Category Archives: Local News

Street construction update 9/7/20
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Street construction update: Lane Closures - Phillips Avenue and 18th Street Beginning on Monday, September 7, 2020, parking on the south side of West 18th will be restr...
Kristin Hergert Sep 07, 2020 Street construction graphic.

Sioux Falls ranked 9th lowest in unemployment
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- According to a WalletHub study the city of Sioux Falls, South Dakota had one of the best rebounds in unemployment. Amid the pandemic, research showed a 150.85% change i...
Anson Mareus Sep 06, 2020 Pictures of Money / CC

Man arrested after crimes in multiple counties
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Lincoln County Sheriff's Deputies successfully arrested Tyson Wessels yesterday evening outside of Tea, SD. Deputies spotted Wessels on a suspected stolen motorcycle. A...
Anson Mareus Sep 06, 2020

Tri-sate COVID-19 numbers for 9/6/2020
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Here are the latest numbers for Coronavirus cases in South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota. The South Dakota Department of Health reports 15,109 cases have been confirmed he...
Rich Keller Sep 06, 2020

SDSU to lead $1 million fight against opioid misuse
BROOKINGS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- South Dakota State University has been awarded a $1 million federal grant to fight opioid abuse. The START program is a three year project as part of the Rural Communitie...
Rich Keller Sep 06, 2020 SDSU logo.

Smithfield Foods to become carbon negative by 2030
SMITHFIELD, VA (KELO.com) -- Smithfield foods has made a major pledge. On Thursday, the meat processor has pledged to become carbon neutral by 2030. The company will go beyond carbon neutrality to eff...
Rich Keller Sep 05, 2020

Authorities looking for three escaped Sioux Falls prisoners
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A search is underway for three minimum-security inmates in Sioux Falls. Inmates Liberty Briley, Joseph Davis, and Kevan Whiteman left the Sioux Falls Community Work Cen...
Todd Epp Sep 04, 2020

Sioux Falls man off to federal prison for dealing meth
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A Sioux Falls man is on his way to federal prison distributing meth. Apiemi Kebaso, Jr., 31, was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison after pleading guilty earlier...
Todd Epp Sep 04, 2020 D.C.Atty / CC

Sioux Falls man arrested
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Police arrested a man for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor. Authorities say 19-year-old Blake Anthony McCrea of Sioux Falls was in an alleged relationship with a 14-...
Kalee Clemens Sep 04, 2020

Blood Drive updates for Labor Day Weekend
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Labor Day weekend is historically a holiday where a spike in blood usage occurs. Research shows, within the last five years, Community Blood Bank's experiences a 20-45%...
Kristin Hergert Sep 04, 2020 NIAID / CC


