SF Police promise more saturation patrols
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Extra officers on a daytime patrol last Saturday issued 258 citations including one D-W-I.Officer Sam Clemens says 83 speeding tickets were issued.Clemens says given the...
View ArticleCity seeks translators for "Mural Speaks!" project
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The “Mural Speaks!” project will celebrate the diversity of the urban Midwest next year at Meldrum Park.Organizers are seeking translators to read a single poem into 140...
View ArticleSF Police accepting applications for officers
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Sioux Falls Police will hire 8 officers in October and are accepting applications until May 4thOfficer Sam Clemens says candidates must have a high school diploma, some...
View Article8 year old boy injured in hit-and-run accident
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO AM) - Tuesday afternoon Sioux Falls Police, Fire and Rural Metro Ambulance responded to 11th Street and Spring Avenue for a car / pedestrian hit and run crash. Investigation...
View ArticleSioux Falls schools to start after Labor Day
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO AM) – The hotly debated school start date issue brought voters out in droves for Tuesday’s school board election, an event that’s usually ho-hum to voters. Unofficial number show...
View ArticleSF man charged with waving knife at police
SIOIUX FALLS, S.D. kELO AM) - Police arrested a 20-year-old Sioux Falls man eleven hours after he allegedly hit a parked car at 8th and Trapp early yesterday morning.Officer Sam Clemens says police...
View ArticleSupport families grieving over fatal fire
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Families and neighboring towns are grieving after Monday’s fire that claimed David Smith and volunteer firefighter Steven Ackerman.Former Tea Fire Chief Grant VanRiesen...
View ArticleNext step in starting school in September
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - After yesterday’s vote, the Sioux Falls School District will start classes after Labor Day for the next three years.Board President Kent Alberty broke the news to the...
View ArticleSioux Falls private schools stand pat
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO-AM) Private schools in Sioux Falls will stick with their August start dates despite the switch of the public schools to September 8th.City voters on Tuesday narrowly rejected what...
View ArticlePit Bull Rescue needs adoptive families soon
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Time is running out for a record number of dogs on the Sioux Empire Pit Rescue waiting list.Board member Brittany Snyders says the adoption fees for male dogs are reduced...
View ArticleGrants awarded for SF workforce development
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The City of Sioux Falls is awarding $440,000 grants to eight groups to meet workforce needs.City Councilor Michelle Erpenbach says it’s the City’s duty to do more....
View ArticleEvents set for Valley Springs Firefighter's service
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Organizers plan on 2,500 mourners at Steve Ackerman’s funeral on Sunday in Brandon Valley.Minnehaha County Emergency Manager Lynn DeYoung says 65 fire trucks are expected...
View ArticleAnnual Taste of Cultures Saturday at The District
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Celebrate diversity at Saturday's Annual Taste of Cultures at The District in Sioux Falls.Director of Lutheran Social Services Center for New Americans says it’s a time...
View ArticleCity awards workforce development grants
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO AM) – Much of the half-million dollars set aside for the city’s workforce development programs was dished out on Friday; with Globe University, Training Solutions Institute, and...
View ArticleSevere Weather Awareness Training on April 20
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO AM) - As part of Severe Weather Awareness Week activities, the National Weather Service and Emergency Management offices from Minnehaha County, Lincoln County, and the City of...
View ArticleFuneral service held for Valley Springs firefighter
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The funeral for Valley Springs firefighter Steve Ackerman was held Sunday in the Brandon Valley gym. Ackerman was killed Sunday, April 12 in a Brandon fire that also took...
View ArticleGlobetrotters set to give the Generals a smackdown
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The Harlem Globetrotters bring their non-stop basketball antics to the Denny tomorrow night.Globetrotter guard Buckets Blakes says the team helps bridge many of society’s...
View ArticleLions flip 60,000 pancakes in 59th annual event
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The Sioux Falls Downtown Lions Club prides itself on helping vision and hearing impaired residents.Club member Matt Billion says the Annual Pancake Feed fundraiser is...
View ArticlePizza man almost hit by his stolen car
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - A Sioux Falls pizza delivery man left his keys in his car when he went into the shop early Saturday morning and when he came out his car was gone.Later that morning the...
View ArticleSevere Weather Awareness Week in South Dakota
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) -This is Severe Weather Awareness week in South Dakota a time to practice your safety plans.Forecaster Todd Hietkamp holds a severe weather awareness training session...
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