National Night Out 2014 Tomorrow Evening
Sioux Falls S.D. (KELO AM) - The National Association of Town Watch developed National Night Out (NNO) 30 years ago. Today, it involves more than 16,120 communities and 37.8 million people around the...
View ArticleEducation Foundation rewards innovation in the classroom
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) -The Sioux Falls Public Schools Education Foundation has awarded over $170,000 to hundreds of teachers for innovative ideas not funded by tax dollars.Foundation Chair Amy...
View ArticleProstitute invites plainclothes policemen
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Police say a 45-year-old Sioux Falls woman propositioned the wrong men early this morning and was arrested for prostitution.Officer Sam Clemens says plainclothes police in...
View ArticleChurch van in Sioux Falls accident
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Police say two people suffered minor injuries and a twenty year old Sioux Falls man is charged with D-W-I in a three vehicle accident involving a church van last night at...
View ArticleI-229 lane closures and reduced speed limits
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Beginning Wednesday morning I-229 between 18th and 26th Street will be reduced to one lane, each direction, to apply a high friction surface to reduce accidents on...
View ArticleCity To Focus on Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO AM) - For the next several weeks, police officers will focus on bicycle and pedestrian safety within Sioux Falls. After the car/bicycle fatal crash on July 16, 2014, officers...
View Article33 Year Old Arrested Following Stabbing at Van Eps Park
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO AM) - Officers were called to Van Eps Park, 300 this evening for yet another stabbing incident. Police say a 51 year old victim was stabbed in the park at around 6:20, while...
View ArticleArea students provided over 100,000 hours of service!
Sioux Falls S.D. (KELO AM) - This fall marks the 15 year anniversary of the Serve and Learn Student Association (SALSA), a high schools volunteer club. In 1999, the Helpline Center developed SALSA as...
View ArticleWelcome rain forecast for the tri-state area
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Sioux Falls may get more rain in the next 48 hours than it got in the entire month of July.Meteorologist Todd Heitkamp says the forecast calls for one to two inches of...
View ArticleEducating everyone on the rules of the road
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Sioux Falls police are adding officers in an effort to educate drivers, pedestrians and bicyclists on the rules of the road.Lieutenant Troy Lubbers says some officers...
View Article31st National Night Out
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Tonight is National Night Out and some 14 Sioux Falls neighborhoods are holding parties to celebrate their spirit and police-community partnerships.Officer Jim Larson says...
View ArticlePolice arrest suspect in attempted armed robbery
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Police arrested a 25-year-old Sioux Falls man for the attempted robbery of a West 12th Street convenience store last month where the clerk was hit in the head with a...
View ArticleSioux Falls Canaries to make middle children the center of attention on...
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KWSN)- National Middle Child's Day is on August 12, a day that always seems to get ignored or forgotten -- but the Sioux Falls Canaries actually remembered! They're throwing some love...
View ArticleCars, bikes, pedestrians need to get along in Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO-AM) Sioux Falls City Council will be asked to hire a special planner to help make South Dakota's largest city more bicycle and pedestrian friendly.President of the Falls Area...
View ArticleSioux Falls City Council Meeting Begins With Unique Invocation
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO AM) - Tonight’s Sioux Falls City Council meeting did not begin with the standard invocation prayer. The council welcomed Amanda Novotny, an atheist, to give the evening’s opening...
View ArticleTruth in Accounting releases South Dakota report
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - According to Truth in Accounting, a nonpartisan Chicago-based think tank, South Dakota is one of only nine states with enough available assets to cover its debt.T-I-A...
View ArticleSioux Falls residents aren't healthy eaters
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Sioux Falls residents are notorious for not eating enough fruits and vegetables.Mary Michaels with the Health Department says the Centers for Disease Control ranks Sioux...
View ArticleSioux Falls Police Chief wants tasers
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO-AM) Sioux Falls Police Chief Doug Barthel wants his officers for the first time to be armed with tasers.He's asked City Council for the money and hopes the police will start using...
View ArticleTwo people found dead in Central Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO-AM) Two people were found shot dead Wednesday afternoon inside a home on W. 7th Street in Central Sioux Falls.Police Captain Blaine Larsen says that a relative called police about...
View ArticleAlfson Encouraged by Support, Media Attention
Dell Rapids, SD (KELO AM) - Dell Rapids St Mary’s volleyball coach Nate Alfson says the outpouring of support for his decision to announce that he is gay has been outstanding. Alfson, the Pipestone, MN...
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