Category Archives: Local News
A mini-gas war on Minnesota Avenue?
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- There's a mini-Minnesota Avenue gas war going on. Or maybe skirmish is a better term. The Kum & Gos at Minnesota and Russell and Minnesota and 5th Street have lower...
May 18, 2022 Price of unleaded gasoline in Watertown, S.D., 5/9/22. Photo from KWAT.
Sioux Falls man accused in 1974 Minn. murder incompetent to stand trial
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KFGO.com) - The Minnesota Court of Appeals has upheld the ruling that a murder defendant in Willmar is not competent to stand trial. 80-year-old Algene Vossen is accused of killing a ...
May 18, 2022 Algene Vossen. Photo from KFGO.
Sioux Falls Municipal Band will have new leadership
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Changes are coming to the Sioux Falls Municipal Band. Bandmaster Christopher Hill has announced his retirement. Hill has been the Bandmaster for the past 24 years. &nbs...
May 17, 2022
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
May 15, 2022
