Category Archives: Local News
S.D., Sioux Falls metro sees day-over-day increase in COVID-19 cases
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- After several days of declining or steady COVID-19 cases, South Dakota and the Sioux Falls metro saw an increase in cases Monday. That's according to the New York Times...
Nov 02, 2021 South Dakota coronavirus graphic.
GoFund Me set up for local food truck
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) - After a drunk driver totaled his food truck, a Sioux Falls restaurateur is asking for the public's help. Bryan Krueger, owner of The Sloppy Weiner food truck woke up early...
Nov 01, 2021
Mayor TenHaken goes to prison--and wants to go back!
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls Mayor Paul TenHaken was in the state prison Saturday--by choice. The mayor tweeted that he attended the State Penitentiary's inmate Toastmaster's club. TenH...
Nov 01, 2021 S.D. State Penitentiary. Photo by Mayor Paul TenHaken.
Cement truck tips over near the Sioux Falls Fleet Farm
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Details are sketchy, but a cement truck tipped over by the Fleet Farm in north Sioux Falls. It happened mid-morning Monday. KELO.com News has contacted the Sioux Falls ...
Nov 01, 2021 Tipped over cement truck by the Fleet Farm, 11/1/21. KELO.com News photo by Sara Hyser.
SDDPS announces November sobriety checkpoints
PIERRE, S.D. - November's list of sobriety checkpoints has been announced by the South Dakota Department of Public Safety. The monthly checkpoints are designed to discourage people from drinking and t...
Nov 01, 2021 Insurance Revolution / CC
Sioux Falls City Council to meet twice on Tuesday
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The Sioux Falls City Council will meet twice on Tuesday. At the 4 pm informational meeting there will be a report from the Multicultural Center Intergovernmental Board,...
Oct 31, 2021 2020-21 Sioux Falls City Council.
Local Halloween haunt adapts to pandemic
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com)--With the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, local Halloween haunts have needed to change their operations. "Grandma Lu's Hallow" first began as a local haunted garage. Last...
Oct 30, 2021
Police Chief: Non-lethal force used during stand-off
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) - During Thursday's stand-off with police, multiple less-lethal rounds were used. Sioux Falls Police Chief Jon Thum says there is a misconception among the general public th...
Oct 29, 2021 Sioux Falls Police Chief Jon Thum at a press conference. KELO.com News file photo.
Local union complains about working conditions at Sioux Falls Smithfield plant
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Friday afternoon, officials with the union that represents workers at the Smithfield pork packing plant in Sioux Falls complained of working conditions. They say Smithf...
Oct 29, 2021 Smithfield and UFCW logos.
SFPD release genders, ages, and conditions of stabbing victims in officer-involved shooting
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls Police release the ages and genders of the stabbing victims that triggered Thursday's standoff, then police shooting the suspect. The stabbing victims are a...
Oct 29, 2021 Sioux Falls Police Briefing graphic.
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