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October 3, 2024

When will KELOLAND see frost?

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- There's no question we are in a dry cycle across KELOLAND. And with more dry air ahead, colder lower and hotter highs are expected in the forecast. Dry air is going nowhere the next few days in KELOLAND. But there will be changes in wind and temperature, with some big [...]

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Beat the frost, pick your pumpkins

BEAVER CREEK, MN (KELO) — It's still pumpkin patch season for many parts of KELOLAND, but how long that time lasts is weather-dependent. "We've got a good crop of really beautiful pumpkins," Sean Mcfarland said. Mcfarland is the owner of the Blackshire Farms pumpkin patch in Beaver Creek, Minnesota, just 20 miles east of Sioux [...]

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Lincoln County triples-down on responding to field fires

HARRISBURG, S.D. (KELO) -- Starting Thursday, Lincoln County will be sending more crews to respond to fires that break out in dry farm fields. The fall harvest has been made all the more challenging because of warm and windy conditions. That has both farmers and firefighters taking more precautions. Giant combines practically disappear in a [...]

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Plow drivers compete in Snowfighter ‘Roadeo’

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- Chris Voelker was warming up for the cold months behind the wheel of a plow truck on Thursday. Voelker is a lead highway maintenance worker for the South Dakota Department of Transportation. He competed in the DOT's Snowfighter 'Roadeo' in Sioux Falls, which included a driving course. "Very challenging if [...]

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DTSF October Art and Wine Walk is back

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — For all the art, wine, and shopping lovers, there's an event Friday night that is calling your name. While downtown may be calm now, Friday night it will be hustling and bustling with people for the Art and Wine Walk. "The fall art and wine walk is really a way for [...]

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Former middle school teacher faces 36 counts of child porn

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- A former Sioux Falls middle school teacher faces 20 new child porn charges. According to documents filed in federal court, the alleged crimes had been happening significantly longer than investigators originally thought. We first told you about Justin Preuschl in March, when he was charged with solicitation of a minor [...]

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