Category Archives: Local News

Police identify pedestrian killed by school bus
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- It's too early to know if charges will be filed, but police have now identified the victim in yesterday's bus/pedestrian accident in Sioux Falls. 50-year old Byron Cardon...
Tom Rooney Dec 14, 2023 Sioux Falls Police take a suspect into custody after a foot chase in downtown Sioux Falls, 11/2/20. KELO.com News photo by Liz Ryan.

Man dies in accident involving school bus
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- A 50 year old man is dead after being hit by a school bus in Sioux Falls this morning. Police Information Officer Sam Clemens describes the scene. The man was pronounced ...
Tom Rooney Dec 13, 2023 Sioux Falls Police cruiser. KELO.com News file photo.

Children's Miracle Network at Sanford Children's Radiothon a big success
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- YOU made a big difference in making miracles happen! The 18th annual Radiothon for Kids raised over $200,000 to help kids and their families at Sanford Children's Hospi...
Rich Keller Dec 09, 2023

Drunk driver injures child in collision in Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A Friday accident sends a child to the hospital, and a man to jail. Thirty three year old Nathan Earley drove his 2012 Hyundai Genesis through a red light at the inters...
Rich Keller Dec 09, 2023 Sioux Falls Police cruiser door. KELO.com News file photo.

Crime spree lands Sioux Falls man in jail
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- A Sioux Falls man will be in court Friday afternoon to face charges on a crime spree in the city Wednesday. Police officer Michelle Hockett says it all began when 30-year...
Tom Rooney Dec 08, 2023 Sioux Falls Police cruiser. KELO.com News file photo.

Man in custody, Dell Rapids family threatened at gunpoint, officers injured
DELL RAPIDS, SD (KELO.com) -- They were greeted at gunpoint in their own home. Captain Josh Phillips of the Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office says three adults returned home just off I-29 at the Dell ...
Tom Rooney Dec 07, 2023 KELO.com News photo by Ray Crockett.

Sioux Falls man faces up to life in prison and $1-million fine in drug case
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- He'll have plenty of time to consider his crime. 25-year old Armando Cheshier of Sioux Falls was convicted by a federal jury on drug charges. He distributed fentanyl and ...
Tom Rooney Dec 05, 2023 michael scott / CC

Carjacking results in 12 year prison term
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- A Sioux Falls man faces more than a decade in prison for a 2022 carjacking. 26-year old Jose Uribe pleaded guilty to pulling a shotgun on a man who was giving him a ride ...
Tom Rooney Dec 05, 2023 Tingey Injury Law Firm / Unsplash

New construction down sharply from 2022 record, but still good
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- With one month to go, Sioux Falls building is much slower than a year ago, but 2023 is still a good year. That's the assessment from City Building Permit Chief Butch Warr...
Tom Rooney Dec 05, 2023 Concrete Forms / CC

Police launch $50-thousand campaign to reduce car thefts
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The men and women in blue say they've talked until they're blue in the face, but they wonder if anyone's listening. So, Sioux Falls police trying a new method of communic...
Tom Rooney Dec 05, 2023 Sioux Falls Police cruiser door. KELO.com News file photo.


