Third Annual Downtown Riverfest set for August 15
SIOUX FALLS, (KELO AM) - Celebrate the Big Sioux River in style as Downtown Sioux Falls, Inc. (DTSF) presents the 3rd Annual Downtown Riverfest, Saturday, August 15, from 4-11 p.m.The community...
View ArticleCity residents behind the levee meet with FEMA
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Sioux Falls property owners adjacent to the Big Sioux River levees can meet tonight with officials from FEMA about recently released flood maps.Jeff Schmidt with zoning...
View ArticleThune says Senate will pass DRIVE this week
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - In promoting the DRIVE Act, a transportation funding bill, Senator John Thune focused on regulatory reforms.Thune says the Commerce section of the Act triples penalties...
View ArticleNoem says REINS Act would live up to its name
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The House yesterday passed the REINS Act which requires that Congress approve all big federal agency regulations that cost over $100 million dollars.South Dakota’s Kristi...
View ArticleCloud 9 motel room fire was arson
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Sioux Falls Police have identified a suspect in an arson case at the Cloud 9 motel on North Cliff Avenue yesterday afternoon.Officer Sam Clemens says initially the...
View ArticleThune and colleagues try to defund Planned Parenthood
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Senator John Thune and twenty colleagues last night introduced a bill to defund Planned Parenthood.Thune says the bill protects funding for women’s health services by...
View ArticleBuy a Blizzard for Children's Miracle Network
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - This is Dairy Queen Miracle Treat Day where a dollar from every Blizzard sale goes to Children’s Miracle Network.Erin Bohrer says every dollar C-M-N receives stays at...
View ArticleMeet and greet I-90 bikers Friday
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Tomorrow is the 25th anniversary of Convention and Visitor’s Bureau I-90 welcoming of bikers and tourists to Sioux Falls.C-V-B Head Teri Schmidt says it’s a lot of...
View ArticleMeet me at the Fair
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The 76th Sioux Empire Fair opens Friday at the WH Lyon Fairgrounds.Fair Manager Scott Wick says admission Friday is free. Wick says Monday's admission is free all day too...
View ArticleMedicare trust fund on better footing
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The Board of Trustees for Medicare says the trust fund is solvent to 2030.Medicare turns 50 today and Administrator for Medicare and Medicaid Jeff Hinson says the trust...
View ArticleCropland values fall, pastureland values rise
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Prices and demand for farmland continues to moderate in South Dakota with the value of cropland declining just over one percent and the value of pastureland rising over...
View ArticleMayors 2016 budget proposal announced
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO AM) Mayor Mike Huether submitted a proposed 2016 budget of $471 million to the City Council today, which would be the largest in the City’s history. The budget keeps pace with the...
View ArticleMcCook County to receive disaster assistance
PIERRE, SD (KELO AM) – Gov. Dennis Daugaard announced Thursday that 12 South Dakota counties and three tribes will receive funding assistance to help recover from June storms that did an estimated...
View ArticlePower back on in SW Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO AM) - Power has been restored to most of the 2100 customers affected by a brief outage in Southwest Sioux Falls on ThursdayIt looks like a faulty underground line put customers...
View Article2016 SD Bowhunters, Convention Coming to Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls (KELO AM) - The South Dakota Bowhunters, Inc. will host their 2016 StateConvention in Sioux Falls on February 26-27, 2016 at the BEST WESTERNPLUS Sioux Falls Ramkota Hotel & Conference...
View ArticleBring the whole family to Outdoor University Saturday
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Part of South Dakota’s appeal is the variety of outdoor activities and the Outdoor Campus in Sioux Falls hosts its annual Outdoor University on Saturday.Thea Ryan says...
View ArticleFree back-to-school fair set for Saturday, August 8
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The annual back-to-school fair, “Celebrating Families,” is Saturday, August 8, at the Washington Pavilion.Organizer Darcy Jensen says the event offers free health...
View ArticlePolice officer fires two rounds at biting Mastiff
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - A Sioux Falls woman and a police officer were bitten by a dog in the 1300 block of South Elmwood Avenue around seven this morning.Captain Greg Vandekamp says the dog bit...
View ArticleGP Zoo to expand bear exhibit
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO AM) - The Great Plains Zoo announced today a major project to expand and renovate “Bear Canyon,” one of the Zoo’s oldest and most popular exhibits. The $2 million renovation...
View ArticleThreat for Severe Weather Late Saturday Afternoon
Undated (KELO AM) - It will be warmer and more humid today, with temperatures expected to top out in the upper 80s and low 90s around the region this afternoon.There is a chance for thunderstorms late...
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