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COLUMN: A Year of Challenges Behind, a Year of Opportunity Ahead by Mayor Paul TenHaken
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls Mayor Paul TenHaken looks back at 2020, and ahead to 2021. Sioux Falls, South Dakota: This year has been memorable for many reasons, and it's a year many of...
Dec 30, 2020 Sioux Falls Mayor Paul TenHaken.
U.S. Marshals nab teen homicide suspect in Pierre
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Another teen is arrested in connection with a homicide and on their way from Pierre to Sioux Falls Wednesday. Sioux Falls Police say U.S. Marshals apprehended Devon Mos...
Dec 30, 2020 Homicide graphic.
How to have a S.D. Legislative session in the Age of the Coronavirus?
WATERTOWN, S.D. (KELO.com) --South Dakota's 2021 legislative session begins in two weeks, but COVID-19 continues to be a concern in the days leading up to the session. Sioux Falls Representative Linda...
Dec 30, 2020 S.D. Legislative session graphic.
Thrive's housing team aims to prevent evictions in Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- At a recent count, 1100 school-age children in Sioux Falls are virtually homeless. With affordable housing in short supply, finding a place to live is tough. The search...
Dec 29, 2020
UPDATE: Snow alert issued for Sioux Falls.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The City of Sioux Falls has declared a snow emergency. It began at 4 p.m. Tuesday. Below is the news release from the City with the battle plan to fight the snow over t...
Dec 29, 2020 Collage of snowy downtown Sioux Falls on Phillips Ave. between 12th and 13th Streets, 12/29/20. KELO.com News photos by Todd Epp.
When will the snow end?
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Our region is in a Winter Weather Advisory until midnight tonight. Accumulations of 3 to 7 inches are expected, with locally higher amounts possible. Winds will not be ...
Dec 29, 2020
Robbery at an east side casino; Reports of gun shots near Law Enforcement Center
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls Police are looking for a man who robbed an east side casino at gunpoint early Tuesday morning. The incident happened near East Rice Street and North Highlan...
Dec 29, 2020 Police briefing graphic.
Authorities release name in Minnehaha County fatal crash
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - A Sioux Falls man has been identified as the person who died Saturday morning in a two-vehicle crash west of Sioux Falls. A 2000 Lexus SUV was southbound on LaMesa Drive...
Dec 29, 2020 Fatal accident graphic.
SFPD reports two thefts of vehicles left running
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- It's been a few weeks but Sioux Falls Police say there have been some car thefts. Sgt. Robert Forster says the drivers left them unlocked and running. The thefts happen...
Dec 29, 2020 Paul Keller / CC
Start the New Year by driving sober; S.D. Dept. Public Safety announces sobriety checkpoints
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) - South Dakota's Department of Public Safety will begin 2021 by holding 20 sobriety checkpoints in 17 counties during January. The monthly checkpoints are designed to discourag...
Dec 29, 2020 Josh Hallett / CC
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