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Lewis and Clark Lake facing silt problems
YANKTON, SD (KELO.com) -- Slowly but surely, Lewis and Clark Lake near Yankton is filling in with mud and silt. The Missouri Sedimentation Action Coalition is working on solutions. Executive Director ...
May 10, 2023 Tony Webster / CC
Spring planting showing good progress
BRIDGEWATER, SD (KELO.com) -- The first week of planting is down, and all is going well. Last week, we introduced you to Jason Hofer, a 4th generation farmer near Bridgewater. The wheels of the plante...
May 10, 2023 U.S. Department of Agriculture
Fentanyl Awareness Day - a day of tragic remembrance
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- This is a day of tragic remembrance - National Fentanyl Awareness Day. Fentanyl is deadly and often the focus of attention in discussions concerning drug problems. But ac...
May 09, 2023 Fentanyl in powder (left) and pill form confiscated 3/16/21. Photos from SFPD.
Fighting back against sex and labor trafficking
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Human Sex and Labor Trafficking is a crime that's been reported in every county in the United States. It's expected to get worse this week, with the expiration of Title 4...
May 09, 2023 Call to Freedom logo.
Sioux Falls man behind bars after punching and strangling minors
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A Sioux Falls man is facing numerous charges after strangling multiple minors over the weekend. Police say the incident occurred Sunday afternoon in the 800 block of No...
May 08, 2023 Graphic courtesy: Sioux Falls Police
Sioux Falls HyVee evacuated after bomb threat
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A Sioux Falls grocery store had to be evacuated in response to a bomb threat. Sioux Falls police directed employees and customers to leave the HyVee at 3000 South Minne...
May 07, 2023
South Dakota ready to go on Medicaid expansion
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- South Dakota voters are about to see the fruit of their vote to expand Medicaid. Department of Social Services Secretary Matt Althoff says rolling it out is a massive undertak...
May 04, 2023 Medicaid logo.
Daycare grant program ready to roll
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- New daycare operations may be popping up across South Dakota thanks to a grant program. The Legislature approved the program in efforts to make daycare available to people wan...
May 04, 2023 S.D. State Capitol in Pierre. Adobe Stock photo via GDNS.
Legislators still waiting for housing infrastructure program
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- Progress is being made, but there are a lot of steps. That's the message from South Dakota Housing Interim Executive Director Chas Olson on a new housing infrastructure progra...
May 04, 2023 Great Valley Center / CC
Emergency workers in short supply in rural South Dakota
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- They're facing a shortage of manpower - and it could be a life and death situation. Ambulance and Emergency medical services are hard to staff...especially in rural areas. Sta...
May 04, 2023 Paul Long / CC
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