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Rapid Speedway Suspends Season; Major Modifications To 2024 Lyon County Fair
Rock Rapids, Iowa — A popular northwest Iowa race track has made a tough decision and has suspended races for the rest of the season. According to Rapid Speedway officials in Rock Rapids, due to the record flooding in the area in June, the races at Rapid Speedway have been suspended until further notice. At last report, large portions of the track remained underwater, and the fence was completely gone.
Sioux Falls mayor apologizes for canceled 4th of July celebrations
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - Mayor Paul TenHaken took to social media on Thursday to apologize for the canceled Independence Day events. The city made the call to cancel on Wednesday due to forecasted weather but saw blue skies and sunshine on the morning of July 4. The...
Former inmates continue work at Metal Craft Industries
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - Purpose. That’s what former inmates said they received while working for Metal Craft Industries inside the State Penitentiary. While MCI closed at the state pen, two men who worked there are still employed by the company, now on the other side of the prison walls.
Cool weekend ahead, fire in Hartford, Fourth celebrations
SIOUX FALLS S.D. (KELO) — Here are this morning’s top stories with KELOLAND On the Go. On Friday morning, the Minnehaha County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to the area of East Shore Pl. in Hartford, for a structure fire possibly related to fireworks, according to a news release.
Drivers weigh in on Sioux Falls diverging diamond
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The new Diverging Diamond is up and running at the intersection of I-29 and 41st St. in Sioux Falls. Seeing the orange traffic cones disappear from 41st St. has been a welcome site for some Sioux Falls drivers. “I tried to avoid it for...
Mayor: Most Canton homes experienced some degree of flooding
Communities across southeast South Dakota continue flood recovery efforts. That includes Canton, where the mayor estimated three-quarters of homes had some degree of flooding. Canton didn’t see scenes of homes or streets collapsing like other communities, but that doesn’t mean there was no damage. Rivers are still above...
4th of July forecast went up in smoke
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The forecast for the Fourth of July went up in smoke as quickly as a firecracker with a short fuse. Anyone that saw the forecast expected rain in Sioux Falls and the surrounding areas Thursday morning. As we all know, that didn’t happen.
SiouxFalls.Business: Downtown jazz club opening this weekend
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - A new spot for live music in downtown Sioux Falls will be opening for business this weekend. According to SiouxFalls.Business, Trio Jazz Club is set to open on Saturday, offering both a new place to dine and enjoy live entertainment. Trio is located...
New laws on ID, birth certificates help homeless
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — A pair of new laws that took effect Monday allow those experiencing homelessness the opportunity to get a state-issued non-driver’s ID card and a birth certificate free of charge. Julie Becker, CEO of the St. Francis House, advocated for the bill during the...
Sioux Center offers housing support
SIOUX CENTER—Pop, pop, pop. With 2-year-old Aynsley Van Wyhe’s fingers at the ready, bubbles from the machine on the patio of her grandparents’ Sioux Center home didn’t stand a chance Thursday afternoon while her parents, Aaron, 29, and Chantelle, 27, Van Wyhe of Rock Valley, looked on. Chantalle, also holding her 6-month-old daughter Baylor, tried to smile.
On the meaning of the Fourth of July
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — KELOLAND News took a simple question to Falls Park in Sioux Falls on Thursday: What does the Fourth of July mean to you?. Different personal answers to this query might focus on the collective or the individual. For Minnie Galán of California, her son was born on this date back in 2007.
US Census Bureau Reports Growth in South Dakota
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (MITCHELLNOW) The Sioux Falls bedroom community of Harrisburg transformed over the past couple of decades into the fastest-growing South Dakota city of more than 5,000 people, according to the most recent US Census Bureau and Population Division report. Growing cities and towns: Harrisburg’s population ballooned by 37.8%,...
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