Category Archives: Local News

Sioux Falls airport passenger numbers growing
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Air travel out of the Sioux Falls Regional Airport is reaching new heights. Airport Executive Director Dan Letellier says airport traffic has increased by 50-percent in t...
Tom Rooney Dec 11, 2024 Sioux Falls Airport

Culture war comes to City Hall after challenge from Mayor
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Mayor Paul TenHaken asked legislators to avoid "culture war" issues this year, but now the culture war has come to city hall. A number of citizens spoke up during the pub...
Tom Rooney Dec 11, 2024

Sioux Falls aquatics bond may get a vote next month
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls City Councilors got the plan they were asking for last night from Parks and Recreation officials. Now they may be ready to vote. The vote is on a 68-million d...
Tom Rooney Dec 11, 2024 Photo: City of Sioux Falls - Midco Aquatics Center

"Project Warm-Up" hits milestone, Blank
Sioux Falls, SD - This Saturday, December 14th, Project Warm-Up will hold its 19th Annual Blanket Making Event at Sonia Sotomayor Elementary School from 11a.m. to 3 p.m. This community tradition bring...
Tom Rooney Dec 11, 2024 namak / Depositphotos.com

Police: 2nd shooter may have been involved in Mall incident
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Gang violence may have been involved in the weekend active shooter incident at the Empire Mall. Sioux Falls Police say there may have been a second shooter. 18-year old J...
Tom Rooney Dec 09, 2024

No apparent injuries in active shooter event at Empire Mall
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls Police worked late into the night, sweeping through the Empire Mall store by store after there was an active shooting event. The initial calls came in at abou...
Tom Rooney Dec 06, 2024 Active Shooter-Empire Mall Dec 6, 2024

Pushing for answers on proposed new penitentiary
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- Most of the funding is in place, and corrections officials want to get started on building a new men's Penitentiary between Harrisburg and Canton. But new legislative leaders ...
Tom Rooney Dec 06, 2024 S.D. State Penitentiary. Photo by Mayor Paul TenHaken.

Cuts in government services on the way?
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- State and city governments across South Dakota are coming to grips with the battle against inflation. The end result is the grim reality that some programs and services a...
Tom Rooney Dec 06, 2024 Lena_Zajchikova / Depositphotos.com

TenHaken administration pushing ahead, building on accomplishments
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- It's pedal to the metal through the finish line for Sioux Falls Mayor Paul TenHaken as he casts a vision for the final 16 months he'll be in office. At a news conference ...
Tom Rooney Dec 05, 2024

Renner man arrested for rape and enticing minors years after alleged offenses
RENNER, SD (KELO.com) -- A Renner man is jailed on rape and sexual contact charges in at least two cases - one of them dating back 13 years. Captain Josh Phillips of the Minnehaha County Sheriff's off...
Tom Rooney Dec 05, 2024


