Category Archives: Local News
A little Labor Day history
WASHINGTON, DC (KELO.com) -- Do you know the history of Labor Day? When it began and what it means? The U.S. Department of Labor answers those questions and more. Labor Day: What it Means Labor Day, t...
Sep 7, 2020
Fall-like weather this week
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls says cooler weather is ahead! There are big changes ahead as temperatures become more fall-like this week. Highs will drop d...
Sep 7, 2020
Latest Sioux Falls Metro coronavirus numbers as of 9/6/20
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 51 new cases in the metro, down 15 fr...
Sep 7, 2020
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...
Sep 7, 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...
Sep 6, 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...
Sep 6, 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...
Sep 6, 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...
Sep 6, 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...
Sep 5, 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...
Sep 4, 2020
