Parks and Rec pool numbers soared this summer
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Parks and Rec says 40,000 more swimmers went to city pools this summer than last year.Jean Pearson says, believe it or not, there were more rain days a year ago.Pearson...
View ArticleThe Denny celebrates its first anniversary Sunday
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The Denny is celebrating its first anniversary with an open house Sunday afternoon.Mayor Mike Huether says if you haven’t visited the Events Center, this is a time to do...
View ArticleNoem takes aim at federal permitting
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Congresswoman Kristi Noem says the House tomorrow will vote on a bill that will streamline the federal permitting process.Noem says it would eliminate unnecessary lawsuits...
View ArticleRounds on continuing budget battle
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Senator Mike Rounds (R) on Thursday voted for a continuing resolution to keep the government funded that included restrictions on Planned Parenthood. As expected, U.S....
View ArticleLeaf and branch drop-off sites open tomorrow
SIOUX FALLS (KELO AM) - Beginning this Saturday, September 26, 2015, the City of Sioux Falls will open its two leaf and branch drop-off sites to assist with fall cleanup. The two leaf and branch...
View ArticleFamily Health and Safety Festival on Saturday
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Health Connect, a privately funded health information clearinghouse in Sioux Falls, is hosting a “Family Health and Safety Festival” Saturday, September 26.Executive...
View ArticleRocket Man Road on the south side of the Denny
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The Denny Sanford PREMIER Center is paving the way for the Elton John Concert a week from today.S-M-G’s Rick Huffman unveiled a new street sign today honoring the six...
View ArticleAltered video lottery tickets cost two city bars $1000
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The tills didn’t match up for two Sioux Falls’ bars earlier this week and that’s how they found out someone cashed altered video lottery tickets.Officer Sam Clemens says...
View ArticleAccounting think tank calls South Dakota a Sunshine State
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Truth in Accounting says South Dakota’s taxpayer surplus, money available to pay future bills, is on firm financial footing.Sheila Weinberg says South Dakota has...
View ArticleGreat Plains Zoo Award
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO AM) - The Great Plains Zoo and Delbridge Museum has announced it has received an award from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.The zoo has been awarded the AZA Top Honors Award...
View ArticleReported Robbery
Sioux Falls,SD (KELO AM) - Sioux Falls Police are investigating a reported robbery near Washington High School. Police were called to the area of 6th Street and Sycamore Avenue about 8 p.m. Saturday....
View ArticleHealth Department Investigates Meningococcal Death
PIERRE, SD (KELO AM) – In the wake of a meningococcal death at Dakota Wesleyan University, the Department of Health is encouraging vaccination. “Department disease prevention staff are now contacting...
View ArticleGarretson Fire
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO-AM) - Crews from at least five area Fire Rescue departments along with Minnehaha County Emergency Management are on the scene of a house fire in Garretson. The call coming in...
View ArticleFatal Rollover
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO-AM) - The Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office has reported a fatal vehicle rollover. The call to dispatch from a passing motorist reported a vehicle in a bean field, one mile north...
View Article80 degree days may be behind us
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Temperatures in the eighties probably won’t come around until next year but we’re not done with seventies even though most highs this week will be in the...
View ArticlePolice Tase chair throwing suspect
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Police Tased a 35-year-old Sioux Falls man after he allegedly threw a lawn chair at an officer.Lieutenant Dave McIntire says Fernandez Amesoli had been drinking and was...
View ArticleSioux Falls School Board hears test results tonight
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The Sioux Falls School Board today reviews math and reading results from the first ever Smarter Balanced Test that students took last spring.Board President Kent Alberty...
View ArticleJolene's Law Task Force continues work Pierre
SIOUX FALLS,S.D. (KELO AM) - Jolene’s Law Task Force is meeting today in Pierre continuing its examination of sexual abuse of children in South Dakota.There was a suggestion that judges mandate...
View ArticleFull Week of Events Planned for USD's Dakota Days
A full week of events is planned for the University of South Dakota's Dakota Days homecoming celebration that culminates with Saturday’s home football game against Youngstown State.Among the planned...
View ArticleSix Mile Road resident asks for relief
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - A resident of Six Mile Road, between Maple and Madison Streets, asked the Minnehaha County Commission to reduce the speed limit from 45 to 35.Dr. David Bean says it’s...
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