Category Archives: Local News
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...
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...
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 ...
May 14, 2022
Dust storm, hurricane-force winds tear destructive path across U.S. upper Midwest
By Christopher Walljasper and P.J. Huffstutter CHICAGO (Reuters) - Hurricane-force winds tore across the U.S. upper Midwest Thursday evening, sending walls of dust across cities and rural towns, causi...
May 13, 2022
Wind gust reports
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has released the wind reports from yesterday's storm. The highest gust was reported out of Madison at 97 mph. Sioux Falls is...
May 13, 2022
Brookings officials are asking residents to stay off the streets
BROOKINGS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Brookings officials are asking residents to stay off the streets while they work to clean up the area. Crews were pulled last night due to lightning and will resume worki...
May 13, 2022 City of Brookings
Confirmed: One death in Sioux Falls from wind storm
The City of Sioux Falls reports there was one death related to Thursday's wind storm. Details are pending notification of the family. Officials say they may be able to release more information at 10 a...
May 13, 2022 Severe weather graphic.
SDDOT: I-90 CLOSED between Humboldt and Salem exits due to overturned trucks blocking roadway
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The South Dakota Department of Transportation has closed both eastbound and westbound traffic on I-90 between Humboldt and Salem shortly after 8 p.m. Thursday evening. ...
May 12, 2022
Reminder: Intersections with traffic light outages become 4-way stops
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Several thousand power outages have been reported in Sioux Falls since a heavy line of storms passed through this evening. As crews work to restore power in several par...
May 12, 2022 TireZoo / CC
The big wind: Like something out of the 'Dirty Thirties'
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Photos of the straight-line winds as they blew through the Sioux Falls area looked like 1930s South Dakota, not 2020s South Dakota. The winds were full of dirt, despite...
May 12, 2022 Is it 1932 or 2022? A dirt-filled straight-line wind enters Sioux Falls near the Tea Ellis Road. Photo by Koleen O'Malley.
