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Money flowing into legislative races
CANTON, SD (KELO.com) -- South Dakota's Primary elections are just a few days away, and eyes are turning to campaign spending. Some legislative candidates who voted against carbon capture pipeline measures this year are facing well funded challenges. Representative Karla Lems of Canton believes that's more than just ...
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Avera Research awarded grant to reduce infant mortality
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- It's an all-out effort to reduce infant mortality in South Dakota. The Avera Research Institute has received a five-year, 5.4-million dollar grant through the Healthy Start Initiative. Project Director Dr. Lacey McCormack calls it a multi-pronged approach that goes beyond clinical treatm...
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Rounds reacts to Trump guilty verdict
WASHINGTON, DC (KELO.com) --South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds is weighing in after yesterday's conviction of former President Donald Trump. He says the trial, and the verdict, have opened a Pandora's Box. Senator Rounds believes yesterday's conviction of former President Donald Trump will put Trump back in the White Ho...
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Schwan's Sioux Falls presence growing
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- It was already billed as the largest Asian food production facility in North America. Now, it's going to be even larger. In 2021, Governor Kristi Noem announced the largest project in the history of the Governor's Office of Economic Development. At that time, it was a 500-million dollar ...
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Cause of Mitchell fire still unknown - but suspicious
MITCHELL, SD (KELO.com) -- Six months later, and Mitchell Fire Department officials are still looking for the cause of a fire that destroyed the Perkins restaurant. So far, none of the material they've tested has established a cause for the fire. Still, Fire Marshal Shannon Sandoval says the blaze is suspicious. Sand...
May 30, 2024
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Avera Research awarded grant to reduce infant mortality
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- It's an all-out effort to reduce infant mortality in South Dakota. The Avera Research Institute has received a five-year, 5.4-million dollar grant through the Healthy Start Initiative. Project Director Dr. Lacey McCormack calls it a multi-pronged approach that goes beyond clinical treatm...
18h ago
Schwan's Sioux Falls presence growing
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- It was already billed as the largest Asian food production facility in North America. Now, it's going to be even larger. In 2021, Governor Kristi Noem announced the largest project in the history of the Governor's Office of Economic Development. At that time, it was a 500-million dollar ...
19h ago
Cause of Mitchell fire still unknown - but suspicious
MITCHELL, SD (KELO.com) -- Six months later, and Mitchell Fire Department officials are still looking for the cause of a fire that destroyed the Perkins restaurant. So far, none of the material they've tested has established a cause for the fire. Still, Fire Marshal Shannon Sandoval says the blaze is suspicious. Sand...
May 30, 2024
SETC announces new President
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- He says it's like coming home. Dr. Cory Clasemann will become the next President of Southeast Technical College in Sioux Falls. Claseman grew up in Windom, Minnesota. He says Southeast Tech's history of growth is rare. Southeast Tech, on the other hand, is growing. Clasemann begins his...
May 30, 2024
Sioux Falls School District opts out of property tax freeze
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The Sioux Falls School Board is opting out of the State property tax freeze, just like it has every year since the early 2000's. It was a unanimous vote at last night's School Board meeting. District Business Manager Todd Vik says the option is to cut the budget or programs. This isn't a...
May 29, 2024
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Augie women drop tournament opener
LONGWOOD, FL (KELO.com) -- It's do or die for the Augustana University softball squad in the NCAA Division Two National Finals. They dropped a two-to-one decision to second-seeded University of Texas, Tyler yesterday in extra innings. The Vikings have a chance to pull it together with a day off today in the double-el...
May 20, 2024
Sioux Falls to host U.S. Olympic Curling trials
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- It will be South Dakota's first time hosting Olympic trials. Sioux Falls Sports Authority President Thomas Lee made the big announcement Monday afternoon. The 2025 Olympic Team Trials for Curling will be held at the Denny Sanford Premier Center. Sioux Falls doesn't appear to be a likely ...
May 14, 2024
USD inks Nielson through 2027 season
VERMILLION, SD (KELO.com) -- University of South Dakota athletic director Jon Schemmel announced Wednesday a four-year contract extension for head football coach Bob Nielson through the 2027 season. The 2023 season was the team's most successful at the division I level, tallying ten wins, hosting two home playoff game...
May 08, 2024
Cruthers returns to Sioux Falls as Stampede's new head coach
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The Sioux Falls Stampede is excited to announce the hiring of Ryan Cruthers as the team's newest Head Coach. Cruthers joins the Stampede as the tenth Head Coach in team history after spending the last year at the helm of the Fayetteville Marksmen of the Southern Professional Hockey League...
