Category Archives: Local News

Petition drive started to keep Brockhouse collection in Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- At least one more attempt is going to be made to keep the Brockhouse animal collection in Sioux Falls. The City Council voted last week to donate the collection - which h...
Tom Rooney Feb 17, 2025 Photo Courtesy: Great Plains Zoo & Delbridge Museum of Natural History

Suspect in Brandon standoff identified
BRANDON, SD (KELO.com) -- The suspect who died in an armed standoff in Brandon this week has been identified. Attorney General Marty Jackley confirms that 43-year old Abe Boushee's body was found in t...
Tom Rooney Feb 14, 2025 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC

Brandon suspect presumed dead in armed standoff
BRANDON, SD (KELO.com) -- A suspect is presumed dead in an armed standoff in Brandon. U-S Marshals were met with gunfire as they attempted to serve an arrest warrant yesterday afternoon. Minnehaha Cou...
Tom Rooney Feb 13, 2025 BrianAJackson / Depositphotos.com

Sioux Falls releases city health assessment report
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Obesity, substance abuse and mental health - three areas of top health concerns in Sioux Falls. The City Health Department unveiled its Community Health Assessment this m...
Tom Rooney Feb 12, 2025 Falls Community Health

Delbridge Museum collection headed out of Sioux Falls
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- It was the largest private taxidermy collection of wild safari animals in the world - located in Sioux Falls - but not for long. The Sioux Falls City Council ended a year and ...
Tom Rooney Feb 12, 2025 Photo Courtesy: Great Plains Zoo & Delbridge Museum of Natural History

City councilors headed to decision on Delbridge Museum collection
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- A hard decision ahead Tuesday night on the Delbridge Museum animals. City Councilor Miranda Bayse has a personal, life-long connection to the taxidermy display. Despite t...
Tom Rooney Feb 11, 2025 Photo Courtesy: Great Plains Zoo & Delbridge Museum of Natural History

Street racing bill survives SD Senate vote
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- A bill on illegal street racing turned into a bit of an east river/west river showdown in Pierre. Sioux Falls Senator Sue Peterson introduced the bill on behalf of the city of...
Tom Rooney Feb 11, 2025 alexkravtsov / Depositphotos.com

Legislators critical of lease process involving One Stop centers
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- Employees have already started moving in, but legislators want to take a closer look at the lease agreement. The State Bureau of Human Resources has contracted for 30-year lea...
Tom Rooney Feb 11, 2025 South Dakota House of Representatives. KELO.com News file photo by Todd Epp.

20 year term for Indiana man who confessed to $37-million crypto thefts from Sioux Falls firm clients
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- A cryptocurrency theft of more than 37-million dollars tied to a Sioux Falls investment holdings company. 22-year old Evan Light operated the scheme from his mother's bas...
Tom Rooney Feb 10, 2025 JanPietruszka / Depositphotos.com

Sioux Falls Police Chief John Thum believes new prison would help the state
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- There's no disagreement that South Dakota needs a new state penitentiary. Built in 1881, it has become hazardous and antiquated. Sioux Falls Police chief John Thum beli...
Rich Keller Feb 08, 2025 Police Chief John Thum. Photo from SFPD.


