Category Archives: Local News

SFPD Officer hospitalized after being struck by vehicle while responding to call
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A Sioux Falls Police officer has been hospitalized after being struck by a car driven by a woman the officer was investigating. The incident began when police were call...
Max Remington Oct 14, 2022 Sioux Falls Police patch and badge.

Domestic abuser on the run from Minnehaha County Sheriff
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The Minnehaha County Sheriff is looking for a domestic abuser. Authorities are on the lookout for Aaron Josef Sharpfish. Sharpfish is wanted for Aggravated Assault Dome...
Rich Keller Oct 09, 2022

Supplemental spending on tap for Sioux Falls City Council
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Supplemental appropriations will be discussed at Tuesday's Sioux Falls City council meeting. The council will deal with using $70,000 for a new vehicle for the police d...
Rich Keller Oct 09, 2022

SFPD looking for window breaking vandals
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls police are looking for information on three people who broke windows. The department says the three broke a window at Blown Away Vape on Minnesota Avenue ea...
Julia Kaye Oct 08, 2022 Photo: Sioux Falls Police Facebook page

SDSU ROTC cadet wins major award
BROOKINGS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- It's a major award for an SDSU student. Samantha Gortmaker, an SDSU Air Force ROTC cadet from Pierre is the recipient of the Legion of Valor Bronze Cross for Achievement....
Rich Keller Oct 08, 2022

Hunger starting to encroach on South Dakota students
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Hunger is on the rise for South Dakota school children. A federal program that provided free meals to all American schoolchildren during COVID-19 has ended, causing mor...
Rich Keller Oct 08, 2022 Jane Stavem

Scammers gravitating to the internet
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Scammers are now flocking to the internet. Tactics used by scammers have shifted drastically during the past several years, with scams being perpetrated online rising 8...
Rich Keller Oct 08, 2022

Minnehaha County Sheriff searching for bad boy
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A bad boy is on the run, and the Minnehaha County sheriff is looking for him. The sheriff is looking for Christopher Alan Becker Jr. Becker is wanted for Felony weapons...
Rich Keller Oct 02, 2022

City Council meets twice on Tuesday
SIOUX FALLS,, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The Sioux Falls City council will be doing double duty on Tuesday. At the 4 pm informational meeting, the council will hear from the Homeless task force, as well as th...
Rich Keller Oct 02, 2022

Sound the Alarm and stop the late night chirp
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls Fire Rescue reminds you to change the batteries in your smoke alarm once a year so you don't have to wake up to late-night chirping. You're also advised to ...
Julia Kaye Oct 01, 2022