Apr 30, 2024
NFL draft selects four with South Dakota ties
DETROIT, MI (KELO.com) -- Several of South Dakota's best are headed to the NFL to pursue their gridiron dreams. O'Gorman High School alum tight end Tip Reiman was selected 82nd overall in the NFL draft this weekend by the Arizona Cardinals. Two SDSU Jackrabbits were drafted Saturday. Offensive lineman Mason McCormic...
Apr 29, 2024
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Money flowing into legislative races
CANTON, SD (KELO.com) -- South Dakota's Primary elections are just a few days away, and eyes are turning to campaign spending. Some legislative candidates who voted against carbon capture pipeline measures this year are facing well funded challenges. Representative Karla Lems of Canton believes that's more than just ...
18h ago
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Rounds reacts to Trump guilty verdict
WASHINGTON, DC (KELO.com) --South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds is weighing in after yesterday's conviction of former President Donald Trump. He says the trial, and the verdict, have opened a Pandora's Box. Senator Rounds believes yesterday's conviction of former President Donald Trump will put Trump back in the White Ho...
18h ago
South Dakota airport terminals to get upgrade
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Airport improvements are about to take-off. The South Dakota Department of Transportation announced the launch of the South Dakota Airport Terminal Program. The program will support airport terminal projects across the state. $10 million in funding was allocated by the state legislature in th...
May 25, 2024
Tribal officers to begin training at state center
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- The state of South Dakota is about to begin writing a new chapter in the history of tribal law enforcement training. Governor Noem's office and Attorney General Marty Jackley have opened the door to training tribal officers along with state and local officers starting next month. About two-do...
May 20, 2024
USS Pierre christened, beginning sea trials
MOBILE, AL (KELO.com) -- The USS Pierre is floating proudly in the Gulf of Mexico, after being christened this weekend. Senator John Thune's daughter Larissa Thune-Hargens is the ship's sponsor. She donned safety goggles and gloves before smashing a champagne bottle on the ship's bow. The ship faces about a year's wo...
May 20, 2024
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The Week in BizzaroWorld 6.15.23
#3. THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST OF 'JEOPARDY' The answer is: "Matthew 6:9 says, 'Our Father, which art in heaven, [this] be thy name." NOBODY knew the question on the June 13 episode of Jeopardy. I'm hoping you know the question is, "What is hallowed?" What a sad commentary on America today. Cue the Wei...
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Beware the 'Smartphone Zombie'
It can be difficult to drive in areas where there are pedestrians, bicyclists, children and animals. It's even worse when people have their phones out. The city of Mulberry, Florida is putting up dozens of signs warning drivers of "smartphone zombies". They're not warning drivers about other drivers. They're ...
Jun 05, 2023
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#3. NYT REVIEW OF 'THE LITTLE MERMAID' Wesley Morris of NYT outraged many with his creepy review of Disney's live-action remake of "The Little Mermaid". Morris wrote, "Joy, fun, mystery, risk, flavor, kink - they're missing." KINK?? This is a CHILDREN'S movie not HBO After Dark! The review also clai...
Jun 02, 2023
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India says Delhi's record 52.9 Celsius temperature last week was wrong by 3 C
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A record temperature registered this week for the capital New Delhi of 52.9 degree Celsius (127.22 Fahrenheit) was too high by 3 C, the Indian government said on Saturday, blaming a weather sensor error. The Indian Meteorolog...
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Indonesia's Mount Ibu erupts as disaster agency warns of possible floods, cold lava flow
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A volcano in Indonesia's eastern island of Halmahera erupted on Saturday spewing a five-km (3-mile) high ash cloud, the country's volcanology agency (PVMBG) said, while its disaster agency warned of potential flash floods and co...
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Florida deputy who shot Black airman is fired, sheriff says
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - A Florida sheriff's office on Friday fired a deputy who had shot and killed a Black airman with the U.S. Air Force, saying the use of deadly force was not reasonable. That was the conclusion of an internal affairs investi...
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Jennifer Lopez cancels 'This Is Me...Live' tour to be with family
By Danielle Broadway and Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Jennifer Lopez said on Friday that her "This Is Me... Live" Summer concert tour has been canceled so she can take time to be with her family. Representatives of Live Nation also announced ...
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Biden vetoes congressional disapproval of SEC accounting bulletin on crypto assets
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday vetoed a congressional disapproval of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's accounting bulletin on crypto assets. "By virtue of invoking the Congressional Review Act, this Republican...
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