Data center eyed for Jerome, Lincoln desert where Lava Ridge stalled
A data center is in early talks for the same Jerome and Lincoln counties desert where the Lava Ridge wind project stalled. What should happen next?
Idaho Tuberculosis Hospital Hosting Fri 13th Overnight Ghost Hunt With Breakfast
Overnight ghost investigation to be held at abandoned Idaho hospital
CDC: Drug-resistant infections cause nearly 51,000 U.S. deaths each year
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - Drug-resistant bacteria and fungi cause an estimated 9.7 million infections and 50,800 deaths in the United States each year, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC’s updated Antimicrobial Resistance Threats Report takes a closer look at 19...
Snow makes an appearance, but warmer days are ahead
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO)– Monday was a preview of what’s to come across KELOLAND. Whether it was in the form of chilly rain to the east or the first snow of the season out west, those kinds of days will become more common with November right around the corner. Don’t tell that to the thermometer, […]
Sanford Health breaks ground on new clinic in southeast Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - Sanford Health has broken ground on a new clinic at 57th Street and Veterans Parkway in Sioux Falls. The clinic will offer acute care, family medicine, pediatrics and gynecology, with 34 exam rooms, five treatment rooms, radiology, therapy and walk-in lab services. A Lewis Drug will also be attached.
Midco CEO Pat McAdaragh to retire in 2027
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - Midco CEO Pat McAdaragh will retire on March 1, 2027, after 46 years with the company, with President and COO Ben Dold to succeed him as president and CEO. “I joined Midco in 1981 and quickly fell in love – with the work...
Magna Says It Won’t Replace the Shade Tree It Removed From Sabrina Weber’s Front...
Magna, Utah removed Sabrina Weber's front-yard shade tree in a hazard-tree project, and its service district says the city does not plan to replace removed trees.
Fewer kindergarteners drives 1.3% drop in Sioux Falls public schools enrollment
Sioux Falls public schools enrolled fewer students than district planners expected this fall, with smaller kindergarten classes driving the decline and growing education alternatives complicating the district’s outlook. Enrollment totaled 23,759 students in junior kindergarten through 12th grade, down 301 students, or 1.3 percent, from last year. Kindergarten-through-12th-grade enrollment,...
Northern Colorado’s record heat, drought could give way to El Niño relief
Northern Colorado has seen unusually dry years and unusually warm years, but nothing quite like the combination of heat and drought that marked the past 12 months. From October 2025 through September 2026, average temperatures were more than 2 degrees higher than in the previous warmest year on record, while precipitation totals ranked as the eighth lowest since recordkeeping began in 1895.
‘How do we make it successful:’ Micron details housing, transit programs as $50 billion...
Boise’s Micron Technology is laying out in detail how it will make promised investments in housing and transit as it works on a $50 billion expansion of its campus on Federal Way. Micron promised $75 million in community investment shortly after it first announced it would add a memory...
