Category Archives: Local News
State Representative Peri Pourier leaves the democratic party to join the GOP
Pierre, SD (KELO.com) -- State Representative Peri Pourier of Pine Ridge is changing parties. She says she's leaving the Democratic party to join the GOP, which she says aligns with tribal sovereignty...
Sep 23, 2025
Sioux Falls woman scammed on Tik Tok
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO.com) -- Another online scam finds a victim in Sioux Falls who has lost hundreds of thousands of dollars as a result. Police Information Officer, Sergeant Aaron Bensen says a woma...
Sep 23, 2025 Nordskov Media
Motorcyclist pulled a handgun in a road rage incident in Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls police have arrested a motorcyclist, who pulled a handgun on another driver in traffic. Police Information Officer, Sergeant Aaron Bensen says the victim had ...
Sep 23, 2025 antiksu / Depositphotos.com
Regional Community Bankers say the farm economy is sagging
Pierre, SD (KELO.com) -- Regional Community Bankers say the farm economy is sagging. Creighton University's monthly "Rural Mainstreet Index" of the ten-state region fell deeper into negative territory...
Sep 19, 2025 ianpreston / CC
Nike to be USD's new sponsor
Vermillion, SD (KELO.com) -- The Nike Swoosh will be in high profile for the next decade at the University of South Dakota. The school has signed a ten-year deal making Nike the official provider of u...
Sep 19, 2025
Starting tomorrow Sioux Falls will open two leaf and branch drop-off sites
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO.com) -- The City of Sioux Falls is opening two leaf and branch drop-off sites for the fall season, starting tomorrow. Residents of the five-county region served by the Sioux Fall...
Sep 19, 2025 Ivan Radic / CC
Minnehaha County Deputy's police cruiser hit by a paroled drug offender
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO.com) -- It was a close call for a Minnehaha County Sheriff's Deputy. The Deputy was parked just west of Hartford on Highway 38 at about 4:30 am yesterday. A vehicle, that was lat...
Sep 19, 2025 Minnehaha county sheriff
Senator Mike Rounds is pressuring the Postal Service to fix service issues
Pierre, SD (KELO.com) -- Senator Mike Rounds says South Dakotans deserve better mail service, and he's pressing the U.S. Postal Service to fix it. Rounds wrote to Postmaster General David Steiner, say...
Sep 19, 2025
Three Rapid City men are facing drug charges
Rapid City, SD. (KELO.com) -- Three Rapid City men are facing drug charges after police were tipped on a potential drug deal in a parking lot. Police found the three inside a car. One of them had a lo...
Sep 19, 2025 BrianAJackson / Depositphotos.com
O'Gorman Catholic school system is closing the Christ the King Elementary School
Sioux Falls, S.D. (KELO.com) -- After 70 years of faith-based education, the O'Gorman Catholic school system is taking the difficult step of closing the Christ the King Elementary school in Central Si...
Sep 19, 2025
