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Help during a cold snap

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- As frigid weather lingers in KELOLAND, a nonprofit is seeing more people reaching out for help. Jamie Cody is the 211 director at the Helpline Center. She says the cold snap has people reaching out about issues and needs like frozen pipes, winter clothing, and food. In fact, earlier this [...]

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Senate passes porn age-verification bill

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- House Bill 1053, which would require age verification for porn sites passed the South Dakota Senate in a 34 to 0 vote. One Senator was excused. HB1053 will now go to the desk of Governor Larry Rhoden. The bill, brought by Republican Rep. Bethany Soye, will define a "covered platform" [...]

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‘It’s just temporary’: Reaction to $70,000 fence

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) —The city of Sioux Falls still wants to lease the parking lot next to the Bishop Dudley Hospitality House in central Sioux Falls. Officials want to build a $70,000 fence on the property to address some of the ongoing behaviors. At the agenda item's second reading, many people voiced their opinions [...]

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Cold temps has clothes standing by themselves

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- This frigid cold has clothes standing up all by themselves. A viewer sent us this picture from Aberdeen this morning. He tells us it was 22 below at the time. The viewer say he was telling his kids this would happen when he was younger. The kids didn't believe him [...]

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16-year-old dies from exposure to freezing temps

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- A 16-year-old boy was found dead from exposure to freezing weather in Tripp County. The Tripp County Sheriff's Office says at noon Sunday, they received a call regarding an abandoned vehicle found in the yard of a home just north of the South Dakota/Nebraska border along Highway 183. Authorities say [...]

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