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Townhome fire displaces several families
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- An early morning fire displaced several people from their homes in central Sioux Falls Friday morning, but thankfully, there weren't any serious injuries. A number of Townhome tenants were trapped on a balcony when firefighters arrived about about 4:45am. They were quickly rescued and th...
May 30, 2025

Drug smuggling ring busted at penitentiary
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The Department of Corrections has busted a drug-smuggling ring at the state penitentiary. Corrections Secretary Kellie Wasko says an internal investigation involving the Division of Criminal Investigation identified and stopped the drug smuggling, which she says was tied to three inmate o...
May 30, 2025
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Multiple inmate assaults in Penitentiary - gang involvement suspected
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation is examining reports of multiple assaults involving inmates at the state Penitentiary in Sioux Falls this week. Attorney General Marty Jackley says there's evidence of gang involvement, and says the cases will be prosecuted fully. The a...
May 29, 2025

Coalition forms to fight Medicaid cuts
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Battle lines are being drawn over the so-called "Big Beautiful Bill" passed by the U-S House last week, and those lines run right through South Dakota. A group called the "Hands Off Medicaid" Coalition launched with a news conference Thursday morning. Ben Hanson of th...
May 29, 2025

Former gubernatorial candidate to announce candidacy for Mayor's office
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- New developments in the race for Mayor in Sioux Falls. Democratic state Senator Jamie Smith will officially join the race this coming weekend. Republican Representative Greg Jamison is also considering a run. Current Mayor Paul TenHaken is term-limited, and can't run for another term.
May 29, 2025
Local News

Townhome fire displaces several families
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- An early morning fire displaced several people from their homes in central Sioux Falls Friday morning, but thankfully, there weren't any serious injuries. A number of Townhome tenants were trapped on a balcony when firefighters arrived about about 4:45am. They were quickly rescued and th...
May 30, 2025

Multiple inmate assaults in Penitentiary - gang involvement suspected
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation is examining reports of multiple assaults involving inmates at the state Penitentiary in Sioux Falls this week. Attorney General Marty Jackley says there's evidence of gang involvement, and says the cases will be prosecuted fully. The a...
May 29, 2025

Former gubernatorial candidate to announce candidacy for Mayor's office
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- New developments in the race for Mayor in Sioux Falls. Democratic state Senator Jamie Smith will officially join the race this coming weekend. Republican Representative Greg Jamison is also considering a run. Current Mayor Paul TenHaken is term-limited, and can't run for another term.
May 29, 2025

Mayor introduces incoming Siouxland Library Director
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Siouxland Libraries will soon have a new Director. Mayor Paul TenHaken introduced Alysia Boysen at a news conference this morning. She'll take over for Jody Fick, who's retiring next month. Boysen has been part of Siouxland Libraries for 20 years...having been hired by the woman she's re...
May 29, 2025

Opposition to proposed locations for new prison grows
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Local opposition is building against proposed sites for a new men's state penitentiary. Lincoln County residents packed the County Commission meeting room Tuesday night, voicing their opposition to all of the proposed sites in Lincoln County. Commissioners approved a compromise statement...
May 28, 2025
State News

Drug smuggling ring busted at penitentiary
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The Department of Corrections has busted a drug-smuggling ring at the state penitentiary. Corrections Secretary Kellie Wasko says an internal investigation involving the Division of Criminal Investigation identified and stopped the drug smuggling, which she says was tied to three inmate o...
May 30, 2025
Steve Mays / CC

Coalition forms to fight Medicaid cuts
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Battle lines are being drawn over the so-called "Big Beautiful Bill" passed by the U-S House last week, and those lines run right through South Dakota. A group called the "Hands Off Medicaid" Coalition launched with a news conference Thursday morning. Ben Hanson of th...
May 29, 2025

Aberdeen businessman announces candidacy for Governor
ABERDEEN, SD (KELO.com) -- All signs point to a crowded field for next year's race for the South Dakota Governor's Mansion. Toby Doeden made it official Wednesday night, announcing his candidacy in his hometown of Aberdeen. Doeden says he won't receive the 140-thousand dollar Governor's salary if elected, would refus...
May 29, 2025

