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Hot forecast ahead for several days; Fire Weather Watch in the Black Hills
SOUTH DAKOTA (KELO) — Good morning KELOLAND! We have another hot summer day ahead with hazy skies in most of the region. Our day planner for Sioux Falls includes that hazy sky and temperatures in the mid 80s by late afternoon. Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed over SW MN...
Stuff to do: July 24-30
Celebrate Native American culture. Levitt at the Falls is teaming up with the South Dakota State University Wokini Initiative to present the 2024 Mitakuye Owas’iƞ All My Relatives Festival. Events kick off Friday evening with a concert, and continue all day Saturday with performances, a fashion show, lots of activities, vendors and a Supaman concert to round out the night. Learn more here.
Your week, simplified: July 24, 2024
Happy Wednesday! Megan here. Status check: How's summer going? Are we pivoting to school-supply-buying mode now? Give this email a thumbs-up at the bottom if you'd like to see another round of "where to buy the cheapest school supplies." This week, I'll introduce you to a Sioux Falls mom whose...
Local Sports 7-24-24
Yankton Post 12 Legion Baseball will host Sioux Falls Post 15 West tomorrow for the opening game of the Class A Super Regionals. Yankton split their regular season doubleheader against Sioux Falls West on June 18th. The series winner will advance to the American Legion State Tournament in Brookings. The...
Former South Dakota Department of Social Services Employee Indicted for Stealing $1.8 Million
South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has announced a significant development in a case involving alleged embezzlement from the state’s Department of Social Services. Lonna Carroll, 68, of Algona, IA, has been indicted for reportedly stealing an estimated $1.8 million in state and federal funds from the department’s Child Protection Services program.
Summer’s End Fundamental Camp
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The Sanford Sports Baseball Academy will host a Summer’s End Baseball Fundamental Camp for grades 3-8 on Wednesday, August 7 at the Diamonds at the Sanford Sports Complex in Sioux Falls. The camp will feature college baseball players who have previously graduated from the...
Sioux Falls Little League team has bonded quickly and is looking forward to Midwest Regional
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) -The Sioux Fall Little League team had a great weekend in Rapid City. After losing their first game in State Tournament they roared back to win every game and advance to the Regional Tournament in Indiana. This is the 4th straight year for Sioux...
Children’s Home Society new dining hall
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The oldest human services nonprofit organization in South Dakota is getting something new and much needed. Construction has been a way of life at Children’s Home Society in Sioux Falls since last fall, with the new dining hall serving as the focal point of the project.
How does Robert Frost Elementary rank according to the South Dakota state report card?
RAPID CITY, S.D. — South Dakota maintains a state Report Card system that grades each public school on a variety of metrics. We are sharing the results of the report card for every school to see how each school measures up. It is worth noting that these statistics only...
Fareway officially opens in Hull
HULL—Fareway Meat & Grocery has officially opened its doors in Hull. The newly constructed store, located at the southwest corner of Highway 18 and Division Street, hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday, July 16, before its grand opening Wednesday, July 17. Several individuals spoke at the event, including Fareway executive...
Doctors form group to support abortion-rights ballot measure
A new group of doctors will join the effort to pass a ballot measure that would reinstate abortion rights in South Dakota. “Hopefully we can inject some reality into what I’m sure will be a little bit of a contentious, very rhetoric-filled issue,” said Amy Kelley, a Sioux Falls OB-GYN and co-chair of the group. […] The post Doctors form group to support abortion-rights ballot measure appeared first on South Dakota Searchlight.
‘It’s stellar’: Celebrating Arc of Dreams
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Susan Willing and her husband were headed west on a road trip Tuesday. Along the way, the Minnesota woman took some pictures of the Arc of Dreams in downtown Sioux Falls. “I had never seen it before and he talked about it and we...
‘I’m exhausted’: Delta flyers arrive in Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — U.S. airline regulators have opened an investigation into Delta Air Lines, which is still struggling to restore operations, more than four days after a faulty software update. The cancellations and delays continue to have an impact across the country, including here in KELOLAND. Rob...
Rock Valley School District sets classes
ROCK VALLEY—Keeping Rock Valley School District students healthy, safe and “together in person” are superintendent Matt Van Voorst’s top priorities going into the 2024-25 academic year following late June flooding. “Those are kind of the priorities I’m sticking to through this,” Van Voorst said. “We’ve been...
Should phones be allowed in the classroom?
BALTIC, S.D. (KELO) — A lot of people are talking about the Gettysburg School District’s decision to put students’ phones and other devices in magnetic, locked pouches during the school day. Some people think it’s a great idea, but not everyone agrees. Teachers in Baltic are...
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