Category Archives: Local News

Sioux Falls VA Hospital union members, veterans to protest proposed facility closures
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Union members who work at the Sioux Falls Veterans Affairs Hospital and veterans plan to protest the proposed closure of VA facilities nationwide, including in South Da...
Todd Epp May 17, 2022 Sioux Falls VA Hospital. Photo from va.gov.

Gunshots near a school causes shelter in place
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls police say 18 year old Rahsaan McNeill from Sioux Falls and a minor fired a gun into an apartment yesterday afternoon. The incident took place around 2:30 i...
Liz Ryan May 17, 2022

Portions of West 33rd Street, Grange Avenue closed to restore power and traffic signals
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Beginning immediately on Monday, May 16, West 33rd Street from West Avenue to Summit Avenue and South Grange Avenue from 33rd Street to 37th Street will be closed to al...
Todd Epp May 16, 2022 Storm damage in Sioux Falls, 5/13/22. Photo by Travis Robinson.

Sioux Falls man faces life in federal prison for fentanyl deaths
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A federal jury convicts a Sioux Falls man of several felony drug counts for selling heroin and fentanyl. Friday, the jury returned guilty verdicts on Jeffrey Darrell Mo...
Todd Epp May 16, 2022 DEA.gov graphic on drug dealths.

AAA: National average for gas is $4.47; $4.175 in Sioux Falls metro
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- AAA reports that the national average for a gallon of unleaded gasoline is now $4.47. In Sioux Falls, AAA says the average price is just over $4.17 a gallon. There are ...
Todd Epp May 16, 2022 AAA gasoline tracking map, 5/16/22.

Mayor, new City Council members to be sworn in
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- It's time for new terms for the mayor and city council of Sioux Falls The public is invited to Carnegie Town Hall on Tuesday, May 17 at 2 p.m. as recently elected offic...
Rich Keller May 15, 2022 Sioux Falls Mayor Paul TenHaken.

"Flight for Life" blood drive kicks off
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The Annual Community Blood Bank "Flight for Life" blood drive competition kicks off Monday, May 16. This is the competition between the Avera Careflight and Sanford Air...
Rich Keller May 15, 2022

Sioux Valley Energy brings in additional crews to help with restoration
COLMAN, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Sioux Valley Energy had about 4,000 members still without electricity at 6:00 this morning. Additional crews have been brought in. While the co-op says they hope to make maj...
Julia Kaye May 14, 2022 Photo credit: Sioux Valley Energy

Farm fun by Dell Rapids this weekend
DELL RAPIDS, SD (KELO.com) -- Spend some time on the farm this weekend. Willow Meadows Farm, a family-owned petting zoo just south of Dell Rapids on Highway 115, is holding their Farm Party. Bring the...
Julia Kaye May 14, 2022

One person killed in crash near Baltic
BALTIC, S.D. (KELO.com) -- One person is dead after a fatal crash east of Baltic. At about 2:00 PM Friday, the Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office was dispatched to intersection of 250 th St and 478 th ...
Rich Keller May 14, 2022


