Category Archives: Local News

No new leads in missing girl's case; SFPD needs the public's assistance
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls Police have no additional leads in the disappearance of 11-year-old Nakia Jackson. The best theory police have is that someone in a black or dark-colored ca...
Todd Epp Nov 06, 2020 A photo of the kind of "Lilo and Stitch" pajama bottoms Nakia Jackson was wearing, 11/6/20. Photo from SFPD.

NWS says extreme fire danger today
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls' forecast: It's another unseasonably warm day today. Very dry conditions and breezy to gusty winds will result in extreme fi...
Kristin Hergert Nov 06, 2020

Latest Sioux Falls Metro coronavirus numbers as of 11/5/20
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - The City of Sioux Falls reports 4,398 active coronavirus cases in the metro area. There are 352 new positive cases. The three-day average of new cases is 307. There are ...
Kristin Hergert Nov 06, 2020

UPDATE: Sioux Falls Police looking for 11-year-old runaway
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- At approximately 7:13 am, a distant camera shows a black or dark-colored car driving south on Minnesota Ave. from Benson Road. The car then does a U-Turn on Minnesota A...
Todd Epp Nov 05, 2020 Nakia Jackson. Photo from the SFPD.

Local winners going to Pierre
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Now that all the votes are basically counted in Minnehaha County, we have a list of the winners and losers in the local races for the South Dakota State Legislature. DI...
Mark Russo Nov 05, 2020

Sioux Falls Police searching north of the airport for missing girl
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls Police are searching north of the airport near the diversion channel for 11-year-old Nakia Jackson. Around 1:30 p.m. Thursday, KELO.com News spotted officer...
Todd Epp Nov 05, 2020 SFPD in four-wheelers search north of FSD for Nakia Jackson, 11/5/20. KELO.com News photo by Liz Ryan.

Minnehaha County Auditor Bob Litz tests positive for COVID-19
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Minnehaha County Auditor Bob Litz announced he has tested positive for COVID-19 following a rapid response test. Auditor's staff has been notified. Election workers are in the proc...
Todd Epp Nov 05, 2020 Bob Litz.

Three juveniles injured in a traffic accident Wednesday northwest of Dell Rapids
DELL RAPIDS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Three juveniles are injured in a traffic accident Wednesday afternoon. According to the Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office, the injury accident occurred yesterday aftern...
Kristin Hergert Nov 05, 2020 Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office emblem.

Latest Sioux Falls Metro coronavirus numbers as of 11/4/20
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - The City of Sioux Falls reports 4,598 active coronavirus cases in the metro area. There are 276 new positive cases. The three-day average of new cases is 231. There are ...
Kristin Hergert Nov 05, 2020

Minnehaha County keeps counting
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Minnehaha County was still counting ballots from Tuesday's election for most of the day on Wednesday. The troops started counting after the polls closed, but County Aud...
Mark Russo Nov 04, 2020


