Category Archives: Local News

One killed in rollover crash
GARRETSON, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A one vehicle rollover crash has left one person dead. On Friday at at 2:30 p.m., the Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office was dispatched to the area of 245 th Street and 48...
Rich Keller Oct 22, 2022 Fatal accident graphic.

Yankton drug dealer is sentenced
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A Yankton drug dealer now knows his fate. Ronald D. Minniefield, was sentenced to 12 years and 7 months in federal prison followed by 5 years of supervised release. Min...
Rich Keller Oct 22, 2022 Blogtrepreneur / CC

USDA to help farmers in financial trouble
DES MOINES, IA (AP) -- Help is on the way for farmers in financial crisis. The federal government announced a program that provides $1.3 billion in debt relief for about 36,000 farmers who have fallen...
Rich Keller Oct 22, 2022 (Photo by Perry Beeman/Iowa Capital Dispatch)

One person dead after crash in northeastern Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- One person died and two others were injured Wednesday night in a two-vehicle crash in northeastern Sioux Falls. Authorities say a Hyundai Elantra was eastbound on 258th...
Max Remington Oct 21, 2022 Fatal crash graphic.

Sioux Falls woman identified as victim in Hanson County fatal crash
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A Sioux Falls woman has been identified as the person who died Friday afternoon in a one-vehicle crash southwest of Alexandria. 48-year-old Florinda Mendez was travelin...
Max Remington Oct 19, 2022 Fatal accident graphic.

South Dakota ACT scores above national average
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The Mount Rushmore state has great faces and great brains South Dakota's graduating class of 2022 earned an average ACT composite score of 21.5, which is above the national ...
Rich Keller Oct 16, 2022 Vasily Koloda / Unsplash

Minnehaha County Comission to purchase new trucks
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Equipment purchases will be discussed at Tuesday's Minnehaha Count Commissioner's meeting. The commissioners will take up the issue of a Request to Purchase Two Ford Pi...
Rich Keller Oct 16, 2022 Minnehaha County logo.

City Council to increase spending by amending Capital Improvement Plan
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Amending the Capital Improvement Plan for 2022-2026 will be on tap for the Sioux Falls City Council. There will be a hearing on changes to the plan, which will include ...
Rich Keller Oct 16, 2022

Farm Party near Dell Rapids this weekend; helping benefit South Dakota military kids
DELL RAPIDS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- It's a Farm Party this weekend at Willow Meadow Farm, just south of Dell Rapids. The farm, home to the Blue the Emu who went on the lam this summer, hosts a vendor fair...
Julia Kaye Oct 15, 2022

Iowa senators fight for farmers
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KELO.com) -- Iowa Senator Joni Ernst is fighting to increase markets for farmers. Senator Ernst led a bipartisan measure to double funding for two key programs which help expand U.S....
Rich Keller Oct 15, 2022 RB4


