Xcel Energy prepared for the weather
Minneapolis, MN (KELO AM) - Dangerously cold weather is in the forecast for the area, and Xcel Energy is assuring customers that the energy resources are adequate, and that electric and natural gas...
View ArticleSunday Frosty Frolics cancelled, Great Bear closed
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO AM) - Sioux Falls Parks and Recreation announces due to a wind-chill advisory issued by the National Weather Service, Frosty Frolics events scheduled for Sunday, January 5, 2014...
View ArticleSioux Falls Public schools closed Monday
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO-AM) - The Sioux Falls School District has cancelled classes for Monday, January 6, due to dangerous temperatures and wind chills. School offices will be open.Other area schools...
View ArticleSioux Falls locked in Polar Vortex
Sioux Falls, S.D. (KELO AM) - Arctic temperatures have affected the nation from the Midwest to the eastern United States. Last Friday, the Governor of Minnesota canceled school for today and Sioux...
View ArticleElderly man arrested for exposing himself
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Sioux Falls police arrested a transient for exposing himself at the downtown Post Office Friday afternoon. Officer Sam Clemens says 72-year-old James Francis Two...
View ArticleRed Cross responds to three residence fires today
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO-AM) — Volunteers with the American Red Cross have responded to three home fires in eastern South Dakota this morning.In Sioux Falls, officials responded to a fire at about 4:00...
View ArticleRock throwing Flandreau man arrested in Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - A Flandreau man was arrested yesterday morning for throwing rocks at cars near East Presentation Street and North Fourth Avenue in north central Sioux Falls. Officer...
View ArticleSioux Falls woman suffers gunshot wound
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Police say a Sioux Falls woman’s story of how she was shot in the leg Saturday night is murky. Officer Sam Clemens says the 21-year-old victim told investigators she...
View ArticleCity Council Transit Task Force to meet January 8
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO-AM) On Wednesday, January 8, 2014, at 3:30 p.m., the City Council Transit Task Force will hold its third meeting at Carnegie Town Hall (235 West 10th Street). The Task Force will...
View ArticleBe aware of lane closures
Lane Closure Today – Eleventh StreetAt 8:30 a.m., this morning, the right eastbound lane on Eleventh Street will be closed between Main Avenue and Phillips Avenue. Eastbound traffic will use the left...
View ArticleMuenster University Center expansion grand opening
VERMILLION, S.D. (KELO AM) -- The University of South Dakota will celebrate the expansion of the Muenster University Center with a grand opening at noon on Monday, Jan. 13.The brand new, 31,000 square...
View ArticleSDWAC symposium examines cybersecurity
Brookings, S.D. (KELO AM) - Former Department of Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff recently told an audience of World Affairs Councils of America leaders that the Internet can no longer be...
View ArticleMillions gifted for Sanford Imagenetics
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - T. Denny Sanford has gifted the health organization bearing his name 125-million dollars to combine genetic research with primary care. Sanford C-E-O Kelby Krabbenhoft...
View ArticleTwo More SD Properties Listed on National Register of Historic Places
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO-AM) – Two more South Dakota properties were recently added to the National Register of Historic Places, according to the South Dakota State Historical Society. The listed properties...
View ArticleSioux Falls Woman Sentenced In Marijuana Distribution Conspiracy
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO-AM) United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, woman convicted of conspiracy to distribute marijuana was sentenced on January 6, 2014,...
View ArticleHuether way ahead of Jamison in fund raising
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO-AM) The latest campaign finance records show that Democrat Mike Huether has raised about three times the money that Republican challenger Greg Jamison has for the Sioux Falls...
View ArticleBootlegger Ball brings back the 1920
Brookings S.D. (KELO AM) - Nine decades ago, Brookings was a dry community as was the rest of the nation. It was the Prohibition Era. But that doesn't mean the liquor didn't flow, and some of the most...
View ArticleEmergency Street Closure - Bahnson Avenue
Sioux Falls S.D. (KELO AM) - This morning (January 8, 2014), Bahnson Avenue will be closed between 16th Street and 18th Street.The City Of Sioux Falls Public Works Department is working on a water...
View ArticleSioux Falls man faces drug and assault charges
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - A Sioux Falls man faces multiple charges after police discovered a one-pot device for making meth in a bag he was carrying. Black is charged with possession of a...
View ArticleAn old scam making new rounds
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - An old scam is resurfacing in the Sioux Empire. Officer Sam Clemens says this racket preys on those having a warrant hanging over them. He says the caller claims to...
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