuters) -Archaeologists working on the shores of Ohrid Lake in Albania are convinced they have uncovered the oldest human settlement built on a European lake, finding evidence of an organised hunting and farming community...
Jul 17, 2025
Israeli research finds that when plants talk, insects listen
TEL AVIV (Reuters) -There is evidence that plants and insects interact through sound, researchers at Tel Aviv University said on Tuesday, opening a new frontier in the study of acoustic communication in nature. The study, published in the journal eLife...
Jul 15, 2025
Technology News
US nuclear weapons agency breached in Microsoft SharePoint hack, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) -U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration was among those breached by a hack of Microsoft's SharePoint document management software, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing a person with knowledge of the matter. Bloomberg reported tha...
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Amazon to buy startup focused on AI wearables
By Greg Bensinger SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Amazon has reached a deal to buy San Francisco-based Bee, a startup making an artificial intelligence-enabled bracelet to listen in on and transcribe conversations. Bee's $50 wristband can analyze and distill ...
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T-Mobile's 5G to power Comcast, Charter wireless business plans
(Reuters) -Comcast and Charter Communications said on Tuesday they would establish a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) that will use T-Mobile's 5G network to serve wireless business customers, with plans to launch next year. Financial terms of the...
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PNC taps Coinbase to create crypto trading offering for bank customers
By Hannah Lang (Reuters) -PNC Bank is working with cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase to offer crypto trading to the bank's customers, the companies said on Tuesday, in a sign that crypto is moving toward becoming increasingly interconnected to mainstrea...
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Texas Instruments third-quarter profit forecast disappoints; shares fall
(Reuters) -Texas Instruments forecast third-quarter profit just shy of Wall Street estimates on Tuesday, as the analog chipmaker invests heavily in boosting capacity, while navigating a global trade war, sending its shares down 8% in extended trading. ...
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Entertainment News
Comedians support CBS 'Late Show' host Colbert, Jon Stewart rips Paramount
By Dawn Chmielewski and Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Late-night rivals and other celebrities rallied to support CBS "Late Show" host Stephen Colbert after the network canceled his show, and comedian Jon Stewart lashed out at Paramount Global fo...
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Reactions to the death of Ozzy Osbourne
LONDON (Reuters) -Ozzy Osbourne, frontman of 1970s British heavy metal band Black Sabbath, has died at the age of 76, his family said on Tuesday. No cause of death was given but Osbourne revealed in 2020 that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's dise...
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National Ballet of Japan set to make UK debut with 'Giselle'
LONDON, 2025 -The National Ballet of Japan is set to perform in Britain for the first time on Thursday when artistic director Miyako Yoshida's production of "Giselle" opens at the Royal Opera House in London. First performed in 1841, "Giselle" tells th...
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Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath's bat-biting frontman, dies aged 76
LONDON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Ozzy Osbourne, frontman of 1970s heavy metal band Black Sabbath, earned his infamy biting the head off a bat on stage and pursuing a drug-fuelled lifestyle before reinventing himself as a loveable if often foul-mouthed rea...
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Universal's $775 million Downtown deal may hinder competition, EU regulators warn
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Universal Music Group unit Virgin Music Group's $775 million acquisition of Downtown Music may hinder competition and remove an important competitor, EU antitrust regulators warned on Tuesday, a move which may requir...
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