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Casino Speedway Memorial cut short by rain with only one of six features completed
WATERTOWN — With just a little more than half of the racing program completed, the weather got the best of the ninth Casino Speedway Memorial racing program on Sunday night. The Casino Speedway Memorial is held each year to celebrate the lives of Casino Speedway family members who passed away in the last year. ...
Poll voting remains open through 11:59 p.m. on Sunday
South Dakota's 2024 spring high school sports season is winding down and last week included the state track meet, state-qualifying playoff games for softball teams and conference and/or region golf tournaments. We've come up with a list of 15 candidates for the Public Opinion's Athlete of the Week poll for...
David J. Law’s take on the future of radio
WATERTOWN, S.D. (KELO) — With the radio layoffs in Watertown, Brookings, and Madison, people may start to wonder if radio is on its way out the door. David J. Law started working in radio back in the seventies. “We really had a young audience and I came as the...
Watertown's Raderschadt and Kranz, Aberdeen Central's Rife among individual-event winners
SIOUX FALLS — Area athletes, including Watertown throwers Malia Kranz and Boaz Raderschadt and Aberdeen Central sprinter Gracie Rife, combined to win 18 events Friday and Saturday during the final two days of the South Dakota State High School Track and Field Championships. The three-day meet concluded Saturday at Howard Wood Field. Kranz won...
Florence-Henry, Castlewood, Deuel and Elkton-Lake Benton make up half the field
FLORENCE — Wednesday turned out to be a history-making day for Haley Hlavacek, Elizabeth Reiter and the rest of their teammates on the Florence-Henry high school softball team. The eighth-seeded Falcons held off ninth-seeded Hanson 5-2 in a Class B SoDak 16 game to punch their ticket to next week's state Class B tournament scheduled for May 30-June 1 at Aberdeen. ...
Taking away the ‘local’ from SD radio stations
WATERTOWN, S.D. (KELO) — They’re the voices you listen to when you wake up and in the car, but in some KELOLAND communities that won’t be the case anymore. A national company that owns several South Dakota Radio stations is making cuts, leaving communities without their longtime radio personalities.
Man arrested for stealing from Lake Poinsett business
LAKE POINSETT, S.D. (KELO) — An Oldham, South Dakota man was arrested, accused of stealing from a Lake Poinsett business. The Hamlin County Sheriff’s Office says deputies were called to the business Sunday afternoon for a burglary that happened over the weekend. Authorities say a number of items...
Watertown freshman wins $10,000 cash prize from safe driving program
WATERTOWN, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - A Watertown High School freshman won a $10,000 prize and another $10,000 for his school by learning to be a safe driver. Kasen Bender was announced the winner of this year’s Lesson Learned SD program during an all-school assembly at Watertown High School where he was presented with a $10,000 cash prize. Bender also gets to choose a Watertown High School program which will receive a $10,000 award as well.
Throwback Thursday: The Haunted Goss
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - On this week’s Throwback Thursday, Lori Kent with the Local Lou Podcast tells us about the spooky history of The Goss Opera House in Watertown and how that past may still be lurking in the present. The Goss Opera House was built...
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