Sales tax revenues running lower than projected
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- State sales tax revenues are falling short as the end of the budget year approaches. A slow economy and a recent sales tax cut are pulling revenues lower. Members of a governor-appointed panel are concerned that President Trump's push for tariffs could slow spending even more. Sales tax coll...
May 28, 2025
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Attorney General offers prison options requiring less money, location ideas
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- Time is running short for the Governor's Project Prison Reset Task force to come up with answers. The Task Force will only meet two more times before being asked to make a recommendation on what and where to build a facility to ease overcrowding in the prison system. Attorney General Marty Ja...
May 28, 2025
National News
DHS removes list of 'sanctuary' cities after sheriffs push back on non-compliant label
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Homeland Security removed a list of "sanctuary" states, cities and counties from its website following sharp criticism from a sheriffs' association that said a list of "non-compliant" sheriffs ...
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Lutnick downplays impact of tariff court ruling on US, EU talks
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick downplayed the impact of legal uncertainty around U.S. tariffs on negotiations with the European Union during an interview with Fox News Sunday, saying talks were ongoing. Lutni...
5h ago
Stanley Fischer, former Fed vice chair and Bank of Israel chief, dies at 81
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Stanley Fischer, who helped shape modern economic theory during a career that included heading the Bank of Israel and serving as vice chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve, has died at the age of 81. The Bank of I...
8h ago
China's Yunnan hit with floods, mudslides from intense rains
BEIJING (Reuters) -Heavy rainfall triggering flash floods and mudslides have damaged roads, destroyed buildings and claimed bridges, wreaking havoc in China's southwestern Yunnan province on a long holiday weekend. No casualties were reported but more ...
9h ago
Search continues for Indonesia quarry collapse victims, death toll at 17
JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesian authorities will continue searching on Sunday for eight people trapped in a rock collapse at a quarry in West Java, where the death toll has reached 17 with six injured, the search and rescue agency Basarnas said. The toll...
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World News
Sudan's prime minister dissolves government, state news agency reports
CAIRO (Reuters) -Sudan's new Prime Minister Kamil Idris has dissolved the country's caretaker government, state news agency SUNA reported late on Sunday. SUNA did not specify when a new government, the first since war broke out between the Sudanese arm...
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US asks Australia to increase defense spending to 3.5% of GDP
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asked Australia to increase its defense spending to 3.5% of gross domestic product during a meeting with Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles, the Pentagon said on Sunday. The defense chie...
1h ago
Polish centrist candidate Trzaskowski says he won presidential election
WARSAW (Reuters) -Polish centrist presidential candidate Rafal Trzaskowski said he won the second round of the election on Sunday after an exit poll showed him narowly in the lead ahead of nationalist candidate Karol Nawrocki. (Reporting by Warsaw Bur...
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UK backs Morocco's autonomy plan for Western Sahara, Lammy says
By Ahmed Eljechtimi RABAT (Reuters) -Britain's foreign minister, David Lammy, said on Sunday that the UK considers Morocco's autonomy proposal as the most feasible basis to resolve the conflict over Western Sahara. The long-frozen conflict pits Morocco...
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Nonprofit ship sets sail for Gaza after drone attack setback
CATANIA (Reuters) -International nonprofit organisation Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) said one of its vessels left the Italian port of Catania on Sunday, heading for Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid, after a previous attempt failed due to a drone at...
5h ago
Business News
Lutnick downplays impact of tariff court ruling on US, EU talks
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick downplayed the impact of legal uncertainty around U.S. tariffs on negotiations with the European Union during an interview with Fox News Sunday, saying talks were ongoing. Lutni...
5h ago
IATA expects sustainable aviation fuel production to double in 2025
SEOUL (Reuters) - The International Air Transport Association said on Sunday it expects the amount of sustainable aviation fuel produced to double in 2025 to reach 2 million tonnes, representing 0.7% of airlines' fuel consumption. Influential indus...
