Category Archives: Local News
New airport parking ramp open for business
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- You shouldn't have any trouble finding a parking spot during your next trip to the Sioux Falls airport. The new 4-level parking garage is now open. The garage adds about ...
Oct 02, 2024 Sioux Falls Regional Airport graphic.
SIoux Falls exploring options to meet future water needs
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls is jumping on board a proposed new project to deliver Missouri River water to a large area of eastern South Dakota and surrounding states. The City Council un...
Oct 02, 2024 Image: Dakota Mainstem Regional Water System
City Council approves ordinance changes to deal with downtown behavior
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The Sioux Falls City Council takes action to clean up "rowdy and disruptive" behavior in the downtown district. They updated language in the city's ordinance on disorderl...
Oct 02, 2024
Active shooter report at Sioux Falls Washington High not credible
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls police had a heavy police presence outside two schools after checking on the well-being of a person on Monday. Authorities were informed the person they were ...
Oct 01, 2024 Sioux Falls Police cruiser. KELO.com News file photo.
The promise and peril of AI in the medical field
VERMILLION, SD (KELO.com) -- Senator Mike Rounds is pushing to put Artificial Intelligence to work on preparing for future pandemics. Students at the Sanford/USD Med school in Vermillion are right the...
Oct 01, 2024 sdecoret / Depositphotos.com
Rounds aware of foreign attempts to influence election
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KELO.com) -- For years, enemy nations have tried to sway US elections. The Senate Intelligence Committee was recently briefed about foreign attempts to interfere this election cycle....
Sep 28, 2024
Mike Rowe: Build Dakota Scholarship "crushing it"
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- It was a birthday bash that drew a big name. Mike Rowe, the star of "Dirty Jobs", made a whirlwind tour of South Dakota's Technical Colleges yesterday to celebrate the te...
Sep 27, 2024
Governor's Cup Rodeo draws biggest names on the circuit
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The gate swings open for the Governor's Cup Rodeo at the Sanford Premier center in Sioux Falls Thursday night. Only in its second year, the Governor's Cup has become the ...
Sep 26, 2024 dmitriko / Depositphotos.com
Sheriff's Office asking for help in finding rape suspect
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- He's wanted for first-degree rape and sexual contact with a child under the age of 16. The Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office is asking for help to find 31-year old Austin...
Sep 26, 2024
Local schools honored by U.S. Department of Education as "Blue Ribbon" schools
WASHINGTON, DC (KELO.com) -- Several South Dakota schools are being recognized as Blue Ribbon schools - some of the best in the nation. Among them are Christ the King Elementary in Sioux Falls, and Le...
Sep 24, 2024 SilvaPinto / Depositphotos.com
