Category Archives: Local News

Sioux Area Metro changes Saturday schedule, is looking for more drivers
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Due to continued driver shortage, beginning Saturday, July 2, 2022, Sioux Area Metro (SAM) will end SAM On Demand, Paratransit, and Crosstown route services at 3 p.m. f...
Todd Epp Jun 29, 2022 Sioux Area Metro logo.

Mosquitos and you
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- If weather conditions permit, the City of Sioux Falls Health Department will be spraying for mosquitoes in targeted areas of Sioux Falls this evening Sioux Falls Zones ...
Anthony Albano Jun 28, 2022 Enrique Dans / CC

Smithfield workers say they face difficulties in Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Workers at the Smithfield Meat Packing Plant in Sioux Falls say they are facing unsafe and unsanitary conditions. According to Local Processing and Packing Union Presid...
Anthony Albano Jun 28, 2022 Smithfield logo.

Sioux Falls drop-off site for storm debris ends June 30
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Effective Friday July 1, 2022, the City of Sioux Falls will no longer be accepting storm debris at the temporary Lyons (fairgrounds) drop-off site. The City of Sioux Fa...
Todd Epp Jun 28, 2022 Downed trees in Sioux Falls from the 5/12/22 wind storm. Photo by Travis Robinson.

Sioux Falls School District adjusts some school start times
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The Sioux Falls School District adjusts the start times for a handful of schools. They say the move is necessary to ensure efficient bus routes given the current labor ...
Todd Epp Jun 28, 2022 stockicide / CC

Sioux Falls residents, check your clock and your calendar before you water your yards
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- With the hot weather comes lawn watering season. To utilize our water resources efficiently, the City of Sioux Falls Public Works Water Division has established a year-...
Todd Epp Jun 28, 2022 garlandcannon / CC

Sioux Falls among the cheapest places in S.D. for gasoline
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- While gasoline is still nearly $2 a gallon higher than it was a year ago in Sioux Falls, AAA South Dakota says the Sioux Falls area has some of the cheapest gasoline in...
Todd Epp Jun 28, 2022 The identification sign on large gasoline tank is shown at a gasoline distribution terminal in San Diego, California January 7, 2015.... MIKE BLAKE September 07, 2016 04:53am EDT. Reuters photo.

SFPD looking for armed robber
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls Police are looking for the gunman in an armed robbery. The incident occurred Monday night at a business in the 100 block of South Franklin Avenue. The Hispa...
Todd Epp Jun 28, 2022 Siouix Falls Police briefing graphic.

Viborg house listed on National Historic Register
VIBORG, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A house in Viborg is now officially considered historic. The Stidworthy-Kemper House has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. The Turner County Stidworthy...
Todd Epp Jun 28, 2022 The Stidworthy-Kemper House in Viborg, S.D. Photo from the S.D. State Historical Society.

Thune and Rounds say Sioux Falls and other S.D. VA facilities safe from downsizing
WASHINGTON (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls, Wagner, Hot Springs, and Sturgis will not be losing Veterans Affairs medical facilities after all. That's according to Senators Mike Rounds and John Thune. They a...
Todd Epp Jun 27, 2022 Sioux Falls VA hospital. Photo from va.gov.


