Category Archives: Local News

Smithfield Foods offers COVID-19 shots at Sioux Falls plant
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) --Smithfield Foods in Sioux Falls is getting some of their workers vaccinated for the coronavirus. The company is offering COVID-19 shots tomorrow (Friday) at the food pro...
Anson Mareus Mar 25, 2021 Sioux Falls Smithfield Plant. File photo.

Sioux Falls man identified in fatal accident near Monroe
MONROE, S.D. (KELO.com) - A 42-year-old Sioux Falls man has been identified as the person who died Monday night in a one-vehicle fatal crash east of Monroe. Preliminary crash information indicates tha...
Todd Epp Mar 25, 2021 Fatal accident graphic.

SFFR looking to return good Samaritan's jacket
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls Fire Rescue wants to return a good Samaritan's coat. On February 28th, the person arrived before emergency services did and aided a young man who fell on th...
Todd Epp Mar 25, 2021 Sioux Falls Fire Rescue emblem.

Sioux Falls man gets 20 years in federal prison for fentanyl distribution and harm to its victim
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A Sioux Falls man is going to federal prison for 20 years for a drug conviction that resulted in serious bodily harm to another person. Jacob Allen Baker, 27, was sente...
Todd Epp Mar 25, 2021 Michael Nuccitelli, Psy.D.

Cabbie gets robbed and his cab stolen; Mom arrested for spanking her daughter with a spatula
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Here's Thursday's crime news from the Sioux Falls Police briefing. ROBBERS ROB CABBIE--AND TAKE HIS CAB The authorities are looking for two men who stole a cab and the ...
Todd Epp Mar 25, 2021 Graphic courtesy: Sioux Falls Police

UPDATE: I-29 Tea exit reopens
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The South Dakota Department of Transportation says northbound Interstate 29, and all ramps, are now reopened. Due to an early-morning accident on Thursday, March 25, 20...
Carter Woodiel Mar 25, 2021

Not quite a full moon last night but several shootings and robberies in Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- It wasn't quite a full moon last night (it was a waxing Gibbous), but police were busy with shooting and robbery calls Tuesday. The details from Wednesday's Sioux Falls...
Todd Epp Mar 24, 2021 Stephen Rahn

S.D. Highway Patrol wants public's help on accident on I-229
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The SDHP is asking for the public's assistance from anyone who may have witnessed an injury crash that occurred yesterday (Tuesday) in the southbound lanes on Interstat...
Todd Epp Mar 24, 2021 One of the vehicles involved in a traffic accident on I-229 in Sioux Falls, 3/23/21. Photo from the SDHP.

SFFR extinguishes house fire, rescues dog
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls Fire Rescue is investigating a house fire in central Sioux Falls Tuesday night. The fire occurred at a two story home at 2516 South Duluth. No one was hurt ...
Todd Epp Mar 24, 2021

Another catalytic converter theft; Tools taken from Sioux Falls construction site
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Here are the highlights of a short Sioux Falls Police briefing Tuesday morning. ANOTHER CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFT There's been another theft of a catalytic converter. S...
Todd Epp Mar 23, 2021 Graphic courtesy: Sioux Falls Police


