Category Archives: Local News
City Council asked to approve TIF District for Railyard project
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The Sioux Falls City Council is being asked to approve $8-million dollars in tax increment financing to support a major change in the downtown rail yard area. Developer J...
Apr 15, 2026
30 year prison term handed down for rape
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- A Minnehaha County Judge is giving a rapist 30 years to consider his actions. Brian Jensen was convicted of rape and assault in a trial last September. The victim says he...
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Recycling on the decline in Sioux Falls - they're playing games to keep it going
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- They're playing a game that has a serious goal of increasing recycling in Sioux Falls. Millennium Recycling is launching the "What Goes Where" word puzzle challenge which...
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Brookings School District cuts teaching positions
BROOKINGS, SD (KELO.com) -- Declining enrollment has the Brookings School District cutting three teaching positions for next year. The move was recommended by Superintendent Summer Schultz, who says n...
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Early morning armed robbery includes gunfire
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- An early morning armed robbery at 24th and Minnesota Avenue in Sioux Falls included gunfire Wednesday morning. The suspect was confronted by an employee as he attempted t...
Apr 15, 2026
Parks Chief Kearney retiring
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls Parks and Recreation Director Don Kearney will step down at the end of this week, after nearly 21 years of leading the department. Mayor Paul Tenhaken says Ke...
Apr 14, 2026 Photo: Sioux Falls Parks and Recreation
Vermillion man sentenced on child porn charges
VERMILLION, SD (KELO.com) -- A USD employee is headed to prison for 20 years for child porn charges. Nicholas Keitges was found guilty of possessing, transporting and attempting to make child pornogra...
Apr 14, 2026 JanPietruszka / Depositphotos.com
Emily's Hope receives $500-thousand from Opioid settlement fund
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Emily's Hope is receiving a half-million dollars to take its Substance Use Prevention Curriculum far and wide. The money comes from the South Dakota Opioid Settlement Fun...
Apr 14, 2026
Police investigating separate hit and run collisions
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- A Sioux Falls man faces a long list of charges after a high-speed trip down 57th Street Sunday night that included two crashes. 30-year old Dakota Thorstenson sped by one...
Apr 13, 2026 Sioux Falls Police cruiser door. KELO.com News file photo.
Six arrested in aggravated assault stemming from stolen drugs and money
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office and Sioux Falls Police have arrested a half-dozen suspects in an assault and kidnapping that took place in February. Captain Josh Ph...
Apr 13, 2026 Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office and Sioux Falls Police Department emblems.
