Category Archives: Local News

Sheriff: Border crisis causing drug and human trafficking to explode
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The southern border crisis is fueling drug and human trafficking in the U-S. Minnehaha County Sheriff Mike Milstead says the open border with Mexico has created another p...
Tom Rooney Jun 28, 2024 robgoebel1@gmail.com / Depositphotos.com

Deputies "in the right place, at the right time" - arrest three teens in shooting incident
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Juvenile crime is on the rise in Sioux Falls, and it's more violent. That point is being driven home with an incident that happened yesterday. Captain Josh Phillips of th...
Tom Rooney Jun 27, 2024

Vote audit reveals errors, but outcomes remain unchanged
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The first time around on auditing vote tabulations produced few changes. Minnehaha County Auditor Leah Anderson opted for an audit of all votes in this month's primary el...
Tom Rooney Jun 27, 2024 hemul75 / Depositphotos.com

Curious onlookers creating extra hazards
YANKTON, SD (KELO.com) -- Floodwaters are dropping...but they're still dangerous. The Big Sioux River has dropped by about six feet at North Sioux City. The Missouri River is down by just more than a ...
Tom Rooney Jun 26, 2024 (Photo Courtesy: Kristi Noem Facebook page)

Flood waters slow to drop
NORTH SIOUX CITY, SD (KELO.com) -- Flood waters have peaked...but they're slow to recede. That seems to be the biggest problem in the Sioux City area as anxious residents are eagerly waiting to return...
Tom Rooney Jun 25, 2024 (Photo Courtesy: Kristi Noem Facebook page)

One dead in record flooding
NORTH SIOUX CITY, SD (KELO.com) -- Record flooding has claimed at least one life in South Dakota. Officials are working to make sure there aren't any more. Governor Kristi Noem led a team of emergency...
Tom Rooney Jun 24, 2024 (Photo Courtesy: Kristi Noem Facebook page)

Rock Valley under emergency evacuation
ROCK VALLEY, IA (KELO.com) -- Rock Valley Iowa is in deep trouble. The National Weather Service in Iowa has issued a life-threatening flash flood emergency for the city. Tornado emergency sirens have ...
Rich Keller Jun 22, 2024

Sioux Falls crash leaves man fighting for life
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A Sioux Falls motorist is fighting for his life. On Friday afternoon around 5 o'clock emergency personnel responded to the 3300 Block of S Shirley Ave for a motor vehic...
Rich Keller Jun 22, 2024

Torrential rains inundate region
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Officials are sounding the warning bell on flooded roads. Friday morning Sioux Falls police closed off West 12th street because Skunk Creek is over the road on the west s...
Tom Rooney Jun 21, 2024 (Photo from Sioux Falls Police Department Facebook page)

Trial date set in Flandreau
FLANDREAU, SD (KELO.com) -- The trial date has been set. Attorney General Marty Jackley was back in court Thursday, in the first degree murder case of Joseph Hoek. Hoek is accused of killing Moody Cou...
Tom Rooney Jun 20, 2024 Attorney General
Marty Jackley


