Category Archives: Local News
Immunization Numbers Are Down
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Immunizations are down and measles cases are up in South Dakota. The local chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics is encouraging parents to talk with their healt...
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Freeman Academy Won't Be Welcoming a New Class of Students This Year
FREEMAN, SD (KELO.com) -- For the first time in 125 years, Freeman Academy won't welcome a new class of students this year. The Academy closed due to low enrollment and financial challenges. Leaders a...
Aug 12, 2026 Freeman Academy
Sioux Falls City Council Members Are Working on Next Years Proposed Budget
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls City Council members are working their way through the proposed budget for next year. Council chair Rich Merkouris calls it a status quo budget that's very co...
Aug 12, 2026 Sioux Falls City Council
A Highmore Daycare is Moving into a New Home
HIGHMORE, SD (KELO.com) -- A Highmore daycare is moving into a new home after a storm in June destroyed its former location. Iseman Homes of Pierre bought the 23-hundred square foot facility for Littl...
Aug 12, 2026 Photo Credit: Little Pirates Childcare Center Facebook
Data Center Plans on Hold for McPherson County
MCPHERSON COUNTY, SD (KELO.com) -- Citizen concerns have caused McPherson County officials to pump the brakes on a proposed 50-megawatt data center. Citizens are concerned about water usage and the im...
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Canton Police Helping with a Child ID Kit Event
CANTON, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The Canton Police Department is inviting the public out to the school open house. They will be helping with Child ID Kits. The VFW Post & Auxiliary will be hosting the e...
Aug 12, 2026
Brandon Valley Baseball is Restoring Damaged Grandstand After Fire
BRANDON, S.D. (KELO.com) --Brandon Valley Baseball is working to restore First National Bank Field after a fire last week. In a post on Facebook, the association provided an update, saying the crimina...
Aug 12, 2026
Habitat for Humanity Broke Ground on a New Twin Home Development
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A new affordable housing development is officially under construction after a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday. The Cliffview Heights project is being built in the no...
Aug 12, 2026
Flags Will Be Flown at Half-Staff Wednesday
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) --Today, Governor Larry Rhoden ordered that flags be flown at half-staff at the State Capitol from sunrise until sunset on Thursday, August 13, 2026, in honor of former state t...
Aug 12, 2026 Photo Credit: Your Observer
Canton Police Received a Swatting Call Monday
CANTON, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Yesterday the Canton Police Department received a call from someone saying they had just murdered their family and that they were still armed. The caller refused to exit the...
Aug 11, 2026
