Category Archives: Local News

Sioux Falls sees an increase in panhandling
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The Sioux Falls police have seen an increase in panhandling at major intersections in the city over the last year. Lieutenant Nick Cook says that from April of 2020 to Se...
Kalee Clemens Sep 24, 2020 Chris Yarzab / CC

Inebriated parents give up young kids to Good Samaritan; Sioux Falls Police arrest the parents
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A good Samaritan comes up on a group of people at 6th and Spring. Most of them are drunk. An inebrieated woman tell the Good Samaritan to take her children, ages 1 and ...
Todd Epp Sep 24, 2020

Latest Sioux Falls Metro coronavirus numbers as of 9/23/20
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - The City of Sioux Falls reports 744 active coronavirus cases in the metro area. There are 118 new positive cases. The three day average of new cases is 71.3. There are 6...
Kristin Hergert Sep 24, 2020

Street construction update 9/24/20
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Street construction update: Beginning on Monday, September 28, 2020, South Tomar Road between East Tomar Place and South Cliff Avenue will be closed to through traffic ...
Kristin Hergert Sep 24, 2020 Street construction graphic.

Faith Temple Church food giveaway in need
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com)-- The local food drive has found itself in a shortage, mostly in the produce item. Food drive organizers took to social media to share how you can help. FULL POST: This co...
Anson Mareus Sep 23, 2020

One more hint that Amazon may be coming to Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- There's one more hint that Amazon may be building a new fulfillment center here. The website for MWPVL, a consulting company for logistics and supply chain, lists a "Pr...
Todd Epp Sep 23, 2020

Time for a big cleanup on the Big Sioux
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The City of Sioux Falls will host the fifth annual community-wide Big Sioux River Greenway Cleanup on Saturday, October 10, 2020, from 9 a.m. to noon. The cleanup has r...
Mark Russo Sep 23, 2020

"Transformational" SF road project announced
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The final stretch of Veterans Parkway, what used to be called Highway 100, will be completed in a $208 million project, most of it paid for by the state. The money will...
Mark Russo Sep 23, 2020 Construction graphic.

Sioux Falls City Council briefed on growing panhandling problem
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls Police have responded to hundreds of complaint calls related to panhandling at key intersections in the city. "Just for a five-month period at those five in...
Mark Russo Sep 23, 2020 highlander411 / CC

S.D. Census workers scramble to count all residents
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- From shifting workers to different states to offering them overtime incentives, the U.S. Census Bureau is doing everything it can to ensure all residents are included i...
Todd Epp Sep 23, 2020


