Category Archives: Local News

Brookings man charged with Child Pornography and Sexual Exploitation
BROOKINGS, SD (KELO.com) -- A Brookings man is charged with possessing Child Pornography and sexually exploiting a minor in connection with a 15 year old girl who went missing in North Carolina. Attor...
Tom Rooney Mar 26, 2025 JanPietruszka / Depositphotos.com

Response to school board criticism of legislative action
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Legislative response today to criticism from the Sioux Falls School Board. Board members unloaded on the Legislature this week, saying they were disappointed and frustrat...
Tom Rooney Mar 26, 2025 IgorVetushko / Depositphotos.com

Sioux Falls to build new office space
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Several Sioux Falls city departments will be changing locations in the future. The city hopes to break ground on a project at 60th and Sycamore this spring. The Light, Tr...
Tom Rooney Mar 26, 2025 JanPietruszka / Depositphotos.com

Construction begins on two year project
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- When it's complete, it will be the largest intersection in the state of South Dakota - but it will take two years to build. Construction begins tomorrow of the intersecti...
Tom Rooney Mar 25, 2025

Minnehaha County issues burn ban as drought worsens
MINNEHAHA COUNTY, SD (KELO.com) -- The Minnehaha County Commission took action this morning to issue a burn ban for rural parts of the county. Fire agencies have been called extinguish numerous grass ...
Tom Rooney Mar 25, 2025 dpfoxfoto / Depositphotos.com

SD Supreme Court hears prison case
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- The South Dakota Supreme Court heard arguments late this morning in a lawsuit over a proposed new prison in Lincoln County. Grant Flynn of the Attorney General's office repres...
Tom Rooney Mar 25, 2025 Carmen Rodriguez

Sioux Falls School Board members critical of legislature
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The South Dakota Legislature gets poor grades from the Sioux Falls School Board on the just-completed legislative session. The District tracked 73 bills through the legis...
Tom Rooney Mar 25, 2025

Coroner waiting for lab results in death investigation
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls police are waiting for a ruling from the county coroner on the death of a 36-year old man on the city's south side from earlier this month. It's possible the ...
Tom Rooney Mar 24, 2025 Sioux Falls Police Briefing graphic.

Lawsuit filed in tragic toddler death at Sioux Falls hotel
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The family of a toddler who fell from a Sioux Falls hotel window is suing the owner and management companies nearly a year later. The 19-month-old boy, Madden Hein, died ...
Tom Rooney Mar 21, 2025 JanPietruszka / Depositphotos.com

Road construction season about to begin
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Spring officially begins this coming weekend, and with it, the "other" season - road construction. It will be a big road construction year in Sioux Falls, especially on t...
Tom Rooney Mar 19, 2025 Photo by Jason Jarrach on Unsplash


