Category Archives: Local News

Another resignation in Davison County Auditors office
MITCHELL, SD (KELO.com) -- Upheaval and another resignation in the Davison County Auditors Office. County Commissioners want to combine the Auditors office with the Country Treasurer's office. Chief D...
Tom Rooney Aug 28, 2024 Photo: Davison County Courthouse

Former correctional officer receives suspended sentence for delivering narcotics to inmate
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- She was found guilty of delivering narcotics to an inmate. Former Department of Corrections employee Alexis Hiller of Sioux Falls won't serve any prison time. Her sentenc...
Tom Rooney Aug 28, 2024 vladek / Depositphotos.com

Metro Communications passes tough tests in first year of operation
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The first year of city management of Metro Communications saw a couple of major challenges. Metro is the emergency communications and dispatch center for city police and ...
Tom Rooney Aug 28, 2024 Photo: City of Sioux Falls

Rare event at Sioux Falls Butterfly House and aquarium
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- It appears to be the year of the horseshoe crab at the Sioux Falls Butterfly House and Aquarium. They only have a .01% chance of surviving in the wild, but more than a th...
Tom Rooney Aug 27, 2024 Photo: Sioux Falls Butterfly House & Aquarium

Saturation patrols lead to success in curbing street racing, exhibition driving
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- More than 55-hundred tickets for speeding and exhibition driving around Sioux Falls, and that's just the first eight months of the year. A lot of those tickets were given...
Tom Rooney Aug 27, 2024

Police still searching for clues in Dunham Park shooting
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- There are still no arrests or charges filed in the weekend shooting at a local park that took a man's life. Information Officer Sam Clemens says detectives are still piec...
Tom Rooney Aug 27, 2024 Sioux Falls Police cruiser door. KELO.com News file photo.

Sioux Falls School District launches "Show Up" attendance improvement campaign
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- It's called the "Show Up" campaign, and it's designed to make exactly that happen in the Sioux Falls School District. It's a campaign designed in partnership with marketi...
Tom Rooney Aug 26, 2024 Thomas Park / Unsplash

1 dead, 3 injured, 3 arrested in pair of weekend shooting incidents
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls Police are investigating a pair of weekend shooting incidents. One local man died, and three more are hospitalized in an incident that happened late Sunday af...
Tom Rooney Aug 26, 2024 Sioux Falls Police cruiser. KELO.com News file photo.

Heat wave engulfs area
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Hot weather is making a major comeback this weekend. High temps into the 90's, as well as stifling humidity is expected to engulf the KELO listening area. Heat indexes ...
Rich Keller Aug 24, 2024

Approaching heat wave forces cancellation of Sioux Falls Marathon - Half-Marathon and 5K still scheduled
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Hot weather is returning just in time for the Sioux Falls Marathon this weekend and its having an impact on the event. Organizers have cancelled the full marathon due to ...
Tom Rooney Aug 23, 2024


