Category Archives: Local News
Six new certified, out-of-state law enforcement officers report for duty in Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Six new certified out-of-state law enforcement officers are joining the Sioux Falls Police Department. Chief Jon Thum says since they are already certified, they only h...
Sep 21, 2021 New certified out-of-state law enforcement officers who have joined the SFPD, 9/21/21. Photo from SFPD.
Not just the corn turning colors as fall approaches in Iowa!
DES MOINES, Iowa (KELO.com) -- It isn't just the corn that's turning colors in Iowa as fall approaches. So are the leaves. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says that in northwest Iowa, tree ca...
Sep 21, 2021 The best times to view fall colors in Iowa:
The farther south you travel in Iowa, the later the leaves change. The chart below shows Iowa's typical peak seasons. Graphic from the IDNR.
Sioux Falls mobile home blaze claims the lives of two dogs
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Two family dogs died in a mobile home fire on Orwin Place in Sioux Falls Monday morning. Sioux Falls Fire Rescue responded at about 10 a.m. No one was home when fire un...
Sep 20, 2021 House fire graphic.
Help clean up the Big Sioux River Greenway!
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The City of Sioux Falls will be holding its annual Big Sioux River Greenway Cleanup from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 25, with ten locations that have been selected a...
Sep 20, 2021 Big Sioux River Greenway Cleanup logo.
SFPD: Under-aged kids attacked at bar; Woman attached in her apartment; Traffic stop leads to prostitution arrests; More unsolved shots fired
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- It was a busy weekend for the Sioux Falls Police. THREE TEENS IN A BAR AND ASSAILANTS Sioux Falls Police are trying to determine how three teens got into a bar and then...
Sep 20, 2021 Sioux Falls Police Briefing graphic.
Former seed company sales manager to go to jail
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A former sales manager who stole from a seed company is going to jail. Dallas Harkness, age 64, was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison, followed by three years of...
Sep 19, 2021 Brian Turner / CC
Sioux Falls City Council to meet twice Tuesday
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The Sioux Falls City Council will meet twice on Tuesday The council will meet at 4 pm for an informational meeting. On the agenda will be reports from the Multi-Cultura...
Sep 19, 2021
South Dakota men indicted on child pornography charges
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A federal grand jury has indicted four men for Receipt and Distribution of Child Pornography. Lester Jahnig of Hurley, and Dylan St. Claire of Sioux Falls, were indicte...
Sep 18, 2021 Best Law
Friday night lights in the middle of the afternoon
COLMAN, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A shortage of officials has some South Dakota high school football games being scheduled so refs can work two games in one day. Colman-Egan will be playing their second 3:00...
Sep 18, 2021
UPDATE: Dell Rapids fire knocks out power
DELL RAPIDS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A Fire had temporarily taken away the lights in some areas of Southeast South Dakota today. An electrical substation near the Pizza Ranch in Dell Rapids caught fire thi...
Sep 18, 2021 liz west / CC
