Nearly 82 million expected to travel over Thanksgiving
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - A new projection from the AAA project over 81.8 million people are expected to travel 50 miles or more during Thanksgiving. Over 6 million U.S. travelers are expected to take domestic flights, and over 73.3 million people will travel by car. AAA projects...
Children’s Museum of SD annual “Gifting for Good” starts Thursday
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - The Children’s Museum of South Dakota is having its annual “Gifting for Good” event, starting on Thursday!. Lisa Marotz, Gwen McCausland, and Kerrie Vilhauer joined Dakota News Now to tell us more about the upcoming event and show us some of the items they have to offer.
$300 million donated for Rapid City Sanford Health Center
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KELO) — Sanford Health announced Denny Sanford has made a $300 million donation to establish the Sanford Black Hills Medical Center in Rapid City. The new center will include an emergency department, ICU, oncology unit, a women’s health unit including a labor and delivery unit, and children’s...
Sioux Falls DUI Court Graduation Ceremony Set for November 25 at Minnehaha County Courthouse
The Second Circuit DUI Court in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, will hold a graduation ceremony on Tuesday, November 25, 2025, at 9:30 a.m. CST. The ceremony will be in Courtroom 5A at the Minnehaha County Courthouse, 425 N. Dakota Ave. Nikki Schoffelman, a certified peer recovery coach and group facilitator with Urban...
Rain on the way today; Snow mix tonight northeast of Sioux Falls
Good morning KELOLAND! A small, but potent storm system is taking aim at KELOLAND the next 24 to 36 hours. Rain will be the story for many of us highlighted on the map below. This system will likely feature smaller, mesoscale features of more efficient banding of rainfall. That could really increase some local totals...
Avera Wellness Pantry tries to bridge the gap between hunger and health
With South Dakota is facing its highest rate of hunger in a decade, some Avera Health clinics are addressing the issue through wellness pantries. If patients are in need, they leave their doctor's visit with a bag of groceries. The program began last year at the Avera St. Benedict Health...
Sioux Falls will decentralize its Spanish immersion high schoolers
The Sioux Falls School District is preparing a major change to its Spanish immersion program, one that will shift where hundreds of students attend high school beginning in the 2028–29 school year.
Jason & Kylie Kelce In Sioux Falls for Team USA Curling Trials
Well..."not gonna lie," but this celebrity sighting takes Sioux Falls to "new heights!"
Mix of rain and snow on the way, with some accumulation possible in east...
A light rain expected to develop by the afternoon of Nov. 17 will spread and become more intense later in the day before changing to snow overnight in parts of eastern South Dakota, according to the National Weather Service in Sioux Falls. There could be 1 to 3 inches of accumulating snow in parts of east central...
$201K lost in local fraud case
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — A Sioux Falls resident is out over $201,000 after falling victim to fraud. According to the Sioux Falls Police Spokesman Sgt. Aaron Benson, a report came in Sunday afternoon about a woman who had been communicating with a man on a gaming app for two months. The man said he […]
