Category Archives: Local News
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.
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
