Category Archives: Local News
Legislators push for more control over long-term leases following One Stop questions
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Some push back in the legislature on the long-term leases for the One Stop government centers in Sioux Falls and Rapid City. The state Senate Appropriations committee vot...
Feb 20, 2025 South Dakota House of Representatives. KELO.com News file photo by Todd Epp.
Parks & Rec Department working on 2030 master plan, seeking input
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- They're planning the future for Sioux Falls Park and Recreation, and they want to hear from you. Parks & Rec department leaders have been working on the 2030 Park Sys...
Feb 20, 2025 A Sioux Falls swimming pool. Photo from the Sioux Falls Parks and Recreation Department.
Fencing off vacant downtown lot put on hold in Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The idea of fencing off part of downtown is on hold in Sioux Falls. The City Council deferred action on a proposal last night to lease a vacant lot near the Bishop Dudley...
Feb 19, 2025
Raw crime numbers up, per-capita numbers down in Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- How safe is the city of Sioux Falls??? Mayor Paul TenHaken and area law enforcement officials released the semi-annual crime stats Tuesday. Police Chief Jon Thum says the...
Feb 19, 2025 BrianAJackson / Depositphotos.com
Petition drive started to keep Brockhouse collection in Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- At least one more attempt is going to be made to keep the Brockhouse animal collection in Sioux Falls. The City Council voted last week to donate the collection - which h...
Feb 17, 2025 Photo Courtesy: Great Plains Zoo & Delbridge Museum of Natural History
Suspect in Brandon standoff identified
BRANDON, SD (KELO.com) -- The suspect who died in an armed standoff in Brandon this week has been identified. Attorney General Marty Jackley confirms that 43-year old Abe Boushee's body was found in t...
Feb 14, 2025 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Brandon suspect presumed dead in armed standoff
BRANDON, SD (KELO.com) -- A suspect is presumed dead in an armed standoff in Brandon. U-S Marshals were met with gunfire as they attempted to serve an arrest warrant yesterday afternoon. Minnehaha Cou...
Feb 13, 2025 BrianAJackson / Depositphotos.com
Sioux Falls releases city health assessment report
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Obesity, substance abuse and mental health - three areas of top health concerns in Sioux Falls. The City Health Department unveiled its Community Health Assessment this m...
Feb 12, 2025 Falls Community Health
Delbridge Museum collection headed out of Sioux Falls
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- It was the largest private taxidermy collection of wild safari animals in the world - located in Sioux Falls - but not for long. The Sioux Falls City Council ended a year and ...
Feb 12, 2025 Photo Courtesy: Great Plains Zoo & Delbridge Museum of Natural History
City councilors headed to decision on Delbridge Museum collection
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- A hard decision ahead Tuesday night on the Delbridge Museum animals. City Councilor Miranda Bayse has a personal, life-long connection to the taxidermy display. Despite t...
Feb 11, 2025 Photo Courtesy: Great Plains Zoo & Delbridge Museum of Natural History
