Category Archives: Local News

Delbridge petition drive falls short
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- A petition drive calling for a public vote to keep the Brockhouse animal collection in Sioux Falls has come up short. The Dakota Scout reports a group called Concerned Ci...
Tom Rooney Mar 07, 2025 Photo Courtesy: Great Plains Zoo & Delbridge Museum of Natural History

Assaults on law enforcement increasing
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls area Law Enforcement leaders say assaults against officers are on the rise - and they're concerned. Minnehaha County Sheriff Mike Milstead appeared at a joint...
Tom Rooney Mar 07, 2025 pichsakul / Depositphotos.com
2nd generation family leader of Daktronics resigns as CEO
BROOKINGS, SD (KELO.com) -- Daktronics chairman, president and CEO Reece Kurtenbach is stepping down. That, according to a report in SiouxFalls.business. Daktronics was started by his father, Al Kurte...
Tom Rooney Mar 05, 2025

City Council approves lease/fence ordinance
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The city will build a controversial fence in a troubled Sioux Falls neighborhood - but not without protest. City Councilors voted unanimously Tuesday night to lease the v...
Tom Rooney Mar 05, 2025 Courtesy Bishop Dudley Hospitality House.

Police searching for missing infant
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls Police are searching for a missing seven-month old infant. Chosen Butler was last seen with 38-year old Betty Cross of Sioux Falls. She was supposed to hand t...
Tom Rooney Mar 04, 2025 Image Courtesy: SF Police Department

Man fires Uzi machine gun at trooper during high speed chase
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- A high-speed chase in Sioux Falls involving shots fired at a state Highway Patrol trooper has landed a convicted felon back in jail. 65-year old David Yocom of Sioux Fall...
Tom Rooney Mar 04, 2025 sielemann / Depositphotos.com

Madison prom to feature breathalyzer tests
MADISON, SD (KELO.com) -- The Madison School District is working to cut down on the amount of alcohol consumed by students during prom. The school is working with Madison police to conduct breathalyze...
Tom Rooney Feb 28, 2025 aijohn784 / Depositphotos.com

Trial delayed for suspect in Moody County Deputy's death
FLANDREAU, SD (KELO.com) -- The trial date for the man accused of killing Moody County Chief Deputy Ken Prorok in a high-speed chase last February, has been pushed back. Joseph Hoek's first-degree mur...
Tom Rooney Feb 28, 2025 Photo Courtesy: Moody County Sheriff's Office FB
Delay requested in trial for man accused of killing Moody County Deputy Sheriff
FLANDREAU, SD (KELO.com) -- The man charged with murdering Moody County Deputy Sheriff Ken Prorok last February during a pursuit is asking for a delay in the trial as he faces the death penalty. Josep...
Tom Rooney Feb 27, 2025

Former Sioux Falls pastor arrested on sex charges
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- A former Sioux Falls pastor is behind bars on sex charges. Authorities say Patrick Anderson is accused of having unwanted sexual contact with four victims between April a...
Tom Rooney Feb 27, 2025 vladek / Depositphotos.com


