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Fundraiser for family that lost house on Christmas Day
SIOUX FALLS, SD, (KELO.com) -- A fundraiser will be held for the family that lost their house and dog due to a house fire on Christmas Day. The family left to see other family that day an hour before ...
Jan 01, 2021 Crow Bar and Casino Lounge.
Is the Northern Plains up for a wet winter?
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. ( KELO.com) -- As the new year starts, winter may double down across the northern plains. Dennis Todey, head of the Midwest Climate Hub (in Ames Iowa) says the outlooks show a more a...
Jan 01, 2021
Sioux Falls to hold years' first COVID-19 brief
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Monday, January 4, 2021, at 1:30 p.m., the city of Sioux Falls will hold its first brief of the year on COVID-19 in the city and surrounding areas. The brief will take ...
Jan 01, 2021 Avera Medical Group Vice President David Basel speaks at a municipal COVID-19 briefing in Sioux Falls on December 14, 2020.
'Jake On Bass' wins Sculpture Walk vote
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The people have chosen their favorite piece in Sioux Falls' annual SculptureWalk. "Jake On Bass," a bronze statue of a dog playing upright bass was the 2020 winner of t...
Jan 01, 2021 Photo by: Paul Schiller
McCook County School District raising money for bike-riding program
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- McCook County School District is looking for donations to help its kindergartners learn to ride a bike. The district is raising money to bring in the All Kids Bike PE p...
Jan 01, 2021
Amelia, Liam top baby names of 2020 at Sanford Health
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Amelia was the most popular name for newborn girls at Sanford Health in 2020. For boys, Liam once again topped the list of most popular names for the second year in a r...
Dec 31, 2020
Sioux Falls Police investigating another homicide
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls Police are investigating another homicide. Around midnight, someone called 9-1-1 to say there was a body in the middle of the road in the area of the 6500 b...
Dec 31, 2020 Homicide graphic.
Sioux Falls Health Officials: Covid-19 vaccinations are going well
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- So far the coronavirus vaccination process has been going very well according to top health officials in Sioux Falls. In an interview with KELO radios' Bill Zortman, Av...
Dec 30, 2020 (Photo courtesy of South Dakota News Watch.)
Rep. Dusty Johnson voted "no" on $2k aid to Americans
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KELO.com) -- Congressman Dusty Johnson voted "no" against the Democrats' and President Donald Trumps' proposal to increase stimulus aid to most Americans. "When you give $2,000 to al...
Dec 30, 2020 Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.)
Pandemic deaths place logistical and emotional burdens on S.D. funeral directors
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- In what has been a busy year due to deaths caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, funeral home directors in South Dakota have had to work longer and harder, endure greater st...
Dec 30, 2020 Phil Schmitz of George Boom Funeral Home in Sioux Falls. Photo from SDNW.
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