Category Archives: Local News
An Overturned Semi Closed Both Southbound Lanes of I-29 Near Toronto
TORONTO, SD (KELO.com) -- A semi-truck crash blocked the southbound lanes of I-29 near the Toronto exit Thursday. The truck flipped on its side, blocking both lanes. The Highway Patrol directed driver...
Aug 07, 2026 Photo Credit: South Dakota Highway Patrol
Two People Have Pleaded Guilty to Stealing from a Federal Housing Program
SISSETON WAHPETON RESERVATION (KELO.com) -- Two people have pleaded guilty to stealing from a federal housing program on the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate reservation. Fifty-three-year-old Eric Shepherd of ...
Aug 07, 2026 Crime graphic.
Iowa's Property Tax Reform Plan is Tops in the Nation
DES MOINES, IA (KELO.com) -- Iowa's property tax reform plan is tops in the nation according to a report by Common Sense Institute. The Institute says Iowa's reforms created the largest property tax r...
Aug 07, 2026 designer491 / Depositphotos.com
A Sioux Falls Woman Has Died in A Motorcycle Crash
LAWRENCE COUNTY, SD (KELO.com) -- A collision between two motorcycles has taken the life of a Sioux Falls woman. She was eastbound on U-S Highway 14A. A motorcyclist traveling westbound failed to nego...
Aug 07, 2026 Fatal crash graphic.
Bikers Headed to the Sturgis Rally Are Packing the Roads
MITCHELL, SD (KELO.com) -- The road between Mitchell and Sturgis is packed with bikers headed to the Sturgis rally. Mitchell held its annual pre-Sturgis party Thursday night, which gave Main Street Mi...
Aug 07, 2026
Uncle Ed Munce has Passed Away
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Uncle Ed Munce has passed away. Ed and his son Matt started Uncle Ed's Specialty Meats in 2001. Long before Uncle Ed's, Mr. Munce served the country with the 25th Infan...
Aug 07, 2026 Photo Courtesy: Uncle Ed's Facebook
Tribal President Kathleen Wooden Knife Has Been Suspended
KEYAPAHA, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The Rosebud Sioux Tribe is unanimously suspending Tribal President Kathleen Wooden Knife. The suspension takes place immediately. The tribe council voted 17-to-zero in fav...
Aug 07, 2026 Rosebud Sioux Tribe
Fatal Crash in Northern Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Emergency crews responded to the 4800 Block of N. 4th Ave for a single vehicle ATV crash. The investigation revealed that the ATV was heading southbound on 4th Ave and ...
Aug 07, 2026 Fatal accident graphic.
Suspect Arrested in a Hit and Run Crash That Killed a Pedestrian in Eagle Butte
EAGLE BUTTE, SD (KELO.com) -- Officers with the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Department of Law Enforcement responded to a report of a serious incident involving a vehicle striking a male pedestrian in E...
Aug 06, 2026
Highway 126 Reopened Near Crooks Following a Train Derailment
CROOKS, SD (KELO.com) -- The Minnehaha County Highway Department says County Highway 126 is now back open to traffic following a train derailment northwest of Crooks Wednesday. No injuries were report...
Aug 06, 2026 FILE PHOTO: REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
