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Mayor TenHaken, ACLU skirmish on Twitter about ballot drop boxes
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- It may not be a full-on Twitter war, but Mayor Paul TenHaken and the South Dakota chapter of the ACLU are exchanging fire over the placement of election drop boxes. The...
Aug 28, 2020 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
Sioux Falls area still short on blood
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The Community Blood Bank Board of Directors, at Sanford USD Medical Center and Avera McKennan Hospital, have declared a critical shortage of blood for the Sioux Falls a...
Aug 28, 2020 Gabriel / CC
Police Briefing: Two aggravated assaults
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- There were two aggravated assaults in Friday morning's Police Briefing. The first occurred Thursday night at East 11th and Thompson Avenue where a large crowd gathered....
Aug 28, 2020 Sioux Falls Police Briefing graphic.
Teen suicide awareness and prevention in South Dakota
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The South Dakota Department of Social Services has developed a suicide awareness and prevention campaign, BeThe1SD.com, to help decrease the number of suicides in South Dako...
Aug 28, 2020
UPDATE: Sioux Falls man dies in pedestrian accident near the Empire Mall
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- UPDATE: Sioux Falls police are still not 100% sure how it happened, but a 23-year old man is dead following an altercation with a pickup Friday night at midnight at Wes...
Aug 28, 2020
Thumbs up for first day of school at Sioux Falls Public schools
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The first day of school for Sioux Falls Public Schools is in the books. Carly Uthe, Multi-Media Specialist, says the morning started with lots of air hugs and elbow tap...
Aug 28, 2020
Latest Sioux Falls Metro coronavirus numbers as of 8/27/20
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - Here are yesterday's numbers from the City of Sioux Falls' new Lincoln and Minnehaha Counties coronavirus tracker. The City reports 99 new cases in the metro, up 76 from...
Aug 28, 2020
Street construction update 8/28/20
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Street construction update: Western Avenue Traffic Switch at 41st Street Beginning on Friday, August 28, 2020, traffic on Western Avenue at 41st Street will be switched...
Aug 28, 2020 Street construction graphic.
Kirby Dog Park at Fort Sod officially open
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- City officials, donors, and dozens of dog owners gathered on the corner of 10th st and S 2nd avenue in downtown Sioux Falls for the grand opening of the Kirby Dog Park ...
Aug 27, 2020
New big Sioux Falls employer announcement is back on--maybe
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The on-again off-again announcement of a major employer coming to Sioux Falls may be on again. The unconfirmed rumor is that Amazon is putting a fulfillment center in t...
Aug 27, 2020 Mike Mozart / CC
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