Category Archives: Local News
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 1, 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 1, 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 1, 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.
Promotional flyers for supremacy group left on porch of Sioux Falls resident
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A Sioux Falls resident says they awoke to promotional flyers for a white supremacist organization on their doorstep Sunday morning. Reddit user Writynges posted picture...
May 31, 2021
June First Friday; East Bank Block Party kicks off June calendar
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Celebrate the First Friday of the month with promotions and events at several downtown Sioux Falls businesses. The first East Bank Block Party of the year will also tak...
May 31, 2021
Dusty Johnson set to be guest speaker at Memorial Day ceremony in Garretson
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Representative Dusty Johnson will be tonight's guest speaker for a Memorial Day ceremony at the American Legion in Garretson. The ceremony begins at 7 PM, and is free t...
May 31, 2021 Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.).
South Dakotans celebrate Memorial Day and Ribbon Cutting at new state Veterans Cemetery
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Today, South Dakotans were able to celebrate Memorial Day at the newly opened South Dakota state veterans' cemetery. The cemetery located just north of I-229/I-90 Inter...
May 31, 2021 U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa / CC
Dense fog advisory in Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- If you're heading out early on Monday morning in the Sioux Falls area make sure to drive carefully. The National Weather Service has issued a dense fog advisory through...
May 31, 2021 A map showing the areas covered by the dense fog advisory. It extends along the I-29 corrridor from Brookings to Harrisburg, and covers parts of northwest Iowa that include Spencer. It stops just short of Sioux City to the south.