8h ago
US debt is 'sound', no concerns about US dollar's reserve role, Taiwan's central bank says
TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan's central bank said on Sunday that U.S. government debt is "sound" and still favoured by investors, and there are no worries about the U.S. dollar's position as the leading international reserve currency. U.S. President Donald ...
8h ago
Exclusive-Air India in talks for major new narrow-body jet order, sources say
By Tim Hepher, Aditi Shah and Rajesh Kumar Singh NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Tata Group's Air India is in talks with Airbus and Boeing for a major new aircraft order including some 200 extra single-aisle planes, topping up a mammoth deal in 2023 as the former...
9h ago
Blood test-guided treatment with AstraZeneca pill cut risk of breast cancer progression, study finds
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) -Treating breast cancer patients with AstraZeneca's experimental pill camizestrant at the first sign of resistance to standard treatments cut the risk of disease progression or death by half, a finding that could ...
9h ago
Sports News
Tennis-Alcaraz hopes to learn from mistakes ahead of Paul quarter-final
By Shrivathsa Sridhar PARIS (Reuters) -Carlos Alcaraz eliminated "dumb mistakes" from his game to see off Ben Shelton on Sunday and hoped to learn from his experience to avoid another tough workout when he plays American Tommy Paul in the French Open q...
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Motor racing-Hulkenberg's fine fifth lifts Sauber off the bottom
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Nico Hulkenberg lifted Sauber off the bottom of the Formula One standings with a fifth place at the Spanish Grand Prix for the future Audi team. Sunday's result, in a car with upgrades, was Swiss-based Sauber's best in three y...
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Tennis-Alcaraz stops Shelton and returns to French Open quarter-finals
By Shrivathsa Sridhar PARIS (Reuters) -Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz etched his name deeper in clay by overcoming American Ben Shelton 7-6(8) 6-3 4-6 6-4 for his 100th tour-level win on the surface to reach the French Open quarter-finals for a four...
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Tennis-No more outside courts for me, only centre court from now on, says Sabalenka
By Karolos Grohmann PARIS (Reuters) -World number one Aryna Sabalenka is done playing on the outside courts in Paris and wants only the centre court from now on as she chases her first French Open crown. The top seed has played two of her four matches ...
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Motor racing-Piastri says Spanish win was just what he needed
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Formula One championship leader Oscar Piastri said winning Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix was just what he needed after losing out to McLaren teammate Lando Norris over the previous two weekends. "It's been a great year and this ...
1h ago
Health News
Gilead's CAR-T cell therapy shows promise in deadly brain cancer
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) -A Gilead Sciences-backed therapy made with a patient's own white blood cells shrank tumors in 62% of patients with recurrent glioblastoma, a rare event for a fatal brain cancer with few treatment options, researc...
9h ago
Blood test-guided treatment with AstraZeneca pill cut risk of breast cancer progression, study finds
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) -Treating breast cancer patients with AstraZeneca's experimental pill camizestrant at the first sign of resistance to standard treatments cut the risk of disease progression or death by half, a finding that could ...
9h ago
Pfizer-Arvinas breast cancer drug tops AstraZeneca's in delaying progression
(Reuters) -An experimental treatment by Pfizer and Arvinas delayed progression of breast cancer by more than three months compared to AstraZeneca's Faslodex in patients with a specific gene mutation, according to trial results announced on Saturday. Th...
May 31, 2025
Gilead's Trodelvy, with Keytruda, cuts breast cancer risk by 35% in trial
By Deena Beasley (Reuters) -Gilead Sciences' Trodelvy in combination with Merck's blockbuster immunotherapy Keytruda lowered the risk of an aggressive type of breast cancer worsening by 35% when used as an initial treatment, according to results of a l...
May 31, 2025
US FDA approves Moderna's next-generation COVID vaccine for adults 65 or older
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Moderna's next-generation COVID-19 vaccine for everyone aged 65 and above, the company said on Saturday, the first endorsement since the regulator tightened requirements. The vaccine has als...
May 31, 2025
Science News
Possible new dwarf planet spotted near the edge of the solar system
