Category Archives: Local News
A little rain won't stop the Party For the Planet at the Great Plains Zoo
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The Party For the Planet goes on regardless of the rain. The Great Plains Zoo and Delbridge Museum in Sioux Falls says they are moving all of their planned activities i...
Apr 30, 2022
SFFR and the Helpline Center want Sioux Falls residents to dial 2-1-1 for smoke alarms
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls Fire Rescue is teaming up with the Helpline Center to make it easier for Sioux Falls residents to have working smoke alarms in their homes. Anyone in Sioux ...
Apr 30, 2022
Brookings names interim Police Chief
BROOKINGS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Brookings has a new police chief, albeit temporarily. The City of Brookings has named Steve Lamken as interim police chief who will serve during the vacancy and transitio...
Apr 30, 2022
78-year-old woman dead after two vehicle crash in southeastern Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A 78-year-old woman is dead after a two vehicle crash Friday afternoon in southeastern Sioux Falls. Sioux Falls Police say that a four door sedan was traveling north on...
Apr 29, 2022 Fatal crash graphic.
Sioux Area Metro to offer free rides for early voters in Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Sioux Area Metro is offering free bus rides to help people to vote early in the Sioux Falls June primary election. Early voters who need a ride can use Route 6 or Route...
Apr 29, 2022 Sioux Area Metro logo.
Pavement repair to begin on Benson Road and 60th Street at Interstate 29 in Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Starting Monday, May 2, traffic will be reduced to one lane in each direction on Benson Road under Interstate 29 in Sioux Falls. The South Dakota Department of Transpor...
Apr 29, 2022 Street construction graphic.
Severe storms possible tonight for KELO listening area
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Another round of scattered thunderstorms are expected tonight in our area. According to the National Weather Service, a line of storms has formed in central Nebraska, and will mak...
Apr 29, 2022 Image courtesy of NWS in Sioux Falls
Unused prescriptions and what to do with them
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.COM) - Tomorrow is the DEA's Drug Take-back Day. It's a chance for people take unused prescription drugs from their homes and have them destroyed safely. A person so inclined c...
Apr 29, 2022 JOSHUA COLEMAN / Unsplash
A skirmish over blood drives in the region?
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A skirmish of sorts is occurring over blood donations in the Sioux Falls area. Last week, the Sioux Falls Community Blood Bank sent out a letter to supporters that said...
Apr 29, 2022 NIAID / CC
Citizens are circulating petitions against opting out of the Sioux Falls School District property tax freeze
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls residents are circulating a petition to not have the Sioux Falls School District opt-out of the state-mandated property tax freeze. The district says the sc...
Apr 29, 2022 League of Women Voters of California LWVC / CC
