Category Archives: Local News
Plan for a DD for NYE
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Do you have a DD for NYE ??? That translates to Designated Driver for New Year's Eve. South Dakota Law Enforcement is encouraging people headed out to celebrate New Year'...
Dec 31, 2025 JNaether / Depositphotos.com
Brookings business receives grant for bio-tech projects
BROOKINGS, SD (KELO.com) -- A Brookings company scores big in economic grants from the Future Fund. Dakota BioWorx is in partnership with SDSU and the School of Mines, in an effort to help bioprocessi...
Dec 31, 2025 Photo Courtesy: KBRK Radio
No injuries in Sioux Falls house fire
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls Fire and Rescue made quick work Tuesday night of a house fire in a new development on the city's Southwest side. Heavy black smoke was pouring from the garage...
Dec 31, 2025
New Tiger at the Great Plains Zoo
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO.com) -- The Great Plains Zoo and Aquarium is unveiling a new cat. Mila the tiger was born at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo in 2023 and arrived in Sioux falls this fall. Her placem...
Dec 17, 2025 Keesa, the Great Plains Zoo's Amur tiger. Photo from the GPZ.
Pay raises are coming for Minnehaha County's elected officials
Minnehaha County (KELO.com) -- Minnehaha County's elected department heads are about to get a significant pay raise. The increases are the end result of a compensation study, even though commissioners...
Dec 17, 2025
Sioux Falls Budget numbers end on a positive note
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO.com) -- Some hopeful signs for the Sioux Falls City budget as we near year-end. Sales tax receipts are still below budget projects but they're improving. The big news comes from ...
Dec 17, 2025 Steve Shook / CC
Pet Rescues are asking Sioux Falls for donations this holiday season
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO.com) -- Pet rescues are asking for donations to help their animals this holiday season. Rescue Network says they've welcomed about 100 animals over the past two weeks and already...
Dec 16, 2025 amyinlondon / Depositphotos.com
The new Frank Olson Recreation Center receives generous donation
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO.com) -- The Sioux Falls Parks and Recreation System just received another healthy shot in the arm. Joe and Jennifer Kirby are making a one-million-dollar donation for the new Fra...
Dec 16, 2025 Sioux falls parks and recreation
Edward Brinkley found not guilty in a Sioux Falls murder case
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO.com) -- A Sioux Falls jury finds 40-year-old Edward Brinkley not guilty in a murder case. Brinkley was acquitted of killing Richard Sowers back in March of 2024. The jury deliber...
Dec 16, 2025
Sioux Falls cancer patient is the victim of fraud
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls police say a 66-year-old local man is the victim of an online fraud that has cost him 67-thousand dollars. The victim has cancer and was in contact with a wom...
Dec 15, 2025 tashatuvango / Depositphotos.com
