Category Archives: Local News
SDSU opening new Center for AI Innovation and Emergent Technologies
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- South Dakota State University is unveiling a new Center for AI Innovation and Emergent Technologies. The announcement came Friday morning at a symposium being held in Sio...
Mar 27, 2026 SDSU logo.
Coyote women advance to WNIT Great 8
VERMILLION, SD (KELO.com) -- The USD Coyote women were on fire Thursday night, so it's on to the 'Great 8' of the Women's National Invitational Tournament. The Coyotes jumped out to a 14-0 lead over P...
Mar 27, 2026 USD Coyotes poster.
Preliminary school budget plans for $2-million cut
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls School officials are planning on two-million dollars in budget cuts for the upcoming year. A preliminary 360-million dollar budget was presented to the school...
Mar 27, 2026
Lincoln County Commission questions parts of tax relief plan
CANTON, SD (KELO.com) -- Lincoln County Commissioners are questioning parts of Governor Rhoden's property tax relief plan. The plan allows counties to impose a half-penny sales tax, which would be use...
Mar 26, 2026 Olivier26 / Depositphotos.com
Family and friends bid farewell to McKenna Wendel
Friends and classmates are mourning the loss of a 14-year old girl. A funeral processional made its way through central Sioux Falls Thursday morning, as McKenna Wendel was taken to her final resting p...
Mar 26, 2026 McKenna Wendel
Sanford USD Medical Center among the best in the world
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls is on the Newsweek list of World's Best Hospitals for 2026. Sanford ranks 63rd out of 416 hospitals in the U-S on the list. Sanf...
Mar 26, 2026 Sanford Health logo.
Sioux Falls airport screeners being paid
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Airport Screening lines are long across the nation as we hit day 41 of the partial government shutdown that leaves TSA agents unpaid, but not at the Sioux Falls Regional ...
Mar 26, 2026 TeriVirbickis / Depositphotos.com
Sioux Falls school officials wrestle with upcoming changes in Child Nutrition - looking for direction
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Big changes are coming in the school nutrition program as the Trump Administration pushes for more protein and healthier meals. Sioux Falls School District Child Nutritio...
Mar 26, 2026 Kids at school lunch. Photo by the USDA.
Man wanted for sex crimes in Sioux Falls arrested in New Mexico
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- A man wanted for sex crimes in Sioux Falls is behind bars in New Mexico. Steven Martin is wanted for charges of stalking, window peeking, indecent exposure involving a ch...
Mar 26, 2026
Five candidates line up for Mayoral candidate forum
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls residents got the chance to hear from the candidates that want to become the city's next mayor Tuesday night. AARP South Dakota and Downtown Sioux Falls hoste...
Mar 25, 2026 Sioux Falls City Council
