Category Archives: Local News
Efforts to develop archive and research center at Blood Run
BLOOD RUN NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK (KELO.com) -- You could never tell by looking at it today, but a spot straddling the Iowa/South Dakota border once was home to one of the largest population center...
Oct 25, 2024 Photo: State Historical Society of Iowa
Absentee voters lining up to cast their ballots
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Election day is two weeks away, and the lines are growing among absentee voters in Minnehaha County. Auditor Leah Anderson says they've averaged over 300 absentee ballots...
Oct 22, 2024 hemul75 / Depositphotos.com
Minnehaha County Sheriff searches for wanted man
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A bad guy is on the loose, and the Minnehaha County Sheriff's office needs your help in bringing him in. Authorities are looking for 28 year old Luis Zuniga. Zuniga is ...
Oct 19, 2024
Slowing economy hits Sioux Falls city sales tax revenue stream
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Sales tax collections are declining in Sioux Falls, But the impact on the city budget doesn't appear to be too severe. City Finance Director Shawn Prichett says sales tax...
Oct 18, 2024
Sanford, City moving forward with Westside Recreation Center
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls Park & Rec officials want to stamp out the rumors. At a news conference Thursday morning, Parks & Rec Director Don Kearney removed doubts about a city...
Oct 18, 2024 Photo: City of Sioux Falls
Governor Noem intervenes to defend ban on gender affirming care
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- Governor Kristi Noem says it's about protecting South Dakota kids - and the state's "Help Not Harm" law. That law was passed in 2023. It bans transgender affirming medical pro...
Oct 16, 2024 serezniy / Depositphotos.com
County commissioners accused of treason in election dispute
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Minnehaha County Commissioners are being accused of treason...and they don't take very kindly to the accusation. The charge came during the public comment section of the ...
Oct 16, 2024 Minnehaha County Courthouse. Photo from ujs.sd.gov.
Dakota State Applied Research Lab taking shape
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The steel framework for the Dakota State Applied Research Lab is beginning to take shape on the northwest edge of Sioux Falls. As that happens, Applied Research Corporati...
Oct 15, 2024
Police asking for public's help in another shooting case
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- No arrests, but Sioux Falls police are investigating a pair of shooting incidents. One took place Sunday evening in an apartment on North Prairie Avenue. A man pulled a g...
Oct 15, 2024 Sioux Falls Police cruiser. KELO.com News file photo.
Grand Theft indictment for Sioux Falls man
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A Sioux Falls man has been indicted on Grand Theft charges. Matthew Wilson, 39, was indicted by a Lincon County Grand Jury for "exercising unauthorized control" over th...
Oct 12, 2024 PRSA-NY / CC
