School start date still up for debate
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO AM) - The Sioux Falls School Board heard comments from both sides of the start date issue on Monday night, but that meeting will not be the end of the conversation. During their...
View ArticleRenewable Fuels Standard Reform Act will negatively impact SD Farmers
HURON, S.D. - The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Renewable Fuels Standard Reform Act released yesterday could have a negative impact on South Dakota's farmers, rural communities and ethanol...
View ArticleVermillion, Dakota Valley students advance to state Spelling Bee
VERMILLION, S.D. (KELO AM) -- Owen Dudley, a middle school student from Vermillion, correctly spelled the championship word “frabjous” to take first place in the Southeast South Dakota Regional...
View ArticleProperty tax break for counties advances in Pierre
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The House Taxation Committee today sent to the floor a bill lifting the property tax freeze for local governments.Administrator Ken McFarland told legislators this morning...
View ArticleSioux Falls man faces vehicular battery charges
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - A two-vehicle accident south of Wall Lake early Sunday morning put four people in the hospital with two still in intensive careSergeant Mike Walsh with Minnehaha County...
View ArticlePrime Time Gala fundraiser bring in Billy Currington
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO AM) - Feeding South Dakota is set to get a big boost from one of country music’s biggest names – Bill Currington and Tyler Farr will rock the Sioux Falls Arena on June 27th as...
View ArticleBill lowering school bond approval rate advances
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - A bill lowering voter approval of a school bond from 60% to 55% advanced to the full Senate today in Pierre.Bill sponsor Senator Jason Frerichs of Wilmot says there are...
View ArticleSioux Falls massage parlors ignore license statutes
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Street crime detectives found four Sioux Falls businesses giving massages without state licenses.Officer Sam Clemens says three employees at two Asian Health Massage...
View ArticleHonoring 211, the HelpLine Center
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - It’s National 2-1-1 day, because it’s February 11, recognizing the HelpLine Center’s effort to connect callers to community resources.Janet Kittams-Lalley says the...
View ArticleThune: Get military authorization right
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Senator John Thune says an authorization for the use of military force against ISIS will be the most serious decision Congress will make.Thune says he’s looking for a...
View ArticleDon't drink the water without boiling
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO-AM) As a result of a water main break on South Solberg Avenue on February 11, 2015, residents and businesses in the following area(s) are advised to boil water from the tap prior...
View Article71-year-old arrested for threatening police
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - A four-hour standoff in downtown Sioux Falls ended early this morning with one man’s arrest.Police say 71-year-old Ronnie Lee Mendenwalt threatened officers with a...
View ArticleArming sergeants-at-arms legislation goes to Senate
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - A bill arming legislators failed today but another arming the sergeant at arms moves to the Senate.Sponsor of both measures, Senator Brock Greenfield of Clark says the...
View ArticleAllowing local government posts online fails
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - A House Committee in Pierre defeated a measure that would have allowed local governments to post information on the Internet instead of the newspaper.General Manager of...
View ArticleRounds calls on EPA to rethink emissions standard
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Senator Mike Rounds calls a new EPA proposal to regulate carbon dioxide emissions costly.Rounds says it would impose aggressive new regulations on coal-fired power...
View ArticleEarly morning shots fired in Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS (KELO AM) - Just after midnight, Sioux Falls Police Officers were dispatched to the 200 block of S. Holly Ave. for a report of shots being fired. Upon arrival, Officers spoke with...
View ArticleNames and hometowns released in fatal Lennox shootings
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Authorities identify the victim who died in yesterday’s shooting at Pro Tech in Lennox as 45-year-old John Richter of Lennox.Lincoln County Sheriff Dennis Johnson says...
View ArticleLennox shootings blamed on "workforce issues"
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Lincoln County State’s Attorney Tom Wollman says yesterday’s fatal shooting in Lennox was over workplace issues.Wollman say the victim, 45-year-old John Richter of Lennox,...
View ArticleValentine blood drive at Bridges at 57th
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Community Blood Bank is holding a blood drive at the Bridges at 57th Street tomorrow morning from 7a.m. to 11 a.m..Rita Nelson says blood donations are still sluggish....
View ArticleSioux Falls, SD . . . one of the best job markets for 2015
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO-AM) Another top 10 for the Sioux Falls Development Foundation.ZipRecruiter analyzed data of the 100 largest job markets in the U.S. to determine the top job markets for 2015. We...
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