South Dakota State

Sioux Falls, SD

Winter-like weather continues to hold a grip on KELOLAND. After snow yesterday in the south, highs were generally in the 20s and 30s. Fog formed overnight in the Aberdeen area where temperatures once again have been quite chilly. A Dense Fog Advisory is still in effect for that area of...

Milder weather today; Turning cooler early next week

Watertown, SD

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) –Winter has a firm grip of us in KELOLAND. It’s was another day with below average temperatures as highs only made the 20s in northeast KELOLAND with 30 degree weather elsewhere. While we’ve had some warm days, we’re still playing catch up. Here’s what I mean.

Temperatures: 50 is the new 40, 30 or 20

Aberdeen, SD

Orange City, IA

Another round of snow fell last night in parts of southern KELOLAND. You can see the accumulations in the Orange City, IA area on the picture below. That snow started in the Black Hills area yesterday and expanded eastward overnight. Roads are snow and slush covered this morning generally along...

Winter-like weather slow to leave; Temps remaining below normal

The changing of the seasons from winter to spring is the most exciting time of year. We get to shed those heavy sweaters, puffy jackets and chunky boots for the bright colors of spring, the strappy sandals, and flowy dresses and skirts. And no one knows better what great fashion spring can bring than our friends at Leela and Lavender boutique. Vanessa Anderson is the store manager here in Sioux Falls. She stopped by to show off the latest spring styles to put us all in the mood to shop for the new season.

Spring fashion trends with Leela and Lavender

Washington State

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — It isn’t the weather but a water issue that’s shutting down a Sioux Falls high school. According to a message from the principal, Washington dismissed students at noon Thursday because the school had no water and the bathrooms couldn’t be used.

Water issues send Washington students home early Thursday

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — It can be a bumpy ride on some Sioux Falls streets, all thanks to potholes. Tuesday afternoon, Jon Voigt and a city crew were moving along 18th Street, filling potholes as they went. It’s a problem created by the constant freeze thaw cycle.

Pothole problem: ‘We’re trying our best’

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — This story has been updated with additional statements from the City. Sioux Falls Fire Rescue is lending a hand to its fellow city department by assisting Public Works in their non-stop effort to fill potholes around the city. We are 81 days into 2023,...

Firefighters filling potholes in Sioux Falls

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The fate of high school gymnastics is up in the air as the Sioux Falls School Board works to finalize the FY2024 budget. Current and former gymnasts and coaches have been told the program will be cut due to mandatory decreases in the district’s budget. The Sioux Falls School District did not provide an answer when asked directly about whether the gymnastics program would be cut as the board adopts a final budget.

Future of gymnastics uncertain in Sioux Falls

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The South Dakota Department of Transportation has reopened Interstate 29 from Watertown (exit 177) to the North Dakota state line Wednesday morning. The interstate was closed Tuesday at 7 p.m. due to hazardous driving conditions created by accumulating snow in the area. Drivers can...

I-29 reopened from Watertown to ND state border

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Take a look at the top stories First@4 in KELOLAND On The Go. Four more cases, including two involving people sentenced to prison for killing someone in Sioux Falls, were heard by the South Dakota Supreme Court at the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center on the campus of South Dakota State University.

Arguments heard for sentenced killers; Warmer temps Friday; Gov. Reynolds signs bathroom bill

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Effective immediately, Teresa Bittinger is the interim warden of the South Dakota State Penitentiary and Jameson Annex, the South Dakota Department of Corrections said in response to KELOLAND questions today. The DOC’s Michael Winder said the department would not comment on the status of...

Sioux Falls prison has new interim warden

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – The Wholestone Farms butcher shop has been closed since last week. In a social media post, Wholestone Farms said The Butcher Shop in Sioux Falls would be closed “until further notice.” The shop opened in October ahead of a public vote on whether slaughterhouses would be allowed to be built inside city limits.

TenHaken weighs in on Wholestone butcher shop closure

Yankton, SD

YANKTON, S.D. (KELO) — Officials in Yankton say the cause of a fire in the central part of the city is electrical in nature. The Yankton Fire Department says it happened in the 400 block of West 15th Street just before 5 p.m. Wednesday. Firefighters arriving on the scene...

Crews battle electrical fire in Yankton

For more than 67 years, the staff and volunteers at McCrossan Boys Ranch have worked to change the lives of young boys in turmoil. And it’s events like the annual banquet auction that allow them to raise the funds they need to provide the programming and hope they need for a better life for many, many years to come. And with your help when parents and caregivers find themselves looking for a way to ease the tension at home–McCrossan Boys Ranch is there to help. Christy Menning Vastenhout is the Director of Development at McCrossan Boys Ranch and she is joined us to tell us more about this year’s Banquet Auction. She also explained what a difference your support of the online auction can make to the services and classes they are able to provide to the young men they serve.

2023 McCrossan Boys Ranch Banquet Auction

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The Sioux Falls Police Department is looking for assistance locating a 13-year-old female. At 9:25 p.m. Thursday, the SFPD reported that Laraiah Bruguier is missing. She is 5’00” tall, weighs 100 lbs., has black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen in the area of 29th and West Avenue in Sioux Falls. She is wearing dark sweatpants and a grey Betty Boop sweatshirt with black stripes.

Sioux Falls PD needs help finding missing teen

As we age, the eye’s natural crystalline lens may lose its ability to clearly focus on what we see. Refractive lens exchange, or RLE, is a procedure performed at Vance Thompson Vision that is designed to improve your eyesight by replacing the natural lens of your eye with an intraocular lens. I recently sat down to find out more about the procedure with two vision specialists at Vance Thompson Vision, one who performed the surgery and the other who got it.

Refractive Lens Exchange with Vance Thompson Vision

Minnesota State

Brookings, SD

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The Brookings School Board on Wednesday accepted the resignation of superintendent Dr. Klint Willert. Members voted unanimously to accept the resignation during the special meeting, according to notes attached to a meeting agenda. The Brookings Register said Willert described his resignation as unconventional but it is “concurrent with current school board members goals for the (district).”

Willert resigns as Brookings superintendent

Freeman, SD

FREEMAN, S.D. (KELO) — A family in Freeman is OK but picking up the pieces after a fire destroyed their home. Cody, Haley Roth and their three-month-old Stetson, were not home when the fire started Saturday night. Once they found out about the fire, they did everything they could to put it out, but still their home is a total loss.

Freeman family OK after losing home in fire

YANKTON, S.D. (KELO) — One man was arrested after a Thursday hostage incident in central Yankton. Yankton Police say it happened just after 3 p.m. Thursday (March 23) in the 1,700 block of College Street. Officers were helping South Dakota DOC parole agents who were checking on a man in the area.

Man arrested after Yankton hostage incident

Iowa State

Sheldon, IA

FLANDREAU, S.D. (KELO) — A man accused of killing his mother in Iowa was arrested on the Flandreau Santee Sioux reservation Friday afternoon, the tribe said in a news release. Iowa authorities say they were notified about a deceased woman in a Sheldon home around 4 p.m. on Thursday....

Iowa murder suspect arrested in Flandreau

Buffalo Ridge, SD

Renner, SD

Tea, SD

Harrisburg, SD

Rowena, SD

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Crooks, SD

Corson, SD

Hartford, SD

Lyons, SD

Lennox, SD

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Worthing, SD

Garretson, SD

Larchwood, IA

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Canton, SD

Humboldt, SD

Sherman, SD

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Mother nature is melting snow in KELOLAND

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — With temperatures above freezing, mixed in with some sunshine, much of KELOLAND is experiencing snow melt. Especially those areas of southeast...

Mother nature is melting snow in KELOLAND

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