SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - The Sioux Falls Zoo and Aquarium will soon be all under one roof. Zoo officials announced this morning that the Butterfly House and Aquarium at Sertoma Park will close January third. A new butterfly garden at the Great Plains Zoo will also open early next year.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - If you've been to the Empire Mall lately you've seen the massive DICK'S Sporting Goods store. The sporting goods store is finally set to open and making an entire weekend of festivities. ------------------------------------------Read the entire news release below -------------------------...

FREEMAN, S.D. (KELO.com) - Governor Larry Rhoden will break ground on the Freeman Regional Health Services' new hospital and clinic today. Freeman Regional Health Services is an independent community hospital with Avera affiliation. The groundbreaking will take place on Today, October 20, 2026, at 1:30 pm CT/12:30 pm M...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - Starting Thursday at 8:30 a.m. the intersection at 12th Street and Phillips Avenue will be closed. Sir Lines-A-Lot will be installing decorative pavement markings. The work is anticipated to be completed and traffic control removed prior to 12:00 p.m. on the same day. Drivers are urged to...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - On Monday, at approximately 12:00pm, Sioux Falls Fire Rescue responded to a Structure Fire in the 700 Block of N Columbia Dr. Upon arrival, crews found smoke coming from the home. Crews were able to extinguish the fire within 20 minutes. Crews remained on scene for 5 hours to conduct over...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - The Sioux Falls Zoo and Aquarium will soon be all under one roof. Zoo officials announced this morning that the Butterfly House and Aquarium at Sertoma Park will close January third. A new butterfly garden at the Great Plains Zoo will also open early next year.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - If you've been to the Empire Mall lately you've seen the massive DICK'S Sporting Goods store. The sporting goods store is finally set to open and making an entire weekend of festivities. ------------------------------------------Read the entire news release below -------------------------...

FREEMAN, S.D. (KELO.com) - Governor Larry Rhoden will break ground on the Freeman Regional Health Services' new hospital and clinic today. Freeman Regional Health Services is an independent community hospital with Avera affiliation. The groundbreaking will take place on Today, October 20, 2026, at 1:30 pm CT/12:30 pm M...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - Starting Thursday at 8:30 a.m. the intersection at 12th Street and Phillips Avenue will be closed. Sir Lines-A-Lot will be installing decorative pavement markings. The work is anticipated to be completed and traffic control removed prior to 12:00 p.m. on the same day. Drivers are urged to...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - On Monday, at approximately 12:00pm, Sioux Falls Fire Rescue responded to a Structure Fire in the 700 Block of N Columbia Dr. Upon arrival, crews found smoke coming from the home. Crews were able to extinguish the fire within 20 minutes. Crews remained on scene for 5 hours to conduct over...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) - South Dakota's pheasant population is on its annual decline with the arrival of Pheasant season. Thousands of hunters spread out across the state for the opener on Saturday to a high bird count and good weather. Saturday's wind may have given the birds a bit of an edge.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - Social Security recipients will receive a 3.6-percent cost of living adjustment in their benefits. AARP South Dakota Director Erik Gaikowski says it's needed. He says his agency is hearing from seniors about their struggles to keep up with inflation eating away at their income. Social Sec...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) - South Dakota's incoming Attorney General is working to get a feel for the lay of the land before taking office. Lance Russell will succeed Marty Jackley when he takes his oath in January. He's conducting a listening tour before that to hear from prosecutors and law enforcement agencies across ...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) - South Dakota's class of 2026 upheld the state's history of surpassing the national average ACT score. South Dakota's average of 21.1 was nearly two full points above the national average of 19.2. State Education Secretary Dr. Joseph Graves calls it a remarkable accomplishment.

PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- They're calling it the "Give Me Five" program, and it could help first-time homebuyers get into home ownership in South Dakota. Give Me Five is being launched by Governor Larry Rhoden and South Dakota Housing. It gives Eligible first-time home buyers 5% down payment assistance throu...

By David Shepardson and Allison Lampert WASHINGTON/MONTREAL, Oct 20 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said late Monday he does not plan to hurt Canadian jet maker Bombardier more than a month after he ​threatened to bar them from the US market. Trump ...

Oct 20 (Reuters) - The US FDA on Tuesday issued guidance aimed at clarifying how drug companies can develop, ​distribute and label apps used ‌alongside their prescription medicines. Here are some details: • The policy outlines when content in such apps...

WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday that there was not much a Democrat-led House of Representatives could do to stop ​the Trump administration's agenda. "I think there's very little," Bessent ‌said in an i...

By Will Dunham Oct 20 (Reuters) - It was a difficult, almost incomprehensible, feat. A band of seafarers from Easter Island in the South Pacific set off in double-hulled sailing canoes on a voyage across Earth's largest ocean that ended more than 4,400...

Oct 20 (Reuters) - Sam Altman on Tuesday won the dismissal of a civil lawsuit filed by his sister accusing the OpenAI co-founder and chief executive ​of repeated sexual abuse more than two ‌decades ago, an accusation he denies. In dismissing Annie Altm...

By Gabriel Araujo SAO PAULO, Oct 20 (Reuters) - An outbreak of Newcastle disease in Brazil is unlikely to cause lasting damage to the country's poultry industry if authorities contain it quickly, analysts said, though uncertainty over ​trade restrictio...

BRASILIA, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Brazil's Senator Flavio Bolsonaro said in a post on X on Tuesday that he would ​restore Perse, a tax break program ‌for the events sector, if he wins Sunday's presidential election, reviving support originally introduced to...

By Feras Dalatey DAMASCUS, Oct 20 (Reuters) - DNA testing has helped identify the remains of missing people in at least three cases in Syria this year, the country's first such identification cases and a breakthrough in efforts to establish the fates o...

Oct 20 (Reuters) - An attack by Yemen's Houthi movement on a government security forces training camp in Shabwa province killed 73 people, the provincial media office ​said, raising the toll from Monday's strike as ‌fighting intensifies. Fourteen peopl...

Oct 20 (Reuters) - Libya's eastern parliament on Tuesday backed a maritime deal with Turkey which will bring strategic advantages in economic, ​political and national security affairs, two ‌lawmakers told Reuters, and which overturns a 2020 decision to...

Oct 20 (Reuters) - Online trading platform Webull said on Tuesday it has partnered with prediction market operator Kalshi ​to offer perpetual futures to US ‌customers from November, starting with cryptocurrencies. Here are more details: • Perpetual fut...

Oct 20 (Reuters) - British bank NatWest's move to ask staff to work from office at least two days a week drew sharp criticism on Tuesday from union Unite, which raised ​concerns about costs to employees and disruptions to family ‌arrangements. The deci...

By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Phoenix Tailings will build a commercial-scale rare earth processing facility worth $375 million in the city ​of Rochester, New York state's Governor Kathy ‌Hochul said on Tuesday. The United States is pour...

WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Contracts to purchase previously owned US homes plunged to a record ​low in September as ‌rising mortgage rates depressed demand for housing. The pending home sales index tumbled 7.3% to 66.0 last month, the ‌lowest ​leve...

MILAN, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna on Tuesday praised Tesla's latest Roadster sports car presentation, saying the redesign showed the auto industry had room for ​daring innovation even in a mature market. With stunts, including ‌airb...

By Field Level Media Oct 20 (Field Level Media) - Star linebacker Xavier Atkins was dismissed from the Auburn football team, ​multiple media outlets reported. The reason for ‌the junior's departure was not immediately clear. Atkins, a first-team All-SE...

By Field Level Media Oct 20 (Field Level Media) - U2 is hoping to have another "Beautiful Day" on the ​football field. After performing nearly ‌a quarter-century ago at halftime of Super Bowl XXXVI in 2002, the legendary Irish rock band will return to ...

Oct 20 (Reuters) - Pramac Racing rider Toprak Razgatlioglu will miss the remaining rounds of ​the MotoGP season due to ‌a shoulder injury, the team said on Tuesday. • Razgatlioglu dislocated his shoulder in a crash during practice ‌at ​this month's Ind...

Oct 20 (Reuters) - Iga Swiatek is set to miss the season-ending WTA Finals after the six-time Grand Slam champion withdrew from the ​Ningbo Open in China with a thigh ‌injury on Tuesday. The Pole, who has played at every edition of the Finals since 202...

By Field Level Media Oct 20 (Field Level Media) - Rookie Gavin McKenna netted the game-winning goal as the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the San Jose Sharks 3-1 on Monday night. McKenna gave the Maple Leafs a 2-1 lead 4:56 into the final frame, receiving ​t...

Oct 20 (Reuters) - The US FDA on Tuesday issued guidance aimed at clarifying how drug companies can develop, ​distribute and label apps used ‌alongside their prescription medicines. Here are some details: • The policy outlines when content in such apps...

