City tables gender identity protection
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO AM) - A proposed measure to add gender identity to the city's anti-discrimination ordinance was withdrawn by the city council during Tuesday's meeting. The vote was 5-2, with...
View ArticleLance Armstrong honors dead bicyclists
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Outside Kalamazoo, Michigan, last night hundreds of bicyclists completed the ride started by nine members of the Chain Gang run down by a man in a pickup truck last...
View ArticleTransient vendor season is on
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Attorney General Marty Jackley says his office investigates complaints every spring and summer from South Dakotans bilked by transient contractors.Bobbi Adams with the...
View ArticleCourt backs Internet as utility
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - A federal court upheld the FCC's decision to treat the Internet as a utility.Marty Newell with the Rural Broadband Policy Group calls the ruling a victory for consumers....
View ArticleExplosions linked to SWAT training
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - If you hear an explosion in central Sioux Falls over the next week it will probably be from the police department's SWAT training.Officer Sam Clemens says training will...
View ArticleThey pay more, we pay more in Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO-AM) When business costs go up, customer costs usually go up, and so it is for the customers of Sioux Falls area trash haulers.The hauling companies will be paying more for...
View ArticleSuspected killer goes free
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO-AM) The accused cold case killer in Minnehaha County gets off with a suspended sentence.In a plea deal, murder charges were dropped against 57-year-old Kim Aune in the death of...
View ArticleNo increase in county's opt out
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) Minnehaha County Commissioners hold another meeting tomorrow with department heads over next year's budget which will include more money from the state's share of alcohol...
View ArticlePipestone tornado an EF-zero
SIOUX FALL, S.D. (KELO AM) - The National Weather Service calls the tornado near Pipestone, Minnesota, Tuesday as very weak with wind speeds peaking at 80 miles per hour.Forecaster Todd Heitkamp says...
View ArticlePolice, deputies, troopers in city patrol
SIOUX FALLS, S.D (KELO AM) - There will be a multi-agency saturation patrol tomorrow night into Saturday morning in and around Sioux Falls.Sergeant Randy Brinks says there's increased concern over...
View ArticleSevere weather season delayed?
SIOUX FALL, S.D. (KELO AM) - Another burst of hot humid weather this weekend for the northern plains with temperatures ten to fifteen degrees above average.Forecaster Todd Heitkamp says this weather...
View ArticleKeep your head on a swivel
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - A Sioux Falls man is out $8,000 in an IRS scam.Officer Sam Clemens say the scammers phoned the 38-year-old victim and told him he owed the government eight thousand...
View ArticleMore Storms Possible Sunday, then Cooler to Start the Week.
Undated (KELO AM) - The remainder of the weekend will be hot and humid, but another break is on the way.A Heat Advisory will be in effect from 1:00 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday afternoon and evening. Highs...
View ArticleOne Hospitalized in Pick-up Motorcycle Accident
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO AM) - A motorcyclist was hospitalized after a two vehicle accident west of Sioux Falls.The accident happened Saturday evening about 6 p.m. at the intersection of SD 42 and SD 17....
View ArticleSevere Thunderstorm WATCH
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO-AM) After a Father's Day of blistering temps and humidity leading to heat advisories, the National Weather Service has issued a SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH in effect until 11 PM...
View ArticleAttracting millennials to South Dakota
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - South Dakota is near the top of the pack as a great place for millennials to live, according to new research from Moneyrates.Analyst Richard Barrington says South Dakota...
View ArticleBenefits of expanding Medicaid
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - After reviewing safety net hospitals and clinics in seven states, researchers at the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families found that Medicaid expansion...
View ArticleConnor Hanson in jail, again
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Sioux Falls perpetual bad boy Conner Hanson is in trouble with the law again, this time over a domestic dispute with an ex-girlfriend.Officer Sam Clemens says Hanson is...
View ArticleWeather takes bite out of patrol
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) -Friday's saturation patrol of troopers, officers and deputies resulted in three D-W-I arrests, eight speeding tickets and nineteen license violations.Officer Sam Clemens...
View ArticleUPDATE: missing Sioux Falls man safe
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO AM) - Sioux Falls police say 74-year-old Douglas Langdon was found this morning in Rosebud, SD.Langdon appeared well but an ambulance was called as a precaution.The Sioux Falls...
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