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Smithfield Foods announces new packaging and plastic reduction commitments
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Smithfield Foods, Inc. today announced bold new commitments it will implement across its portfolio by 2030: to achieve consumer packaging that is 90% recyclable, reusab...
Mar 15, 2021 Sioux Falls Smithfield Plant. File photo.
'Fishing' leads to stolen catalytic converters; Burglar nabbed in the act; Snow does not sprout rash of accidents; Snowy stoplights
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Here are some of the top topics from Monday's Sioux Falls Police briefing. 'FISHING' FOR CATALYTIC CONVERTERS Three Des Moines, Iowa men, find themselves in jail for st...
Mar 15, 2021 Sioux Falls Police Briefing graphic.
Sioux Area Metro running on snow routes
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The Sioux Area Metro bus service in Sioux Falls is running only on fixed snow routes today (Monday). They will attempt to run the Paratransit service where possible.
Mar 15, 2021 A snowy, slushy city parking lot at 1st Avenue and 13th Street in Sioux Falls, 3/15/21. KELO.com News photo by Todd Epp.
Snow Alert issued for Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - The City of Sioux Falls issued a snow alert early Monday morning. Plowing in Zone 3 will begin once all emergency routes are complete. Zone 2 plowing of east and west st...
Mar 15, 2021
School closed in Sioux Falls Monday
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls schools are closed Monday after a snowstorm hit the area. https://twitter.com/SFSchools/status/1371406149761781760 The district says all activities are also...
Mar 15, 2021 Snow-covered school buses are parked during the winter holiday in Cloquet, Minnesota. Photo by Tony Webster/Minnesota Reformer.
Snowstorm blankets Sioux Falls with at least 6 inches
By Carter Woodiel SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- An overnight snowstorm hit the Sioux Falls area on Monday morning. As of 6 a.m., the National Weather Service reported six inches of snow at their Sio...
Mar 15, 2021 Sioux Falls at about 4:30 a.m. Monday.
Sioux Falls Public Schools to start two hours late
[UPDATE: Sioux Falls schools are closed Monday. More information here.] SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The Sioux Falls Public Schools will start two hours late Monday morning. From the Sioux Falls Sc...
Mar 14, 2021 Sioux Falls School District logo.
One person and one lizard rescued from Sioux Falls fire
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- At approximately 10 AM Saturday Sioux Falls Fire Rescue responded to the 500 block of Jefferson Ave. for a report of a structure fire. The fire was determined to be com...
Mar 14, 2021
More catalytic converter thefts; Man thinks his car was locked while running--it wasn't
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Here's the highlight's from Friday's Sioux Falls Police briefing. YET MORE CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFTS The Sioux Falls Police received a report from a business that they...
Mar 12, 2021 Graphic courtesy: Sioux Falls Police
Grass fire scorches ditch, pasture, north of Harrisburg
HARRISBURG, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Just a reminder that it is dry out there. The Harrisburg Volunteer Fire Department was called out to a grass fire before 1 p.m. today (Thursday). The fire occurred just ...
Mar 12, 2021 Maxim Tajer / Unsplash
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