By Gabriel Araujo SAO PAULO, Oct 20 (Reuters) - An outbreak of Newcastle disease in Brazil is unlikely to cause lasting damage to the country's poultry industry if authorities contain it quickly, analysts said, though uncertainty over ​trade restrictio...

Oct 20 (Reuters) - Hims & Hers Health said on Tuesday it launched an online weight management service for men ​in Germany, marking a deeper investment ‌by the US telehealth firm in one of Europe's largest healthcare markets. Here are some details: • Th...

Oct 20 (Reuters) - Amgen and AstraZeneca said on Tuesday their asthma drug helped reduce swallowing difficulties and achieved disease remission in 69% of patients ​with a type of chronic inflammatory disorder of ‌the esophagus. The result builds on Aug...

Oct 20 (Reuters) - A third person died due to measles in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed on its website on ​Tuesday, as the country battles the largest measles ‌outbreak in decades. There were 4,410 confirmed...

MINAMITANE, Japan, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Japan launched an uncrewed spacecraft toward the Martian moon Phobos on Tuesday on a mission intended ​to become the first to collect samples ‌from the small rocky body and return them to Earth for analysis. The Ja...

By Will Dunham Oct 19 (Reuters) - A Siberian cave already famous for yielding the first remains of an extinct human lineage called the Denisovans, who once roamed widely in Eurasia, has now produced evidence of a previously unknown large Ice Age mammal...

By Sergiy Chalyi DONETSK REGION, Ukraine, Oct 16 (Reuters) - For one artillery unit fighting in eastern Ukraine, the US decision this week to reduce services provided by satellite company Starlink to the military had an immediate impact. Communications...

By Sam Tabahriti LONDON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - A surge in octopus numbers in British waters due to unusually warm seas is presenting fishermen with an interesting new catch - albeit one that's devouring one of their ​usual staples. The value of British oc...

By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Blue Origin is targeting multiple flights per week of its New Glenn rocket by the end of the decade, a company executive said on Friday, as it spends billions of dollars on ​infrastructure needed to match...

Oct 20 (Reuters) - ​Alphabet's ‌Google said ‌on ​Tuesday ⁠full ⁠service has ​been ⁠restored ⁠in ​its ​London-based cloud ‌region ⁠after a "power ⁠event" ‌disrupted ⁠multiple ​cloud ‌services. (Reporting by ​Anhata ⁠Rooprai in ​Bengaluru)...

Oct 20 (Reuters) - Companies have pledged more than €225 billion ($252 billion) worth of investments as part ​of the inaugural 2026 ‌edition of the Invest in Germany Summit held in Berlin, the Ministry for Economic Affairs and ‌Energy ​said on Tuesday....

BEIJING, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Net profit growth at China's CATL slowed sharply in the third quarter, hit by fierce competition in the electric vehicle battery market ​as China's auto sales growth cooled. • Net profit ‌at the world's largest EV battery ma...

Oct 20 (Reuters) - Salesforce said on Tuesday it would acquire Braze in a deal valued at about $5.66 billion, eyeing the New ​York-based company's AI-driven personalization tools to strengthen ‌its business software offerings. The deal is the latest be...

Oct 20 (Reuters) - Apple said on Tuesday it has committed to purchasing up to $100 million of titanium over three years from ​a Pennsylvania-based company as part of the ‌iPhone maker's push to expand manufacturing in the United States. The purchase ag...

By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Comedian Jon Stewart will continue hosting Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" on Mondays and ​serving as an executive producer through ‌2028, Skydance Television said on Monday. "We are excited to co...

Oct 19 (Reuters) - Netflix said on Monday its film division head Dan Lin would leave after nearly three years ​at the helm, marking a ‌second senior executive departure in less than a week amid concerns over slowing engagement. The company said on Thur...

By Blake Brittain WASHINGTON, Oct 19 (Reuters) - The US Supreme Court rejected on Monday a challenge by a group of music labels to a judicial decision that said a law allowing creators to terminate copyright grants and reclaim their rights applies glob...

By Michael Holden LONDON, Oct 19 (Reuters) - A woman told police that British actor and comedian Russell Brand had grabbed her breasts before dragging her into a toilet at a bar and orally raping her, a London court heard on Monday. Brand, once one of ...

Oct 19 (Reuters) - Netflix investors are expecting details on how the streaming giant plans to sustain growth when it reports third-quarter results on Tuesday, as competition intensifies and user ​engagement shows signs of fatigue. Ted Sarandos, the co...