Category Archives: Local News

Sioux Falls recycling rate declines
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Recycling rates in Sioux Falls are headed in reverse, and city officials are working to reverse the trend. Public Works Director Mark Cotter says city residents will save...
Tom Rooney Nov 07, 2023 A garbage truck at a Sioux Falls landfill. Image via City of Sioux Falls.

Well known pianist returns to Sioux Falls where it all started
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- From communist oppression in Ukraine in the 1990's to soaring the heights of performing at Carnegie Hall. Well-known Pianist Angelina Gadeliya spent part of her childhood...
Tom Rooney Nov 06, 2023

One killed in early morning rollover in Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- An early morning accident in Sioux Falls has left one person dead and another in critical condition. At about 3 o'clock this morning a 2015 Ford fusion lost control and...
Rich Keller Nov 04, 2023 Fatal accident graphic.

Sioux Falls women sentenced for distributing drugs for cartels in South Dakota
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Two Sioux Falls woman face lengthy prison terms for dealing meth and fentanyl. Kessara Mikkelson and Asia Gunhammer pleaded guilty to distribution charges in July. Mikkel...
Tom Rooney Nov 03, 2023 James Yarema / Unsplash

Authorities discover those behind bomb threats at Flandreau school
FLANDREAU, SD (KELO.com) -- Two juveniles have been identified as the ones responsible for bomb threats at the Flandreau school at the beginning of the school year. Moody County Sheriff Troy Wellman e...
Tom Rooney Nov 03, 2023

Highway Patrol silent on Dell Rapids accident
DELL RAPIDS, SD (KELO.com) -- The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating an incident on the south side of Dell Rapids yesterday afternoon, but so far, isn't talking about it. Residents say there...
Tom Rooney Nov 02, 2023

Colman-Egan voters headed to the polls for bond issue
COLMAN, SD (KELO.com) -- Voters in the Colman/Egan School District go to the polls next week to consider a 6.3-million dollar bond issue. Superintendent Scott Hemmer says the school is in the midst of...
Tom Rooney Nov 01, 2023

Sioux Falls road construction season coming to a close
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Our light brush with winter weather this week is about to bring an end to our other season in Sioux Falls...the road construction season. City and state crews are wrappin...
Tom Rooney Nov 01, 2023

Southeast Technical College a finalist for $1-million award for excellence
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Southeast Technical College is in the running for a one-million dollar prize for excellence. The Sioux Falls school is among 150 finalists out of a thousand schools for t...
Tom Rooney Nov 01, 2023

Eat Well Mobile Market adds new locations
The first affordable mobile grocery store to serve neighborhoods in Sioux Falls opened Oct. 10 with three locations in neighborhoods around the Cliff Avenue and Benson Road intersection. Starting tomo...
Tom Rooney Nov 01, 2023


