Category Archives: Local News

Pay raises are coming for Minnehaha County's elected officials
Minnehaha County (KELO.com) -- Minnehaha County's elected department heads are about to get a significant pay raise. The increases are the end result of a compensation study, even though commissioners...
Alisha Reinhart Dec 17, 2025

Sioux Falls Budget numbers end on a positive note
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO.com) -- Some hopeful signs for the Sioux Falls City budget as we near year-end. Sales tax receipts are still below budget projects but they're improving. The big news comes from ...
Alisha Reinhart Dec 17, 2025 Steve Shook / CC

Pet Rescues are asking Sioux Falls for donations this holiday season
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO.com) -- Pet rescues are asking for donations to help their animals this holiday season. Rescue Network says they've welcomed about 100 animals over the past two weeks and already...
Alisha Reinhart Dec 16, 2025 amyinlondon / Depositphotos.com

The new Frank Olson Recreation Center receives generous donation
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO.com) -- The Sioux Falls Parks and Recreation System just received another healthy shot in the arm. Joe and Jennifer Kirby are making a one-million-dollar donation for the new Fra...
Alisha Reinhart Dec 16, 2025 Sioux falls parks and recreation

Edward Brinkley found not guilty in a Sioux Falls murder case
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO.com) -- A Sioux Falls jury finds 40-year-old Edward Brinkley not guilty in a murder case. Brinkley was acquitted of killing Richard Sowers back in March of 2024. The jury deliber...
Alisha Reinhart Dec 16, 2025

Sioux Falls cancer patient is the victim of fraud
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls police say a 66-year-old local man is the victim of an online fraud that has cost him 67-thousand dollars. The victim has cancer and was in contact with a wom...
Alisha Reinhart Dec 15, 2025 tashatuvango / Depositphotos.com

Community members are matching donations during the Salvation Army Red Kettle Bell Drive
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO.com) -- You get the rare chance to turn a 20-dollar bill into a hundred tomorrow. The Salvation Army Red Kettle Bell Drive has become a key part of the ministry's fundraising eff...
Alisha Reinhart Dec 12, 2025 j_lai / CC

Cold weather expected over the weekend
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO.com) -- Grab some extra blankets and put on extra layers if you're headed outdoors this weekend. Another Alberta clipper is headed our way with several inches of snow and bitterl...
Alisha Reinhart Dec 12, 2025 MVolodymyr / Depositphotos.com

Powerball Jackpot rises over one billion dollars
South Dakota (KELO.com) -- Lottery fever is setting in again, as the Powerball Jackpot rises above the one-billion-dollar mark for tomorrow night's drawing. It's been more than three months since some...
Alisha Reinhart Dec 12, 2025 S.D. Lottery logo.

Free school lunches for the kids at Madison Elementary School
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO.com) -- An anonymous donor is covering the cost of student lunches at Madison elementary school. The 15-thousand dollar gift buys lunch for all 525 students for the entire week. ...
Alisha Reinhart Dec 12, 2025 HighwayStarz / Depositphotos.com

