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Lincoln County resident scammed out of $20,000
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) - A Lincoln County resident was recently scammed out of around $20,000. The scammers called and claimed they owned a software company that was closing. The scammers told the...
Jul 20, 2021
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier replica will be in Sioux Falls this weekend
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- For 100 years, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier has honored soldiers who died without their remains ever being identified. A half scale replica of the Tomb is making its...
Jul 20, 2021 Arlington National Cemetery
Juvenile boy suspected in leaving recording cell phone in Dell Rapids City Pool bathroom
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office says a juvenile boy is under suspicion for placing a recording cell phone in the family bathroom at the Dell Rapids City Pool Satu...
Jul 20, 2021 Alan Cleaver / CC
SFPD nabs armed burglar after he brandishes gun and leaves a home
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls Police captured an armed burglar as he was leaving a house in the 28th Street and South Sycamore area early Tuesday morning. Anthony Donald Pitts, 29, from ...
Jul 20, 2021 David von Diemar / Unsplash
Brookings woman now under arrest for role in Oakwood Lakes abduction
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A Brookings woman is in jail for her alleged role in the kidnapping of a Sioux Falls woman at Oakwood Lakes State Park last Sunday. Police say Ashle Elizabeth Heier, 29...
Jul 20, 2021 Sioux Falls Police patch and badge.
2 vehicle accident at 12th and Cleveland
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) - Sioux Falls Police responded to a two-vehicle accident at 12th and Cleveland this afternoon. Extrication was required. More details are expected during tomorrow's police b...
Jul 19, 2021
See the best of real stuffed animals in Sioux Falls Saturday
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Want to see how to get stuffed? The National Taxidermists Association Convention, Competition & Trade Show is going on Saturday at the Best Western Ramkota. There w...
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EROS getting a new 'eye in the sky'--Landsat 9
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The Earth Resources Observation and Science Center northeast of Sioux Falls is getting a new "eye in the sky." NASA will be launching a new Landsat 9 satellite into orb...
Jul 19, 2021 Illustration of the Landsat 9 spacecraft in orbit around Earth, passing over the US from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. The satellite will travel at 7.5 km/second, circling the globe every 99 minutes at an altitude of 705 km (438 miles). Landsat 9 will image a swath 185 km (115 miles) in width and complete about 14 orbits each day, thereby imaging every part of Earth every 16 days.
Credits: NASA.
SFPD: Another reluctant stabbing victim; Another unlocked vehicle, another stolen firearm
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Another weekend, another two days of crime in the big city. Here are some of the other stories from Monday's Sioux Falls Police briefing. ANOTHER RELUCTANT STABBING VIC...
Jul 19, 2021 Sioux Falls Police Briefing graphic.
Sioux Falls Metro's 'SAM on Demand' on Saturdays coming
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- To thank their riders, Sioux Area Metro will give free bus rides to those who use the SAM On Demand app on Saturdays. To ride for free, riders must book their ride with...
Jul 19, 2021 Sioux Area Metro logo.
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