Category Archives: Local News
Housing assistance program helps hundreds in Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The Housing Division for the city of Sioux Falls helped nearly 19-hundred residents with home and rental unit repairs last year...and is gearing up to do more this year. ...
Apr 08, 2026 Concrete Forms / CC
Pierre man held for kidnapping, aggravated assault after allegedly threatening juvenile with a gun
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- A 66-year old Pierre man is being held on charges including kidnapping a family member in Sioux Falls Tuesday night. The juvenile victim told police he was riding in a ve...
Apr 08, 2026 Tony Webster / CC
Sioux Falls City council to review city fees
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- You can expect to hear more talk about city fees in Sioux Falls over the next year, and it may affect your pocketbook. But, before we get to that stage, city officials sa...
Apr 08, 2026 Ruiwei Qi / CC
Sioux Falls City Council working on protocols to invite public to engage in city affairs
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls city officials are looking for ways to get the public more involved in city business. There are over 30 committees and boards in city government. Council Chai...
Apr 08, 2026 Sioux Falls City Council
Sioux Falls man heads to life in prison for rape and trafficking
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- A Sioux Falls man faces life in prison for the rape and human trafficking of a female family member. Leon Siess was sentenced Tuesday on multiple counts, including sexual...
Apr 08, 2026 Boytaro1428 / Depositphotos.com
Sioux Falls, Rapid City looking for more help in addiction battle
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Addiction feeds into South Dakota's crime problem, and the state's two largest cities have made major efforts to attack it, but both say they need more help. Sioux Falls ...
Apr 08, 2026 REUTERS/George Frey
School District appoints task force to begin working toward Whittier M.S. replacement
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The Sioux Falls School District has named members of a new task force to guide planning for new school facilities. ClickRain CEO Natalie Eisenberg, Realtor Tony Erickson ...
Apr 07, 2026
Sioux Falls considering refinancing bonds
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls is hoping to save $6.2-million by refinancing the Sanford Premier Center and the City Center. Combined, the two bonds have a remaining balance of more than $7...
Apr 07, 2026 Pictures of Money / CC
Restaurant week in Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- What's your favorite restaurant??? This is Restaurant Week in Sioux Falls, and Downtown Sioux Falls will be a foodie paradise with 15 participating restaurants. Many are ...
Apr 07, 2026 Photo: DTSF
CommuniTree program begins replacing ash trees
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The CommuniTree program is up and running in Sioux Falls. The city received a three million dollars USDA grant to plant five-thousand new trees in the public right-of-way...
Apr 07, 2026 Photo Courtesy: City of Sioux Falls
