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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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