Friends end night with pool cue assault
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Nine ball in the corner pocket and a four-inch cut to the back of the head with a pool cue. Officer Sam Clemens says that was the strategy employed by 25-year-old...
View ArticleSummer school leans toward online instruction
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) -The Sioux Falls School Board tonight considers how to best deliver the summer school program.Board President Kent Alberty says four years ago over 500 students were in...
View ArticleMaybe news on Kenny Chesney tickets this week
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - There may be news this week on the sale of Kenny Chesney tickets and the staff at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center reminds fans there are a limited number of tickets...
View ArticleAmbulance controversy may go to voters
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO-AM) The company that lost out on the ambulance contract for Sioux Falls says the people should decide who they want to use for non-emergency calls.MED-Star, based in Brandon, is...
View ArticlePowerball ticket sold in Brandon wins 3rd prize
Pierre, SD (KELO AM) - A $10,000 Powerball ticket was sold in Brandon for the February 21, 2015 drawing. The lucky ticket holder matched four of five white ball numbers and the Powerball to pick up the...
View ArticleLee Greenwood salutes veterans in packed Washington Pavilion
SIOUX FALLS (KELO AM) - Lee Greenwood came to Sioux Falls Saturday to perform in the Washington Pavilion packed with veteran patients and area veterans. The event was the third Valentines for Veterans...
View ArticleRepeal of pistol permit fails in Senate Judciary
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The Senate Judiciary Committee today defeated a bill aimed at repealing South Dakota’s requirement to have a permit to carry a concealed handgun.Lobbyist for South Dakota...
View ArticleJoy-riding teens arrested for possessing stolen vehicle
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - After joy-riding in a stolen vehicle this morning, Sioux Falls police say three teenagers took a 10-year-old boy to Garfield Elementary where they were arrested.Officer...
View ArticleMaps help fight malaria and West Nile Virus
BROOKINGS (KELO AM) - When it comes to describing a scenario, a picture is worth a thousand words—and may also help save thousands of lives. Thanks to research at SDSU, public health officials can use...
View ArticleLegislative panel dismisses a pay raise plan
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The Senate Local Government Committee today defeated a bill tying legislator’s pay to across-the-board increases to state employee’s salaries.Senator Troy Heinert, after...
View ArticleCraps, roulette and keno for Deadwood advances
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) -The House State Affairs Committee today advanced a bill allowing craps, roulette and keno in Deadwood.A neighbor to the south, Representative Mike Verchio of Hill City,...
View ArticleD.C. based researcher says S.D. roads are crumbling
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - TRIP, a Washington D-C based nonprofit that researches transportation, says current South Dakota roads and bridges face mounting challenges.TRIP’s Rocky Moretti says South...
View ArticlePolice looking for help in Tuesday shooting
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO AM) - On Wednesday, February 25, 2015, around 9:30 a.m., police were called to 928 North Minnesota Avenue for a shooting that happened the day before.A 23-year-old man said two...
View ArticleGunshot victim waits almost a day to call 911
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Sioux Falls police don’t know why the victim of a home invasion, who was shot in the leg, waited a day before reporting the incident.Officer Sam Clemens says the single...
View ArticleFederal Judge over turns Adrian Peterson's suspension from NFL
Minneapolis, MN (KWSN)- Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson, disciplined by the National Football League for hitting his 4-year-old son with a switch, had his suspension overturned on...
View ArticlePropping up dismal civic and government scores
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) -Today’s civic lesson is what’s a concurrent resolution?It’s what the Senate Education Committee advanced directing the South Dakota Department of Education to ensure...
View ArticleBig concert tickets require some luck
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The challenges for big-name concert tickets seem insurmountable: presales from e newsletters, artists, managers, fan clubs, credit cards and then there are scalpers and...
View ArticleReward offered in Tuthill Park Shooting
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Law enforcement coalitions are offering $3,000 for information leading to the conviction of the suspect who threatened a Sioux Falls policeman with a handgun at Tuthill...
View ArticleCity adds 3 street projects to 2015 slate
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO AM) - While the replacement of the 12th Street bridge has been postponed until 2016, the capital dollars budgeted for that project now can be invested in other street construction...
View ArticleSub-zero temperatures didn't slow love-birds
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Temperatures of -4 early this morning didn’t deter a Brookings woman and a Plankinton man from outdoor intimacy.Officer Sam Clemens says a policeman was patrolling a north...
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