Category Archives: Local News

Firefighters rescue resident from burning home in Colton
COLTON, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Firefighters rescue a person from a house fire in Colton Friday morning. Minnehaha County Sheriff's Deputies and a number of local fire departments responded to the blaze. T...
Todd Epp Oct 29, 2021 House fire graphic.

Woman killed in Sioux Falls front-end loader accident
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Friday around 9:30 a.m., a 49-year-old woman died after she was struck by a front-end loader. That's according to the Sioux Falls Police Department. The accident happen...
Todd Epp Oct 29, 2021 Approximate location of fatal front-end loader accident from Google Maps.

South Dakota, Sioux Falls metro see another day-to-day drop in coronavirus cases
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- South Dakota and the Sioux Falls metro area saw another day-over-day decrease in coronavirus cases Thursday. South Dakota saw a 5% decrease in COVID cases to an average...
Todd Epp Oct 29, 2021 South Dakota coronavirus/COVID-19 graphic.

Man fatally shot in Sioux Falls standoff identified
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The man killed by law enforcement during a standoff in central Sioux Falls Thursday morning is Elwood Dwyer, 52. KELO.com News learned the man's name through a source w...
Todd Epp Oct 28, 2021 Sioux Falls Police patch and badge.

UPDATE: Suspect fatally shot in Sioux Falls standoff
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Authorities shot and killed a man who charged them during a standoff Thursday morning in the 400 block of North Garfield Avenue. That's according to Sioux Falls Police ...
Todd Epp Oct 28, 2021 SFPD public information officer Sam Clemens addresses the media at 10:30 a.m., 10/28/21 on the officer-involved shooting in the 400 block of N. Garfied.

SFPD: Police investigating fatal accident and multi-vehicle incident on I-229
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Accidents predominated Wednesday's Sioux Falls Police briefing. FATAL CRASH INVESTIGATION Sioux Falls Police are investigating a fatal one-vehicle accident Tuesday nigh...
Todd Epp Oct 27, 2021 Sioux Falls Police Briefing graphic.

COVID-19 cases decreasing in most of the Sioux Empire
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Coronavirus cases are down in most of the Sioux Empire in South Dakota. That's according to the New York Times and Google Maps. Cases per 100,000 residents are down in ...
Todd Epp Oct 27, 2021 Coronavirus cases in counties per 100,000, 10/27/21, from Google Maps.

Fatal accident on North Cliff
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) - A 48-year-old Sioux Falls man is dead following a single-vehicle crash around 6:30 pm, Tuesday evening. The accident occurred in the area of 54th St N and N Cliff Ave. The...
Kristi Golden Oct 26, 2021 Fatal accident graphic.

SFPD Daily Briefing 10/26/21: Man arrested for starting a fire in his apartment ceiling; Argument leads to discharge of firearm; More guns stolen from unlocked vehicles; More catalytic converter thefts reported
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Here are the biggest stories from Tuesday's Daily Police Briefing. MAN ARRESTED FOR STARTING FIRE IN HIS APARTMENT CEILING Sioux Falls Police arrested a man for reckles...
Max Remington Oct 26, 2021 Sioux Falls Police Briefing graphic.

Miami-based real estate company buys nearly $20M of South Dakota properties
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A Miami-based real estate company has purchased nearly $20 million worth of property in South Dakota. Tzadik Properties, LLC has acquired vacation homes, apartments, an...
Todd Epp Oct 26, 2021 Vista Lodge, South Dakota. Photo from Tzadik Properties.


