Category Archives: Local News

State and local officials go to work to help displaced Cimpl employees
YANKTON, SD (KELO.com) -- Yankton officials are wasting no time in providing help for the former employees of Cimpl meats. The Cimpl plant is being closed, putting nearly 300 workers in the unemployme...
Tom Rooney Mar 19, 2025 elnariz / Depositphotos.com

Police searching for suspects in kidnapping and homicide cases
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls police are still searching for one of the main suspects in last week's kidnapping of a one year old boy. Javion Bluebird was abducted at gunpoint from his Gra...
Tom Rooney Mar 17, 2025 Sioux Falls Police Briefing graphic.

Yankton meat packer closes its doors with no warning
YANKTON, SD (KELO.com) -- They showed up for work this morning - and discovered they no longer had jobs. That was the shock faced by about 300 employees at Cimpl Meats in Yankton. Yankton Thrive CEO N...
Tom Rooney Mar 17, 2025 elnariz / Depositphotos.com

Sioux Falls Amber Alert
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Law enforcement officials have issued an Amber Alert for a one year old child who was abducted in Sioux Falls at about 9:30pm Thursday. Javion Bluebird was last seen wear...
Tom Rooney Mar 14, 2025

Sex offender arrested for loitering near elementary school
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- A registered sex offender is accused of loitering near a Sioux Falls elementary school. Fifty-five-year-old Rodney Johnson was convicted in 2021 of possessing child porn....
Tom Rooney Mar 12, 2025 olanstock / Depositphotos.com

Two residents injured in Sunday morning house fire
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Two Sioux Falls residents were injured in a house fire on North Main Avenue early Sunday morning. Fire crews searched the home, while providing care for the injured resid...
Tom Rooney Mar 10, 2025 House fire graphic.

Cause of death released in armed standoff in Brandon
BRANDON, SD (KELO.com) -- The cause of death in an armed standoff in Brandon last month has been determined to be smoke inhalation and an apparent drug overdose. Attorney General Marty Jackley says th...
Tom Rooney Mar 10, 2025 IgorVetushko / Depositphotos.com

Separate weekend accidents claim lives in Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Two people lost their lives in separate accidents in Sioux Falls shortly after 5pm Sunday afternoon. 38-year old Natasha Jones' vehicle side-swiped another vehicle on Nor...
Tom Rooney Mar 10, 2025 Sioux Falls Police cruiser door. KELO.com News file photo.

SF Police searching for suspect in city's 2nd homicide of 2025
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls Police are investigating a homicide - the second in 2025 - following a fight just north of the Bishop Dudley House Saturday evening. Police Information Office...
Tom Rooney Mar 10, 2025 fergregory / Depositphotos.com

National Women's Day protest in Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Saturday was National Women's Day. A large protest occurred at the Federal Courthouse in downtown Sioux Falls. The participants were angry with DOGE cuts and the revers...
Rich Keller Mar 09, 2025


