Category Archives: Local News
Fire in Sioux Falls over the weekend
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO.com) -- A weekend fire caused smoke damage to a Sioux Falls home in the 1900 block of South Phillips Avenue but no injuries. Fire crews found a moderate fire in a bedroom and lig...
Dec 01, 2025 Lentiai / Depositphotos.com
Crews still busy plowing Sioux Falls streets
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls snow crews are making good progress on clearing up the mess created by the Thanksgiving weekend storm. Four to five inches fell across the city, and a snow al...
Dec 01, 2025
More Diamond Interchanges planned for the Sioux Falls area
South Dakota's fifth diverging diamond interchange begins construction as another wraps up. A ribbon cutting was held for the I-90 interchange at Brandon to mark its official completion yesterday morn...
Nov 26, 2025 From the Sioux Falls Department of Transportation Facebook page
Explosion at a business on East Benson Road last night
Soiux Falls fire fighters are investigating an explosion and fire at a business on East Benson Road late last night. Witnesses indicated there was fire in the walls of the structure as fire crews arri...
Nov 25, 2025
Sioux Falls School District is developing their first budget
It's the first step in the long journey of developing next year's budget for the Sioux Falls School district. The School Board took that step last night, with a group of students to see the process. B...
Nov 25, 2025
Adoptions continue at the Humane Society
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO.com) -- If you're looking for a best friend, the Sioux Falls Area Humane Society is offering dogs for adoption again. The adoption program was halted recently because of a confir...
Nov 25, 2025
Sioux Falls will fall short of its revenue target for the year
Things are improving, but Sioux Falls will fall short of its revenue target for the year. City finance Director Shawn Pritchett says sales tax receipts are improving, but not enough to hit the four an...
Nov 25, 2025 Iowa Democrats are calling for more oversight of how Iowa spends federal coronavirus relief money. (Photo by Giorgio Trovato via Unsplash)
California man sentenced to 33 years for meth trafficking in Sioux Falls
He led a meth ring in Sioux Falls for nearly five years. Now, Darrel Devorce of California will spend the next 33 years in federal prison. He was convicted of conspiracy to distribute a controlled sub...
Nov 25, 2025 SergPoznanskiy / Depositphotos.com
Sioux Falls to host the annual parade of lights the day after Thanksgiving
Up to 50-thousand people are expected for this Friday night's Parade of Lights in Downtown Sioux Falls. The parade runs down Phillips Avenue, which will be closed to traffic. Several streets will also...
Nov 25, 2025
A mistrial was declared for the massage therapist who was accused of inappropriately touching four women
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO.com) -- The jury reconvened Friday for the sexual assault trial of a Sioux Falls massage therapist. Kurt Smit is accused of inappropriately touching four women at Massage Envy. T...
Nov 24, 2025 SergPoznanskiy / Depositphotos.com
