April 3, 2025

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- It's been a rainy and snowy week across parts of KELOLAND. Meteorologist Scot Mundt joins us with a closer look at the moisture we've had. KELOLAND has been fighting dry conditions since the fall, but our moisture recently helps as we head into the planting season. We got a break [...]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- There are more than 80 outdoor sirens scattered around Sioux Falls. They're used to warn people outdoors of tornadoes. Now, there's another weather type that will sound the sirens in the city: a destructive severe thunderstorm warning. That warning type means mother nature is expected to unleash 80-mile-per-hour winds or [...]

HARRISBURG, S.D. (KELO) -- The potential impacts of tariffs is leading to uncertainty for many industries in the U.S.—and that includes commercial and residential buildings. The materials needed to build new houses and stores come from all over the globe but added tariffs mean higher costs to get those products here. "Canada, we get over [...]

BROOKINGS, S.D. (KELO) - A non-profit that gives free books to students across South Dakota found out Thursday morning that 100% of its federal funding from the National Endowment For The Humanities had been cut. This comes as the Department of Government Efficiency tries to reduce government spending. Part of the South Dakota Humanities Council's [...]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- It's back to the drawing board when it comes to building a new men's prison in South Dakota. The task force that was formed to look at alternative options; including a new location, met for a second time today. What the committee found out is that there's going to be [...]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – After South Dakota lawmakers voted down legislation to build a new penitentiary, members of Project Prison Reset are starting from scratch. On Thursday morning, they were told that despite all of the unknowns, including the location, the state has already invested tens of millions of dollars in the project. South [...]