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Scientists have identified an object about 435 miles (700 km) wide inhabiting the frigid outer reaches of our solar system that might qualify as a dwarf planet, spotting it as it travels on a highly elongated orbita...
May 30, 2025
Musk aiming to send uncrewed Starship to Mars by end of 2026
By Steve Gorman and Joey Roulette LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Two days after the latest in a string of test-flight setbacks for his big new Mars spacecraft, Starship, Elon Musk said on Thursday he foresees the futuristic vehicle making its first uncrewed vo...
May 30, 2025
Astronomers scrutinize a star behaving unlike any other
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Astronomers have spotted a star acting unlike any other ever observed as it unleashes a curious combination of radio waves and X-rays, pegging it as an exotic member of a class of celestial objects first identified ...
May 29, 2025
China's Space Epoch conducts key test for reusable rocket ambitions
By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese private rocket firm Space Epoch said on Thursday it had successfully run a flight recovery test, as China looks to catch up with the United States by developing its own version of a reusable rocket that ca...
May 29, 2025
China launches mission to retrieve asteroid samples
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -China on Wednesday embarked on its first mission to retrieve samples from a nearby asteroid with the nighttime launch of its Tianwen-2 spacecraft, a robotic probe that could make the fast-growing space power the third nation to fe...
May 28, 2025
Technology News
Google says it will appeal online search antitrust decision
(Reuters) -Alphabet's Google on Saturday said it will appeal an antitrust decision under which a federal judge proposed less aggressive ways to restore online search competition than the 10-year regime suggested by antitrust enforcers "We will wait for...
May 31, 2025
Microsoft unit in Russia to file for bankruptcy, database shows
(Reuters) -One of Microsoft Corp's subsidiaries in Russia plans to file for bankruptcy, according to a note published on the official Fedresurs registry on Friday. Microsoft did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment. President Vladi...
May 30, 2025
German digital ministry treads cautiously over online platform levy
BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany's new digital ministry said any levy on online platforms would have to be internationally coordinated and not result in higher prices for end consumers, in a sign on Friday of possible divisions within government over plans fo...
May 30, 2025
Brazil's Meliuz launches share offering for bitcoin purchase
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian fintech Meliuz said it has filed for a primary offering of shares with the aim of raising funds for the acquisition of bitcoin, with pricing scheduled for June 12. In a securities filing on Friday, Meliuz said the of...
May 30, 2025
Analysis-Investors see US stocks rally broadening, even as 'Magnificent Seven' rebound
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) -Megacap technology and growth stocks have retaken U.S. market leadership in recent weeks, but investors say that factors are in place that could allow a broader group of stocks to outperform for the rest of the ye...
May 30, 2025
Entertainment News
Loretta Swit, 'Hot Lips' Houlihan on 'M*A*S*H,' dies at 87
By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK (Reuters) - Loretta Swit, the Emmy Award-winning actress who played no-nonsense U.S. Army combat nurse Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan in the hit TV series "M*A*S*H" for more than a decade, died on Friday at the age o...
May 30, 2025
Taylor Swift says she has gained control of her music catalog
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop superstar Taylor Swift said on Friday she had purchased the master recordings of her first six albums, giving her control of all of her music after a dispute with her former record label. Swift's masters had been sold in...
May 30, 2025
Clint Eastwood at 95 on film-making: do something new, or stay home
VIENNA (Reuters) -Hollywood star Clint Eastwood urged fellow filmmakers to come up with new ideas as he approaches his 95th birthday this weekend, observing in a newspaper interview that the movie business is now full of remakes and franchises. Oscar-w...
May 30, 2025
Coogler's 'Sinners' brings cinematic spotlight to Clarksdale, Mississippi
By Donna Bryson CLARKSDALE, Mississippi - Clarksdale didn't just provide history and blues for director and writer Ryan Coogler's hit movie about art, Jim Crow and vampires. One of the Mississippi Delta town's musicians contributed to the "Sinners"...
May 30, 2025
Comedian Russell Brand pleads not guilty to rape and sex assault charges in UK court
LONDON (Reuters) -British actor and comedian Russell Brand on Friday pleaded not guilty in a London court to charges of rape and sexual assault relating to four women more than two decades ago. Brand, once one of Britain's most high-profile broadcaster...
May 30, 2025