Category Archives: Local News
SFPD reports 'no major injuries' in officer-involved shooting
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Details are sketchy so far but the Sioux Falls Police is investigating an officer-involved shooting in 300 block of North Cleveland Avenue Monday afternoon. Police repo...
Jul 11, 2022 Police line photo from Reuters.
Sioux Falls City Clerk certifies measure that could prevent Wholestone Farms' hog plant
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The Sioux Falls City Clerk's Office certifies an initiated measure that would prohibit any new slaughterhouses within the Sioux Falls city limits. The measure is in res...
Jul 11, 2022 KELO.com News Election 2022 graphic.
Great Plains Zoo to celebrate renovated bear exhibit
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The Great Plains Zoo in Sioux Falls opens its newly renovated black bear exhibit Friday at 8:30 a.m. The zoo says the exhibit will not only make a better viewing experi...
Jul 11, 2022 Bears in the newly renovated exhibit at the Great Plains Zoo. Photo from the Great Plains Zoo.
Law enforcement looking for Brookings man wanted in stabbing incident
BUSHNELL, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Authorities are searching for a Brookings man wanted in a weekend stabbing that left another man injured. Brookings County Sheriff's deputies, Brookings police, SDSU polic...
Jul 11, 2022 Brookings County Sheriff's badge. Photo from BCSO Facebook page.
Sioux Falls Police asking for help in looking for another missing person
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The Sioux Falls Police Department is looking for Timothy James Martin, and endangered runaway. He's 5'8 with a thin build. Police says he was last seen at 1605 East 71s...
Jul 10, 2022
Sioux Falls police searching for two runaway children
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls Police need your help in locating two runaway children. Authorities are looking for Niely Richards, a 15 year old runaway girl and her brother, Jamarcus Richa...
Jul 10, 2022
Emu on the run north of Sioux Falls; owners pleading with the public to leave her alone
DELL RAPIDS, S.D. (KELO.com) - Fireworks on July 4th scared Blue, an Emu at Willow Meadows Farm near Dell Rapids, and she escaped. Her owners have since been working with Animal Control, Game Fish &am...
Jul 9, 2022
Brookings Police Department has advice for bringing kids to large events
BROOKINGS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- With the Summer Arts Festival underway, the Brookings Police Department has some advice for people attending large events with their children. Take a photo of your childr...
Jul 9, 2022
Friday morning fire strikes Sioux Falls home
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A Friday morning fire tore through a Sioux Falls garage. At approximately 9:00 a.m., Sioux Falls Fire Rescue responded to a reported structure fire on the 1100 block of...
Jul 9, 2022 House fire graphic.
Sioux Falls residents obtain 10,000 signatures for measure to ban new pork processing facilities
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Smart Growth Sioux Falls says it has gathered more than 10,000 petition signatures to put an ordinance on the November ballot to ban new slaughterhouses within city lim...
Jul 8, 2022 Kai Hendry / CC
