Category Archives: Local News

Street construction update 10/07/20
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Street construction update : Street Closures - Jasmine Trail Beginning on Thursday, October 8, 2020, Jasmine Trail will be closed between Bittersweet Lane and Ralph Rog...
Kristin Hergert Oct 07, 2020 Street construction graphic.

Sioux Falls advocate receives national recognition
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - A Sioux Falls advocate has received special recognition from a national civil rights group. Taneeza Islam, executive director of South Dakota Voices for Peace, will rece...
Carter Woodiel Oct 06, 2020 Taneeza Islam addresses the Sioux Falls City Council in January 2020.

Jury trials to resume in Minnehaha, Lincoln counties
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) --Jury trials in the Second Circuit will resume on October 13, 2020. This was the second time jury trials have been put on pause due to COVID-19. The Second Circuit said i...
Anson Mareus Oct 06, 2020

Mayor TenHaken drops another hint about Amazon coming to Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- There's still no official word yet on if or when Amazon is going to build a facility in the city. That's after several months now of what many observers expected to be ...
Todd Epp Oct 06, 2020 Claudio Toledo / CC

Minnehaha County Auditor expects to 'exceed any previous number of absentee ballots'
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- As of October 5th, 2020 the Auditor's Office has received 14,284 Absentee Ballots either voted in-person, received by mail or hand-delivered to the Auditor. Elections w...
Todd Epp Oct 06, 2020 Chris Phan / CC

Robert Marbut, “Homelessness Czar,” to visit Union Gospel Mission of Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls, South Dakota-Robert Marbut, executive director of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, appointed by President Trump in December 2019, will make a ...
Anson Mareus Oct 06, 2020

Gas leak in the 14th and Phillips area of downtown Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- According to a Sioux Falls Police officer on the scene, construction crews hit a gas line in the area of 14th Street and Phillips Ave. At noon today (Friday), Phillips ...
Todd Epp Oct 06, 2020

Most of region under a 'Red Flag' warning for wildfire danger
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a Red Flag warning, which is in effect from noon today to 7 PM CDT this evening. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather z...
Todd Epp Oct 06, 2020

National Night Out tonight
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The National Association of Town Watch developed National Night Out more than 30 years ago. Today, it involves thousands of communities and millions of people around th...
Kristin Hergert Oct 06, 2020

Latest Sioux Falls Metro coronavirus numbers as of 10/05/20
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - The City of Sioux Falls reports 1,096 active coronavirus cases in the metro area. There are 30 new positive cases. The three-day average of new cases is 91. There are 11...
Kristin Hergert Oct 06, 2020


