Why the best brands use visuals to tell their story
This piece is sponsored by Lemonly. If your business is struggling to cut through the noise online, you’re not alone. As the amount of content in the world continues to grow, audiences’ attention spans continue to shrink. These factors create a challenge for modern marketers: How can your...
Back to the Future at the Washington Pavilion October 14-19
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - If you want to travel through time, Back to the Future is coming to the Washington Pavilion from October 14 through October 19. Actors Lucas Hallauer and David Josefsberg joined Dakota News Now to tell us more about the upcoming performance. “It follows...
White Cane Day celebration taking place October 18
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - A White Cane Day celebration is taking place on October 18. Nick Pavel joined Dakota News Now to tell us more about White Cane Day and how they plan to celebrate. “So, the celebration. It’s basically promoting the White Cane Law. So, when...
Dakota State and LifeScape team up on protective equipment for workers
A collaboration between Dakota State University and LifeScape is looking to innovative clothing to protect workers. They’re looking to a common material: plastic. LifeScape workers deal with biting, scratching or pinching from maladaptive behaviors daily. To protect direct care staff from such behaviors, the...
No headlights results in arrest for OWI
LARCHWOOD—A 21-year-old Brandon, SD, man was arrested about 2 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 12, on a charge of first-offense operating while under the influence. The arrest of Austin Lee Ripperda stemmed from the stop of a 2005 Dodge Ram 1500 pickup traveling without headlights on Highway 9 near Edward Street in Larchwood,...
Lincoln County Needs Your Help Solving A Laundromat Theft
A quiet laundromat turned crime scene; it’s a reminder of how quickly things can change in our town.
Meet the storyteller documenting homelessness in Sioux Falls
Simplified: When people talk about homelessness in Sioux Falls, it's often seen or described as one big homogeneous issue. Jackie Barr is trying to change that narrative with a storytelling project to shine a light on the individual people who make up the unhoused community. Why it matters. Barr started...
1 dead, 4 injured in single-vehicle crash near Baltic
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – One person is dead and four people are injured after a single-vehicle crash Wednesday morning. According to a press release from the Minnehaha County Sheriff’s Office, at 8:51 a.m. Wednesday, an SUV was driving east on 250th Street near 472nd Avenue when it left the roadway and rolled. One...
New public information officer helps tell law enforcement’s story in his hometown
This week’s Up-and-Comer is Sgt. Aaron Benson, the public information officer for the Sioux Falls Police Department. I was born and raised in Sioux Falls. I have lived in this great city for my entire life. What keeps you in Sioux Falls?. My family is the biggest reason. My...
Public safety ‘Trunk or Treat’ postponed
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - The Sioux Falls Police Department has announced the Public Safety ‘Trunk or Treat’ has been postponed due to weather. Event officials say they are working on getting a new date and are looking forward to next week. The community event will...
