Category Archives: Local News

Sanford, City moving forward with Westside Recreation Center
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls Park & Rec officials want to stamp out the rumors. At a news conference Thursday morning, Parks & Rec Director Don Kearney removed doubts about a city...
Tom Rooney Oct 18, 2024 Photo: City of Sioux Falls

Governor Noem intervenes to defend ban on gender affirming care
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- Governor Kristi Noem says it's about protecting South Dakota kids - and the state's "Help Not Harm" law. That law was passed in 2023. It bans transgender affirming medical pro...
Tom Rooney Oct 16, 2024 serezniy / Depositphotos.com

County commissioners accused of treason in election dispute
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Minnehaha County Commissioners are being accused of treason...and they don't take very kindly to the accusation. The charge came during the public comment section of the ...
Tom Rooney Oct 16, 2024 Minnehaha County Courthouse. Photo from ujs.sd.gov.

Dakota State Applied Research Lab taking shape
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The steel framework for the Dakota State Applied Research Lab is beginning to take shape on the northwest edge of Sioux Falls. As that happens, Applied Research Corporati...
Tom Rooney Oct 15, 2024

Police asking for public's help in another shooting case
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- No arrests, but Sioux Falls police are investigating a pair of shooting incidents. One took place Sunday evening in an apartment on North Prairie Avenue. A man pulled a g...
Tom Rooney Oct 15, 2024 Sioux Falls Police cruiser. KELO.com News file photo.

Grand Theft indictment for Sioux Falls man
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A Sioux Falls man has been indicted on Grand Theft charges. Matthew Wilson, 39, was indicted by a Lincon County Grand Jury for "exercising unauthorized control" over th...
Rich Keller Oct 12, 2024 PRSA-NY / CC

Mistaken identity leaves two dead in Sioux Falls shooting
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A case of mistaken identity leaves two people dead in a shooting near Roosevelt High School in Sioux Falls Thursday night. A 23-year old man said he had been jumped in ...
Rich Keller Oct 12, 2024 Sioux Falls Police patch and badge.

Authorities hunt for abuser
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- An abuser is on the loose, and authorities need your help finding him. The Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office is searching for Victor Floresmendo. Floresmendo is wanted ...
Rich Keller Oct 12, 2024

SDSU student charged with online sexual exploitation and child pornography
BROOKINGS, SD (KELO.com) -- An SDSU student faces child pornography and sexual exploitation charges. Jaykob Varner allegedly sent images to a 14-year old girl in Louisianna, and convinced her to send ...
Tom Rooney Oct 10, 2024 aetb / Depositphotos.com

Remembering attack of October 7th
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- It was a solemn gathering, and a somber remembrance. About a hundred people gathered in Downtown Sioux Falls last night to remember the 12-hundred people who died in the ...
Tom Rooney Oct 08, 2024 serezniy / Depositphotos.com


