SDSU Rodeo Takes 10 to Nationals
BROOKINGS, S.D. - Ten members of the South Dakota State University Rodeo Team have qualified to compete in the College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) in Casper, Wyo., June 14-20, 2015.The team had a...
View ArticlePool rate hike gets first reading Tuesday
SIOUX FALLS, (KELO AM) - The Parks and Rec Board tomorrow considers the proposed rates for indoor and outdoor pools.Parks Head Don Kearney says the City Council has first reading tomorrow night.Kearney...
View ArticleSummer Food Service Program in full gear
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Nonprofits, schools, libraries and local governments serve free meals to children 18 and younger through the summer food program.Sandra Kangas with the South Dakota...
View ArticleNo DWI arrests in Saturday's extra patrol
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Sioux Falls Police issued 238 citations in Saturday’s saturation patrol but there were no arrests for D-W-I.Lieutenant Loren McManus says 58 speeding tickets were...
View ArticleTaking a bite out of crime
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Police encountered more biting cases last weekend, both dog and human.44-year-old Dean Alan Hillestad was bitten in the ear by his neighbor’s dog and he wanted revenge....
View ArticlePUC approves partial Xcel hike
PIERRE, SD (KELO AM) – The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission today voted to allow Xcel Energy to raise its electric rates at a rate of less than half of what the company had requested. The...
View ArticleSioux Falls VA to hold town hall meeting Thursday
SIOUX FALLS (KELO AM) - The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Dakotas Regional Office and Sioux Falls Health Care System are hosting a town hall for Veterans, family members,Veterans Service...
View ArticleTwo "Coffee with Cops" events June 17
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Sioux Falls Police will hold two coffee with cops events tomorrow (6/17) at Flyboy and Dunn Brothers Coffee.Captain Greg Vandekamp says they’re an opportunity for...
View ArticleMarijuana grow house raided in Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The Sioux Falls Area Drug Task Force raided a marijuana grow operation at a home on West 33rd Street last night. Captain Greg Vandekamp says once inside detectives also...
View ArticleCounty keeping eye on Foundation annexation
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The Minnehaha County Commission weighed in today on Sioux Falls annexation plans for Foundation Park.County Planner Scott Anderson told the City to keep the Commission in...
View ArticleSioux Falls still on pace for another building record
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The figures for Sioux Falls building projects are still strong this year.Building Official Ron Bell says the city issued just under 700 building permits the first two...
View ArticleLandfill scale to be closed this week
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO AM) - The City of Sioux Falls Regional Sanitary Landfill is currently making improvements to the scales and roadways inside the landfill property.The project consists of repairing...
View ArticleUpdate on pedestrian hit-and-run this morning
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Police say a 34-year-old Sioux Falls man suffered life-threatening injuries in a hit and run near 16th and Summit early this morning.Captain Greg Vandekamp says officers...
View ArticleSoroptomists open toy library at Kilian CC
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - A free toy lending library at Kilian Community College opens to the public Thursday, June 18.Carol Shuckhart says the toys are separated by age, up to five.Shuckhart says...
View ArticleFrontiers and Rural Medicine, FARM program
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - According to the State Medical Association one in four South Dakotans live where there’s a shortage of primary care doctors.Association President, Doctor Tim Ridgeway....
View ArticleSioux Falls Police reaching out to the citizenry
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Police will hold four meetings with residents next week to improve communications over challenges in their neighborhoods.Chief Doug Barthel says people who live in...
View ArticleDecision on higher pool fees put on hold
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO-AM) Sioux Falls City Council has put the brakes on the Huether Administration's proposed steeply higher fees for the outdoor pools in town.Council has postponed any decision...
View ArticleZero interest loans from states keep L & C afloat
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Without zero interest loans from Minnesota and South Dakota, and assuming federal funding of $10 million a year, the Lewis and Clark water project would be completed in...
View ArticleKarsky is preparing a draft resolution on alcohol sales
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - City Councilor Dean Karsky plans bringing a draft resolution banning sales of single cans of beer or malt liquor to the Land Use meeting in July.Karsky says the problem is...
View ArticleDefense authorization precursor to appropriations
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Mike Rounds says it’s not the appropriation’s bill, but the Senate today will vote on authorization for funding the defense department.Rounds says the measure benefits...
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