Category Archives: Local News

Department of Public Safety releases February sobriety checkpoint list
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) - A total of 15 sobriety checkpoints in 12 different counties are planned during the month of February by the South Dakota Department of Public Safety. The monthly checkpoints ...
Anson Mareus Jan 29, 2021 Scott Davidson / CC

SFSD installs COVID deterring indoor air quality technology
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) --The Sioux Falls School District, Mechanical Sales Inc. SD, and AtmosAir Solutions, a leading global indoor air quality solutions provider, announced the recent installat...
Anson Mareus Jan 29, 2021

SFPD reports scammers now asking for Bitcoin
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls Police reports scammers asked for Bitcoin, a digital currency, in recent ripoffs of a couple of Sioux Falls residents. Officer Sam Clemens says the scammers...
Todd Epp Jan 29, 2021 Komers Real / CC

Lady gets lucky that man doesn't take her unlocked, running vehicle
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A woman who left her car running in front of a Sioux Falls convenience store caught a lucky break. Officer Sam Clemens says the woman dashed into the store and when she...
Todd Epp Jan 28, 2021 Police briefing graphic.

It's another Faith Temple Friday Food Giveaway!
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- There is a "Drive Through" Faith Temple Church Food Giveaway Friday at the Nordstrom-Johnson Building at the W.H.Lyons Fairgrounds. It is the building nearest to the Ma...
Todd Epp Jan 28, 2021 Food donations in box in kitchen background, copy space. Photo from MNC.

Sioux Falls legislator proposes statewide mask mandate
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A South Dakota lawmaker has introduced legislation that would place a statewide face-mask mandate into law. Democratic Senator Reynold Nesiba of Sioux Falls says South Dakot...
Todd Epp Jan 28, 2021 Robert Ashworth / CC

Winter weather headed for Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - Sioux Falls could see a wintery mix this weekend. The National Weather Service says the best potential for at least 1" of snow will be seen from the I-29 corridor, and e...
Liz Ryan Jan 28, 2021

Yes, it can happen to you: SFPD says lock your car doors, remove valuables
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls Police Officer Sam Clemens says people think it can't happen to them. But he says people are still leaving their keys in their vehicles or not locking them ...
Todd Epp Jan 27, 2021 Steve Snodgrass / CC

Two men steal an ATM from a Sioux Falls motel
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls Police are looking for two men who stole an ATM early Wednesday morning from a motel. Police say two men loaded the ATM on a cart, put it in a truck, and dr...
Todd Epp Jan 27, 2021 Nicolas Vigier

Man awakens, takes Sioux Falls Police on a high-speed chase
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A sleeping man behind the wheel of a vehicle woke up when rousted then took police on a high-speed chase in central Sioux Falls until he crashed into a snowbank. Police...
Todd Epp Jan 27, 2021 SFPD cruiser door. KELO.com News file photo.


