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City Council approves new clubhouse for Elmwood despite higher costs
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- After Mayor Paul TenHaken delivered his annual Budget Address, City Councilors got down to the business of spending money - more than they wanted to spend. They approved ...
Jul 26, 2024
Mayor TenHaken delivers budget address - spending cut
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) - 781-million dollars - that's the proposed cost of running the city of Sioux Falls in 2025. Mayor Paul TenHaken laid out his proposed spending plan in his annual Budget Add...
Jul 26, 2024 Mayor's 2025 Budget Address
Sioux Falls man arrested for kidnapping small children
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- A Sioux Falls man is being held on kidnapping, assault and child abuse charges in an early Friday morning incident in southwest Sioux Falls. Raymond Allen allegedly assau...
Jul 26, 2024 Sioux Falls Police cruiser. KELO.com News file photo.
Alleged SD pedophile takes his own life when faced with arrest
CANOVA, SD (KELO.com) -- The New York Post is reporting a disturbing story from South Dakota of an alleged pedophile killing himself earlier this week when confronted by a predator hunter. 60-year old...
Jul 26, 2024 David von Diemar / Unsplash
Sioux Falls gets passing grade on condition of its streets
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The city of Sioux Falls gets high grades for the condition of its streets. That's the upshot of a high-tech laser survey of city streets. The survey is done every four ye...
Jul 24, 2024
Sales tax revenues running behind as budget season begins
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Budget season has arrived at Sioux Falls City Hall, and leaders are keeping a close eye on the numbers. Inflation and high interest rates are taking their toll. This year...
Jul 24, 2024 tupungato / Depositphotos.com
Minnehaha County Commission drops Home Rule Charter - for now
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Minnehaha County won't be moving toward a Home Rule Charter - at least not right now. There was a firestorm of reaction to the proposal a week ago, and Commissioners appe...
Jul 24, 2024 Minnehaha County Courthouse. Photo from ujs.sd.gov.
FEMA offering help for saving family heirlooms damaged by floods
DES MOINES, IA (KELO.com) -- Thousands of families across the region are still picking up the pieces from floods that hit one month ago. Many photos, books and other family treasures have been damaged...
Jul 24, 2024 Credit: South Dakota Civil Air Patrol photos for the S.D. Office of Emergency Management
Sioux Falls School District working to fill vacant teacher slots
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- A year later, and the Sioux Falls School District is facing a familiar problem in staff hiring. The District needs to fill about a dozen teaching positions before school ...
Jul 23, 2024 Substitute teacher Laurie Hansen Neisen ran students through a math lesson at Creekside Elementary School in Spearfish in fall 2021. Photo by SDNW.
Minnehaha County paved roads in good shape
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Many counties across South Dakota are struggling to maintain their roadways, but Minnehaha County Commissioners received some good news on that front this morning. A cons...
Jul 23, 2024
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