Category Archives: Local News
Sioux Falls School District launches "Show Up" attendance improvement campaign
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- It's called the "Show Up" campaign, and it's designed to make exactly that happen in the Sioux Falls School District. It's a campaign designed in partnership with marketi...
Aug 26, 2024 Thomas Park / Unsplash
1 dead, 3 injured, 3 arrested in pair of weekend shooting incidents
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls Police are investigating a pair of weekend shooting incidents. One local man died, and three more are hospitalized in an incident that happened late Sunday af...
Aug 26, 2024 Sioux Falls Police cruiser. KELO.com News file photo.
Heat wave engulfs area
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Hot weather is making a major comeback this weekend. High temps into the 90's, as well as stifling humidity is expected to engulf the KELO listening area. Heat indexes ...
Aug 24, 2024
Approaching heat wave forces cancellation of Sioux Falls Marathon - Half-Marathon and 5K still scheduled
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Hot weather is returning just in time for the Sioux Falls Marathon this weekend and its having an impact on the event. Organizers have cancelled the full marathon due to ...
Aug 23, 2024
Casa Del Rey to reopen under new owners
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Popular Mexican restaurant Casa Del Rey closed its doors in Sioux Falls a couple of weeks ago...but it's about to reopen under new ownership. Casa Del Rey had been in bus...
Aug 23, 2024 Photo: Casa Del Rey
Early morning shooting leaves Sioux Falls youth dead
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- A Sioux Falls youth is dead and two people are charged in an early morning shooting near 7th and Summit earlier this week. Police Lieutenant Aaron Neiberg identified 33-y...
Aug 22, 2024
34 years later, Lewis & Clark water arrives in Madison
MADISON, SD (KELO.com) -- It took over 30 years and plenty of patience, but Madison City leaders say it's worth the wait. The Lewis & Clark Regional Water System is celebrating the connection of M...
Aug 22, 2024 Lewis and Clark Regional Water System water tank. Photo from SDNW.
Harrisburg City Council: Unanimous "no" on prison tie-in to city sewage plant
HARRISBURG, SD (KELO.com) -- The City of Harrisburg has decided to just say "no" to seven million dollars being offered by the state. Accepting the money would have allowed the proposed new men's pris...
Aug 21, 2024 Image: S.D. Department of Corrections
Police to pay extra attention to school zone driving violations
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Depending on where you live, the new school year already has, or is about to resume. With that in mind, Sioux Falls police Sergeant Travis Olsen has some friendly advice ...
Aug 20, 2024 Thomas Park / Unsplash
SDSU gets big grant for swine research
BROOKINGS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- It's a big gift that will help bring home the bacon. The South Dakota Corn Utilization Council has committed $1.2 million toward an expansion of the Swine Education and R...
Aug 17, 2024
