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Milbank industrial park awarded $2.5 million EDA grant
MILBANK, S.D. (KELO) — Milbank is getting some help for upgrades to its industrial park expansion. The city and the Grant County Development Corporation have gotten a $2.5 million grant from the EDA. The industrial park is in the southern part of town and currently has several businesses. The...
Black Hills Power plans new Rapid City electricity plant
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KELO) — Black Hills Power has notified South Dakota government officials that the company intends to build another electricity production facility in Rapid City. The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission plans to discuss the project during a meeting on Tuesday, August 27. Black Hills Power filed...
The Rooster Roundup Charitable Pheasant Hunt
DALLAS, S.D. (MITCHELLNOW) Team Buche Cares, a South Dakota non-profit associated with Buche Food Stores, is proud to announce a new fundraiser, The Rooster Roundup. The Rooster Roundup is a one-day guided pheasant hunt at Cock Block Lodge in Dallas, South Dakota. The purpose of this charitable hunt is to raise funds to help Team Buche Cares in their efforts to address food insecurity and increase access to healthier foods, like fruits and vegetables, among the rural and tribal areas in the Buche Foods service area.
Brookings program offers children free haircuts
BROOKINGS — Families have plenty to juggle before the start of the school year — and getting kids haircuts isn’t always a top priority. This Sunday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., three Brookings businesspeople are teaming up to ensure at least a couple dozen local kids will get free haircuts through a program they call “Looking Cool Before School.”
Remembering a childhood friend: Kim Vig serves with Kelly McGeough Foundation
BROOKINGS — The death of a friend or family member is a finality that everyone must face. Sometimes that first death must be faced by a child; frequently that death is an elderly family member. But a child having to face the death of a friend their own age? That’s tough. It was for Kim (Karolczak) Vig, who sits on the board of directors of the Kelly McGeough Foundation. They were both 10 years old when Kelly died in January 1983, following his battle with leukemia.
More research needed on health effects of recreational marijuana
This fall, for the third time, South Dakotans are being asked to vote on whether to approve marijuana (cannabis) for recreational use (marijuana use as a medical treatment was approved in 2020). In the past, the proposal was approved, declared unconstitutional and then subsequently rejected by voters. So, what are we to think? What are […]
Trojan Nights tickets on sale
The Trojan Nights concert ticket sales for the community went live at noon on Thursday. A limited number of tickets for the floor sections, and the east and west grandstands, are available for $75 dollars each. The concert features Blake Horstmann, Elle King, Brothers Osborne, and Old Dominion. Trojan Nights...
605 Made Night Market turns a parking lot into a pop-up market
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - On Saturday, you can shop, dine and be entertained under the stars at the annual 605 Made Night Market. The southeast corner of 6th Street and Phillips Avenue in downtown Sioux Falls will feature street fair-style entertainment, food trucks and shopping. The free...
Bridal shop reopens after relocation to ‘dream boutique’
Ellie Stone Bride is celebrating a grand reopening in its new location and now is taking appointments. The boutique sits inside The Crimson along 85th Street near Minnesota Avenue, just west of Walmart. The boutique takes up a large majority of the lower-level retail space on the northeast corner of...
Inside KELOLAND: Drug overdose awareness
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — It’s an international crisis. We’re talking drug overdoses primarily linked to the misuse of opioids, often in the form of the synthetic opioid fentanyl. On this week’s Inside KELOLAND, we are sitting down with local families impacted by overdoses and their efforts...
61st Annual Steam Threshing Jamboree kicks off today
The annual Steam Threshing Jamboree is underway this weekend at Prairie Village, just west of Madison. Today’s events include a parade featuring International Cockshutt at 10:30, and horse parade at 1:00. There is also a historical program by the Lake County Museum at 1:30, in the Lawrence Welk Opera House.
Honoring Farming Greats: Exciting moments from Rapid City's Ag event!
RAPID CITY, S.D. – The second annual Ag Appreciation Event, sponsored by Elevate Rapid City, Touchstone Energy Cooperatives, Central States Fair, and Monument Health, took place on Tuesday, August 20. Attendees enjoyed a free meal, live music, kids' activities, and discounted rodeo tickets. The event also featured four prestigious awards:
Sioux Falls full marathon cancelled this weekend, 5K and half marathon still scheduled
Due to expected high temperatures and humidity on Sunday, the 2024 Sioux Falls Full Marathon is cancelled, a statement from the organization announced to registered runners Friday morning. The half marathon and the 5K scheduled that morning will still happen. ...
Two Madison golfers finished in the Top 20 at Thursday’s Bulldog Invite
West Central finished in first place by 3 strokes over Elk Point-Jefferson, while Madison finished 7th, at the Bulldog boys golf invite on Thursday at the Madison Country Club. West Central shot a team score of 335 to take the team title. Tri-Valley placed 3rd with a 348. Sioux Falls Christian was 4th, Lennox 5th and Dakota Valley 6th.
Scott & Sara Schlisner and family named Ag Bowl Captains
Scott Schlisner’s family has been farming in the Madison area since they settled in the area in the late 1800s. “Our farm is five generations,” Scott added. “My great-grandfather, my grandfather, my dad, me, and now my oldest son is doing a bit of farming.”. “You get...
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