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ABERDEEN, S.D. (KELO) -- More than 200 people came together on a crystal-blue Sunday afternoon to say goodbye to a one-time icon of South Dakota politics. The hour-long memorial service for R. (Ralph) Lars Herseth at Northern State University drew people from throughout South Dakota, including farmers from the area as…
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- For more than 50 years, an indoor flea market has taken place in Sioux Falls. Formerly known as Benson's Flea Market, the event recently rebranded and is now called the Black Market. It's the first weekend back at the flea market after months away, and vendors and shoppers alike are
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- St. Mary Elementary School continues to fundraise for a new playground as construction is nearly completed for the new space. The current playground has been unchanged since the school’s founding in 1949. For the past 76 years, the children have played in a smaller, climbing area, as well…
A court battle that began when conservative-led states sued to block protections for transgender people has ended in a rollback of protections for people with disabilities — a result disability advocates have feared for months. At the end of August, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services joined the handful…
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) - After 124 years serving Sioux Falls and the surrounding region, Shipley's Garment Spa will be closing its doors. In a letter written to customers, Shipley's Garment Spa says the decision to close was not an easy one, but health issues, economic challenges, changes to the industry and…
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) - Here's a look at Sunday's top stories with KELOLAND On The Go. Sioux Falls police are investigating an early morning shooting. People will gather in Aberdeen today to honor the life of former South Dakota legislator Lars Herseth. It’s been a little while since we’ve had a run of weather
South Dakota’s recently opened women’s prison in Rapid City held 79 women at the end of September, the first month the state began to move them there from the women’s prison campus in Pierre. Overcrowding in the buildings at the older women’s prison spurred the construction of the $87 million Rapid City complex. For…
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO) -- Sioux Falls police are investigating an early morning shooting. Police tell us that a person with a gunshot wound showed up to the Avera McKennan emergency room around 3 a.m. Sunday. There's no word on the person's condition or whether anyone's been arrested. Police tell us they're in the…
A family-owned ranch in north-central South Dakota will soon be opening up a storefront for their beef products in Sioux Falls.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) - At the Downtown Holiday Inn, book lovers and authors gathered for the 24th annual festival of books. South Dakota Humanities Council members say the event is a great way for readers to connect with authors and see how several stories have shaped the state of South Dakota. "We're just hoping
When Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin declared in September that Immigration and Customs Enforcement could serve warrants on individuals at polling places this fall, officials in Denver, a liberal city where roughly 14% of residents are foreign-born, quickly sued. “Every day we find new things to be…
Since South Dakota’s Republican lame-duck Secretary of State Monae Johnson oddly endorsed the Democrat campaigning to replace her, voters reasonably might wonder: Is she for real? Even though she has been viewed at times during her tenure as just politically eccentric and confounding, this partisan betrayal was a core…
Jobs across the United States rose by 29,000 in September, a disappointing result as recent growth was also revised down in Friday’s monthly jobs report, the last one before midterm elections. September growth was a large dip from a strong August number that was revised down from 162,000 to 133,000 in the new report…
WASHINGTON — A D.C. Superior Court judge ruled Thursday that prosecutors cannot, for a second time, charge former Olympic canoeist David Hearn with damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Judge Todd E. Edelman wrote in his ruling that “the observed damage to the Reflecting Pool was due to a contractor’s ‘rushed…
The backers of a South Dakota ballot measure that would make it harder to change the state constitution accused their opponents this week of misleading voters with campaign ads tying the measure to “out-of-state billionaires.” The spokesperson for the opposition called the allegations “comical.” The ads are a nod to…
An appeals court shut down an attempt from South Dakota’s attorney general and governor to overturn a decision that blocks enforcement of a law that criminalizes abortion pill advertising in the state. Gov. Larry Rhoden and Attorney General Marty Jackley, both Republicans, filed the appeal in August after a lower…