Category Archives: Local News

SFPD thwarts $1,800 law enforcement phone scam
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls Police avert a fake law enforcement scam worth $1,800. Police say a citizen reported that he was called by the Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office Wednesday. ...
Todd Epp Nov 04, 2021 Sioux Falls Police Briefing graphic.

Dense fog dangerous for drivers
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls and much of eastern South Dakota, southwest Minnesota and northwest Iowa were placed under a Dense Fog Advisory Thursday morning. https://twitter.com/NWSSio...
Carter Woodiel Nov 04, 2021 Via National Weather Service

UPDATE/VIDEO: SFPD releases surveillance video of note-passing casino robber
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls Police have released security footage of the "note-passing robber" who robbed the Happy Jack's Casino early Wednesday morning. See the video below. (Updated...
Todd Epp Nov 03, 2021 Still image of "note-passing robber" at Happy Jack's Casino, 11/3/21. Video from SFPD.

Sioux Falls continues to rank high in creation of new construction jobs
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Nearly one-fifth of U.S. metro areas lost construction jobs between September 2020 and September 2021. That's according to an analysis by the Associated General Contrac...
Todd Epp Nov 03, 2021 Uitleg & tekst / CC

Avera Health inoculating children for COVID-19
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Avera Health is now offering COVID-19 vaccines to children ages 5-11. Anyone ages 5 and older now can be vaccinated against the virus. The coronavirus has caused 3.2 mi...
Todd Epp Nov 03, 2021 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC

Sanford Health offering COVID-19 vaccine for children 5 to 11
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Sanford Health will begin scheduling and administering the COVID-19 vaccine to children ages 5 to 11 Thursday. The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endor...
Todd Epp Nov 03, 2021 Vaccine and syringe injection for prevention, immunization and treatment of coronavirus infection (COVID-19, nCoV 2019) Phtoo from Adobe Stock via GDNS.

Urban garden plan gets Council approval
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) - A plan to turn an empty lot into a neighborhood teaching garden received unanimous support from the City Council on Tuesday. IronFox Farm plans to transform 3 lots along t...
Kristi Golden Nov 02, 2021

SFPD invites the public to join them in honoring SD's fallen police officers
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The Sioux Falls Police Department is inviting the public to join them in honoring the 54 police officers killed in the line of duty in South Dakota. The Project Blue Li...
Max Remington Nov 02, 2021 Image provided by the SFPD

SFPD Daily Police Briefing 11/2/21: Two suspects force their way into a Sioux Falls business but leave empty handed
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls Police are looking for two individuals who forced their way into a business early Monday morning. When employees arrived for work, they noticed their ventil...
Max Remington Nov 02, 2021 Sioux Falls Police daily briefing graphic.

2020 Census says Lincoln County grew fast
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Lincoln County, South Dakota had the fourth-fastest percentage growth of housing units in the nation between 2010 and 2020. That's according to the U.S. Census Bureau. ...
Todd Epp Nov 02, 2021 Lincoln County graphic.


