Category Archives: Local News

SF Police investigate armed robbery on East Arrowhead
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls police are investigating an armed robbery that happened on the city's east side shortly before 11pm Thursday night. A man entered a business near East Arrowhe...
Tom Rooney Jun 12, 2026 Armed robbery graphic.

Madison fireworks display back on again
MADISON, SD (KELO.com) -- The show will go on in Madison - the annual 4th of July fireworks show that is. Officials announced recently that budget restrictions were forcing cancellation of the pyrotec...
Tom Rooney Jun 12, 2026

Crime of the week: business burglary near I-229 and Russell
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- This week's Crime of the Week - Sioux Falls Police are asking for your help in solving a burglary on the city's northwest side. Police Information Officer Aaron Benson sa...
Tom Rooney Jun 12, 2026

PINZ owner ready to rebuild after fire
DELL RAPIDS, SD (KELO.com) -- The PINZ Bowling alley in Dell Rapids will be rebuilt. Owner Casey McCoy's bowling alley and restaurant were destroyed by fire last week. He says he initially felt defeat...
Tom Rooney Jun 12, 2026

Erickson gains law enforcement endorsements in Mayoral race
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls Mayoral Candidate Christine Erickson has picked up law enforcement endorsements. Attorney General Marty Jackley and Lincoln County Sheriff Steve Swenson have ...
Tom Rooney Jun 12, 2026

Sioux Falls man sentenced for meth/fentanyl distribution
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- A Sioux Falls man will spend the next decade in prison for distributing meth and fentanyl in the area. 42 year old Kyle Heinemann was a sub distributor for a California a...
Tom Rooney Jun 12, 2026 Find Rehab Centers / CC

SFPD marks successful Camp POSTCARD with youth
LAKE ENEMY SWIM, SD (KELO.com) -- Nearly 70 kids at a weeklong camp with cops. Officers from the Sioux Falls Police Department, Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office, Highway Patrol and Game, Fish & P...
Tom Rooney Jun 11, 2026 Sioux Falls Police emblem.

Beating suspect pleads guilty
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- A suspect in a deadly beating at Cherry Rock Park in Sioux Falls last September pleads guilty. Chaska Little Bear was scheduled for trial in January. Instead, he's pleadi...
Tom Rooney Jun 11, 2026 JanPietruszka / Depositphotos.com

High speed chase ends in arrest of Sioux Falls man
BROOKINGS, SD (KELO.com) -- A 25-year old Sioux Falls man faces several charges following a high-speed chase in the Brookings area. A Brookings County Sheriff's Deputy tried to pull over a 2020 Ford M...
Tom Rooney Jun 11, 2026 Brookings County Sheriff's badge. Photo from BCSO Facebook page.

GOED approves incentives for new Smithfield Foods plant
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The new Smithfield Foods plant is on the short list of projects receiving a shot in the arm from the state. The Board of Economic Development has approved nearly $30-mill...
Tom Rooney Jun 11, 2026 Smithfield plant. KELO.com file photo.


