Category Archives: Local News
Getting Pulled Over to Get Your Money Back
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A motorist was pulled over by South Dakota's top law enforcement officer and he's thankful. Attorney General Marty Jackcley noticed the driver left behind a few hundred...
Aug 14, 2026 Attorney General
Marty Jackley
Tuesday's Storm Destroyed Rosebud Sioux Tribe's Youth Center
ROSEBUD, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The Rosebud Sioux Tribe is asking for help to rebuild a youth center destroyed in storms Tuesday. The facility was under construction but was leveled by high winds as it ne...
Aug 14, 2026 Rosebud Sioux Tribe
Watertown Man is Facing Additional Charges
WATERTOWN, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A Watertown man faces additional charges of sexually exploiting a minor. 23-year old Alex Kowalski was back in court yesterday after a young boy said Kowalski pinned him ...
Aug 14, 2026 PRSA-NY / CC
Plea Change in the McKenna Wendel death investigation
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A suspect in the McKenna Wendel death investigation is planning to change his plea. Jon Rogness is charged with conspiracy to conceal objects and accessory after the fa...
Aug 14, 2026 McKenna Wendel
Helping Students Start Strong
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- As students across the community prepare to head back to the classroom, local organizations are stepping up to help families with the rising costs of school supplies. S...
Aug 14, 2026 Substitute teacher Laurie Hansen Neisen ran students through a math lesson at Creekside Elementary School in Spearfish in fall 2021. Photo by SDNW.
Alex Badura of Rapid City will spend 12 years in prison
RAPID CITY, SD (KELO.com) -- He admits to using Artificial Intelligence to create child pornography. For that, 27-year-old Alex Badura of Rapid City will spend 12 years in prison. He used generative A...
Aug 13, 2026 Crime graphic.
High Demand Has Grant County's Only Licensed Childcare Center Opening a Third Location
GRANT COUNTY, SD (KELO.com) -- Grant County's only licensed childcare center is opening a third location due to high demand. Backyard Bulldogs Child Care director Kelsey Buttke says the first two cent...
Aug 13, 2026 Photo Credit: Backyard Bulldogs Child Care Center Facebook
The Driver Who Caused a Deadly Crash in 2024 is Expected in Court Today
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) --The driver who caused a deadly crash in 2024 is asking for a lighter sentence. Damion Laurelez took a plea deal in a case involving the death of two teenage passengers a...
Aug 13, 2026
A Pine Ridge Man is Facing 14 Felony Counts
PINE RIDGE, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A Pine Ridge man is facing 14 felony counts for a homicide in Sioux Falls in 2024. Robin Joseph Swallow is pleading not guilty by reason of insanity. He is accused of be...
Aug 13, 2026 Crime graphic.
Two Highway Patrol Officers Almost Struck by Lightning
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) --Two South Dakota Highway Patrol troopers are going viral after nearly being hit by lightning. The lightning strike was captured on body camera footage just feet away from the...
Aug 13, 2026
