Category Archives: Local News
October is Domestic Violence Month; Purple ribbons on police vehicles
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Every October, detectives and representatives from the Minnehaha County Family Violence Council place magnetic purple ribb...
Oct 1, 2021 Aberdeen Proving Ground / CC
Storms return to the area tonight; Severe weather unlikely
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- With much of the region seeing rain showers throughout the day, the scattered storms aren't quite finished. The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls says that shower...
Sep 30, 2021 Bonnie Moreland
City of Sioux Falls west side leaf drop-off site moves, but not too far
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The City of Sioux Falls' west side leaf drop-off location is moving, but just a little ways. It's still on North Lyon Boulevard by the W.H. Lyon Fairgrounds but just tw...
Sep 30, 2021 Lewis Parsons / Unsplash
S.D. Right to Life convention coming to Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Friday and Saturday is the 50th annual South Dakota Right to Life Convention. It is in Sioux Falls at the Sioux Falls First Church. Friday's events are free and open to...
Sep 30, 2021 S.D. Right to Life conference logo.
Wells Fargo must face shareholder lawsuit over compliance with consent orders
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday rejected Wells Fargo & Co's bid to dismiss a lawsuit accusing the fourth-largest U.S. bank of defrauding shareholders about its compliance with a s...
Sep 30, 2021
City of Sioux Falls making medical marijuana dispensary applications available
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The City of Sioux Falls is making applications for medical marijuana dispensaries available. The City is not yet accepting applications. After the submission deadline c...
Sep 30, 2021 Marijuana plant. Reuters photo.
Sioux Falls, Fargo national leaders in percentage increase in construction jobs
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls ranks 11th nationally in construction job creation percentage between last August and this August. That's according to the Associated General Contractors. S...
Sep 30, 2021 Dano / CC
Chick-fil-A closes their lobby to diners; Will only offer drive-thru
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Chick-fil-A has been open for a week, and they've already served countless customers inside and with their drive-thru. Despite the success, the company has recently ann...
Sep 29, 2021 Mike Mozart / CC
Heavy rain possible in southeast South Dakota
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A surge of rainfall is expected across the southern Plains and South Central states this week as winds steer moisture inland from the Gulf of Mexico, resulting in rainf...
Sep 29, 2021 AccuWeather map, 9/29/21.
SDDOC places Sioux Falls inmate Eric Blue Bird on escape status
SIOUX FALLS, S.D.- A minimum-security state prison inmate has been placed on escape status. Inmate Eric Blue Bird left a community service work assignment at the Sioux Falls Community Work Center with...
Sep 29, 2021 Eric Blue Bird. SDDOC photo.
