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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...
School board resolves to bring ‘inequitable’ mascot rule to the Minnesota School Boards Association Delegate Assembly
At the school board meeting on Monday, Aug. 19, the school board members discussed th Minnesota School Boards Association (MSBA) Delegate Assembly MSBA and the resolutions that the school board have decided to bring to them. The MSBA starts working on its legislative platform by taking resolutions from member districts to the delegate assembly. The assembly then prioritizes and identifies which resolutions or issues MSCA is going to support from the group. ...
Football Friday: High school seasons starts
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — It’s time for football in KELOLAND. The South Dakota high school football season officially starts Friday with Class 11B and all three 9-man classes playing the first games. KELOLAND Media Group will also broadcast live high school football on KELOXTRA throughout the season starting with Viborg-Hurley taking on No. 2 […]
Tourism targets next generation of Sturgis rally-goers
NEMO, S.D. – South Dakota tourism continues an upward trajectory, even as the largest annual tourist event seeks younger attendees to ensure its future. The state broke an all-time record last year with 14.7 million total visitors. Those visitors spent $4.96 billion, marking a nearly 5% increase from the previous year and breaking another record.
How the zoo helps kids learn
This is a paid piece from the Sioux Falls Zoo and Aquarium. Simplified: A new effort from the zoo and the Promising Futures Fund will bring more learning opportunities to historically underserved kids. It's just one of many ways the Sioux Falls Zoo and Aquarium emphasizes the importance of literacy and learning.
Local Sports 8-23-24
Yankton Bucks Soccer fell to 1, 2, and 1 on the year last night, as they were defeated by the Harrisburg Tigers 1 to 0. Despite the loss, head coach Dane Hansen had high praise for his goalkeeper Andrew Budig (boo-dig) who recorded 10 saves in the contest. Next up...
Harris, Walz lean into erasing medical debt
Vice President Harris wants to erase billions of dollars in medical debt, a longtime progressive goal that Democrats hope will be an electoral winner in the fall. The economic plan Harris released last week called for Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), to work with states to erase medical debt for…
Annual ceremony honors former Hiawatha Indian Insane Asylum residents
CANTON, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - At the edge of a golf course is quite possibly the last place you would expect a burial ground, but in Canton, that’s the case. It uncovers a very dark part in our nation’s history, but on Saturday it was the focus on using the history for something good: remembering and honoring those who endured the Hiawatha Asylum for Insane Indians.
Gray’s Iowa Political Director discusses RFK Jr.’s exit from Presidential race
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - On Friday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that he was suspending his Presidential campaign. The sixteen-month campaign came to a close for the son of the great Attorney General. What’s next for the former Democrat turned Independent? Well, it’s all still in the...
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