Category Archives: Local News
Tri-state COVID numbers for 8/29/2020
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 12,942 cases have been confirmed her...
Aug 29, 2020 Coronavirus graphic.
"Lost in Vegas" fundraiser musical to play Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The musical "Lost in Vegas" will hit the boards in Sioux Falls the next two weekends. The performances are a fundraiser for the LifeLight youth center. "Lost in Vegas" ...
Aug 29, 2020
Sioux Falls schools off to great start
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The new school year is off to a great start, and Superintendent Jane Stavem couldn't be happier. She cites all the hard work put in by staff to get the schools ready fo...
Aug 29, 2020
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
