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January 23, 2025

10 Commandments in SD schools clears 1st step

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – A Republican Senator wants to require every classroom in South Dakota to display the Ten Commandments. Sen. John Carley’s bill passed with a 4-3 vote in a Senate Education hearing Thursday morning. Carley told KELOLAND News that he wrote the bill to “restore the document that's been involved in the [...]

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Art show, auction to help Emily’s Hope

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- 23 people died of overdoses in Sioux Falls last year, according to the Sioux Falls Police Department. That number is up from 16 deaths in 2023. However, the total number of overdoses reported to police last year was down from 2023. The department credits that decrease to Narcan being more [...]

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New lawmakers have questions about men’s prison

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- New lawmakers had many questions about the proposed new men's prison during Thursday's budget presentation by the Department of Corrections at the legislature's Joint Committee on Appropriations meetings. Those new lawmakers are committee members. DOC Secretary Kellie Wasko answered them but didn't have time to respond to all of the questions [...]

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Sen. Rohl gets backing to revive transparency bill

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- A day after his bill to increase governmental transparency in South Dakota was killed in the Senate State Affairs Committee, Republican Senator Michael Rohl found the support he needed to revive the bill. During the Senate session on Thursday, January 23, Rohl brought a motion that the Senate State Affairs [...]

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