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AGC study says Sioux Falls gained 1,000 construction jobs from Feb. 2020 to April 2021
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A new report by the Associated General Contractors shows mostly double-digit increases in construction jobs in the Northern Plains from February 2020 to April 2021. Sio...
Jun 02, 2021 Jeriden Villegas / Unsplash
SFPD: Shots fired at house and car; Good guy stops bad guy in assault of woman; More unlocked car doors; Bikes stolen
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Here are Wednesday's highlights from the Sioux Falls police briefing. SHOTS FIRED AT HOUSE AND CAR Sioux Falls Police are investigating shots fired early Wednesday morn...
Jun 02, 2021 Sioux Falls Police Briefing graphic.
Harrisburg voters approve $60 million bond for new schools
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Voters in the Harrisburg School District have approved a $60 million bond issue to build two new schools in Sioux Falls. The money will go toward a new middle school at...
Jun 02, 2021 A map of the proposed new middle school in the Harrisburg School District, located at 69th Street and Southeastern Avenue in Sioux Falls.
City Council appoints Marijuana Task Force Members
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) - Sioux Falls City Councilor Greg Neitzert and Erica Beck, Chief of Staff to Mayor Paul TenHaken, have been appointed to represent Sioux Falls on a medical marijuana Joint T...
Jun 01, 2021 Elsa Olofsson / CC
Electric Scooter Rental may be coming to Downtown Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Electric scooter rentals could be coming to Downtown Sioux Falls The Sioux Falls City Council is considering an ordinance that would allow the rental of the motorized dev...
Jun 01, 2021 Ruiwei Qi / CC
Two-time robber of Sioux Falls bank gets nearly 22 years in federal prison
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- An Omaha man now serves a nearly 22-year sentence in federal prison for two robberies of the same Sioux Falls bank. Ferris Valentine, 54, was sentenced to 262 months in...
Jun 01, 2021 Jason Baker / CC
Study ranks Sioux Falls as 20th best place in America to raise a family
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A new study says Sioux Falls is the 20th best place in the country to raise a family. The Wallethub study rated Sioux Falls highly for education and child care, and aff...
Jun 01, 2021 Josh Petersen / CC
Sioux Falls Summer Food Service Program starts Tuesday
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The Sioux Falls School District's Summer Food Service Program begins Tuesday. The program provides free breakfast and lunch for children 18 and under. No paperwork or v...
Jun 01, 2021
SF Washington Senior wins Nat'l Contest
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- We have a winner! SF Washington High School 2021 graduate, Rahele Magosha is the 2021 Poetry Out Loud National Champion. Selected from thousands of entries nationwide, Me...
May 31, 2021
HyVee Offering $10 Gift Card for COVID Vaccine
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) - The Hy-Vee Supermarket chain announces that beginning June 1, individuals getting a COVID-19 vaccination at a Hy-Vee Pharmacy or Pop-Up Hy-Vee Vaccination Clinic will rece...
May 31, 2021 South Dakota's Health Secretary, Kim Malsam-Rysdon, receiving
her COVID-19 vaccine in Pierre, S.D. SDDOH photo.
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