South Dakota's teacher pay not competitive
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - While many South Dakota school districts are wringing hands over a teacher shortage, the problem is not as severe in Sioux Falls.But, School Board President Kent Alberty...
View ArticlePolice crack two high profile vandalism cases
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - A Sioux Falls man surrendered to police as a suspect in the SculptureWalk vandalism at the end of May.Captain Blaine Larson says 24-year-old Robert Wayland Mitchell is...
View ArticleMayor Huether gives shoutout to police
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Mayor Mike Huether today credited Sioux Falls Police for arrests in two high profile vandalisms.Huether says there was outrage over the vandalism of the SculptureWalk...
View ArticlePolice say two men are randomly shooting at one another
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Sioux Falls Police are looking for two men who have been shooting indiscriminately at one another at several locations.Officer Sam Clemens says there have been at least...
View ArticleWoodGrain Brewing accepted into DTSF Incubator Program
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO AM) - Downtown Sioux Falls, Inc. (DTSF) has accepted a fourth applicant into the Retail Incubator Program – WoodGrain Brewing Co., scheduled to open in August 2015.DTSF will...
View ArticleFire Rescue investigating apartment blaze
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO AM) - Sioux Falls Fire Rescue says no one was injured following an apartment fire at 608 W. Rice St. The fire was reported when a neighbor noticed smoke coming from the building...
View ArticleHill City man gets forty years for child rape
SIOUX FALLS, S. D. (KELO AM) - A Hill City man was sentenced yesterday to forty years for raping a seven year old Sioux Falls girl two-and-a-half years ago.38-year-old Joshua Bausch raped the child...
View ArticleImprovements underway at five existing parks across Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS (KELO AM) - Major work has begun on the renovation of five parks in the Sioux Falls park system with aging infrastructure. The parks that will be renovated this summer and fall are Lacey,...
View ArticleCounty Commission okays CAFO north of Brandon
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The Minnehaha County Commission approved a concentrated animal feeding operation of just under five hundred head north of Brandon Valley.Commissioner Gerald Beninga...
View ArticleOne more cleanup day set for Garretson
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Minnehaha County Emergency Manager Lynn DeYoung today briefed the Commission over last week’s response to wind-damaged Garretson.DeYoung says the Sheriff’s Office, Highway...
View ArticleDrinking woman faces child endangerment charges
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - A Sioux Falls woman faces a second D-W-I and child endangerment charges after she was arrested at Frank Olson Park last night.Officer Sam Clemens says a witness called...
View ArticleAn arrest among two men trading gunfire in Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Police arrested one suspect who’s been trading gunfire with another Sioux Falls man who they say have “bad blood between them.”Officer Sam Clemens says 20-year-old David...
View ArticlePlaying it smart with streets in Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO-AM) Sioux Falls City Council has been asked to make city streets safer, healthier, and friendlier by adopting what's called a 'Complete Streets' policy.The goal of Complete...
View ArticleFEMA preliminary flood maps now available
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO AM) - The new Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) flood insurance rate maps for Sioux Falls are now available on FEMA's web site. Click here to view the maps. The flood...
View ArticleHot Summer Nites schedule announced
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO AM) - Downtown Sioux Falls, Inc. (DTSF) will host the 22nd Annual Hot Summer Nites event on Wednesday, July 15 from 6:00 p.m. -10:30 p.m. Hundreds of Corvettes from across the...
View ArticleAPHIS allows importation of beef from areas with Foot and Mouth Disease
HURON (KELO AM) - South Dakota Farmers Union President, Doug Sombke, joins with the National Farmers Union organization in stating his extreme disappointment over the U.S. Department of Agriculture...
View ArticleSecond half of dueling shooters identified
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Arrest warrants have been issued for a Sioux Falls man accused of a shooting duel with another man who is in custody.Officer Sam Clemens says 19-year-old Tyrique Wright is...
View ArticleExploding fireworks illegal in Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - It’s illegal to shoot fireworks in Sioux Falls city limits but the ordinance is frequently ignored this time of year.Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Dean Lanier says it’s okay...
View ArticleThe Maher era begins today in Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Sioux Falls new public school superintendent Dr. Brian Maher started today.Maher sees no glaring changes that need to be made immediately.Maher says his goal is more to...
View ArticleFinal FEMA flood plain map still a year away
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - FEMA’s preliminary flood insurance rate maps now show nearly 1,800 Sioux Falls properties benefiting from lower rates.City planner Jeff Schmidt cautions that the maps are...
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