Category Archives: Local News

Bishop Dudley House asking for help
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The Bishop Dudley House is asking for help in keeping the cupboards full for summer. Executive Director Madeline Shields says the shelter is full, with plenty of hungry c...
Tom Rooney Jun 11, 2026 Courtesy Bishop Dudley Hospitality House.

Sanford Health expanding Sioux Falls Medical Center campus
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Sanford Health is adding a new clinic space on the Sanford USD Medical Center campus in Sioux Falls to provide dermatology and plastic surgery services. Medical Building ...
Tom Rooney Jun 10, 2026 Sanford Health logo.

Grants help finance major replacement well for city of Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- It's been one of the most reliable sources of water for Sioux Falls residents for over 70 years. Now, its replacement will keep Well 25 producing into the future at five ...
Tom Rooney Jun 10, 2026 photosky / Depositphotos.com

Sioux Falls golf courses setting records
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- City-owned golf courses in Sioux Falls are setting new records. Landscapes Golf Management has operated the city's three municipal courses for eight years. During that ti...
Tom Rooney Jun 10, 2026 emmolos / CC

Minnehaha County working to develop comprehensive plan for homelessness
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Minnehaha County is working on a strategic plan to deal with homelessness. Social services agencies in the area are joining together to work on the plan. The effort is be...
Tom Rooney Jun 10, 2026 halfpoint / Depositphotos.com

Vietnam Memorial replica in Brookings
BROOKINGS, SD (KELO.com) -- It's called The Wall That Heals, and it's in Brookings for the next several days. A traveling replica of the Vietnam Veterans memorial was being set up Wednesday at the Fis...
Tom Rooney Jun 10, 2026 eric1513 / Depositphotos.com

Mayoral runoff candidates debate
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The two remaining candidates for Mayor of Sioux Falls squared off in a debate Monday. It was sponsored by the Sioux Falls Rotary Club, and focused on public safety, affor...
Tom Rooney Jun 09, 2026 hemul75 / Depositphotos.com

Sioux Falls man acquitted of murder in Dunham Park shooting, convicted of aggravated assault
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Not guilty of murder. Lamont Burks, Jr. was acquitted by a Minnehaha County jury yesterday in the shooting that left 29-year old Joshua Allen, Jr. dead in a Sioux Falls p...
Tom Rooney Jun 09, 2026 vladek / Depositphotos.com

Sioux Falls man convicted of enticement of a minor - could get life in prison
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- A federal jury has convicted a Sioux Falls man of attempted enticement of a minor using the internet. 34-year old Ryan Nigro was caught in a sting operation, trying to co...
Tom Rooney Jun 09, 2026 SergPoznanskiy / Depositphotos.com

Investigation nearing completion, charges expected in case of 14 year old's death
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- It's been nearly three months since the disappearance and death of 14 year old McKenna Wendel of Sioux Falls, and charges in the case are expected soon. Attorney General ...
Tom Rooney Jun 08, 2026 McKenna Wendel


