Across the Table with Wendy McDonnel
Today’s Across the Table guest has community service in her blood. We sat down with Wendy McDonnel to learn more about what inspires her commitment to non profit work.
Brandon Valley unveils new Elementary School
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO)– Burkman Valley Elementary will open its doors tomorrow as the fifth elementary school in the Brandon Valley School District. Principal Mary Mudder says the turnouts for the open houses were nearly 100 percent and that students and staff are excited for the year to start. “People come in with a
Pet Wellness Veterinary Hospital expands in SF
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) —In May, KELOLAND News brought you inside the Pet Wellness Veterinary Hospital inside PetSmart. But now, the main location for the pet hospital is open right off 57th Street in Sioux Falls. “It’s even more exciting that we opened not the first, but then decided to go ahead and open a […]
Remembering Dolly Parton and her 2002 visit to SF
Dolly Parton stopped by the Washington Pavilion in Sioux Falls in 2002 to help promote the Imagination Library.
European-style manor along golf course tops sales report at $2.7M
The most expensive residential sale for the week of Aug. 3 was $2.7 million for a European-style manor along Prairie Green Golf Course. The 5,100-square-foot brick house was constructed by Skogen Builders in 2016 on a half-acre lot in The Grand Prairie development. It has four bedrooms and five bathrooms. Features incl
4 SD school districts receive Farm to School grants
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - The South Dakota Department of Education’s Division of Child and Adult Nutrition Services has awarded four additional Farm to School grants, increasing the total to ten and the total funding to $99,487. Farm to School programs showcase creativity through field trips to...
SFSD eyes $183M worth of projects that could make it into April 2027 bond...
The Sioux Falls School District facilities task force’s combined recommendations for a potential April 2027 bond issue were finally revealed to the school board in a work session Monday, Aug. 24, after four meetings’ worth of deliberation. Task force members ranked more than three dozen proposed district projects on th
Staffing a concern for SD DOC secretary, warden
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — South Dakota’s secretary of corrections and the warden of its state penitentiary agree: staffing is a concern. It comes at a time when the state’s recidivism rate of 50%, per the latest annual data, is in the spotlight. And change is on the horizon, too; a new women’s prison is set […]
Indeed ranks Sioux Falls among top cities for work
Sioux Falls ranks among the top 25 markets overall on the newly released Indeed’s Best Cities for Work list. The popular job listing platform analyzed more than 200 metro areas with more than 200,000 people and ranked the top 25 metro areas based on six key pillars made up of 40 individual metrics:
SFPD: 151 citations issued during Aug. 14 saturation
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Multiple law enforcement agencies in Sioux Falls issued 151 citations during a saturation on August 14, according to Sioux Falls Police. At Tuesday’s police briefing, Sioux Falls Lt. Andrew Siebenborn said that across all the agencies, there were 151 citations, 67 written warnings, and 4 DWI

















