South Dakota

Sioux Falls service club introduces civil discourse theme in public Q&As

Sioux Falls service club introduces civil discourse the...

South Dakota Searchlight, Oct 13, 2025 - 18:41

SIOUX FALLS — A 340-member club of business and professional leaders in South Da...

EV group advocating for change to SD dealership law

EV group advocating for change to SD dealership law

KELOLAND.com, Oct 13, 2025 - 18:41

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- A new group in South Dakota is seeking a change to S...

Harvesting Hope with the Community Blood Bank

Harvesting Hope with the Community Blood Bank

KELOLAND.com, Oct 13, 2025 - 18:41

The Blood Mobile will make its way to KELO-TV on Tuesday for the Harvesting Hope...

New Sioux Falls Co-op mural shows support for farmers

New Sioux Falls Co-op mural shows support for farmers

KELOLAND.com, Oct 13, 2025 - 18:41

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – The Sioux Falls Food Co-op has a new face gracing the...

Native Americans' Day parade: 'Something just hits home'

Native Americans' Day parade: 'Something just hits home'

KELOLAND.com, Oct 13, 2025 - 18:41

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — A celebration of Indigenous identity and presence was...

Despite appeal from parents Sioux Falls school to close

Despite appeal from parents Sioux Falls school to close

KELOLAND.com, Oct 13, 2025 - 18:41

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- Regardless of appeals from parents like Tracy Cota T...

Native Americans’ Day in South Dakota: ‘A foundation upon which to build friendship and trust’

Native Americans’ Day in South Dakota: ‘A foundation up...

South Dakota Searchlight, Oct 13, 2025 - 16:57

Today is Native Americans’ Day in South Dakota, which is described in state law ...

Horse gets loose after Native American Day parade

Horse gets loose after Native American Day parade

KELOLAND.com, Oct 13, 2025 - 16:57

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) - Sioux Falls Police had some help rounding up a horse ...

Donations keep the lights on Mount Rushmore Memorial

Donations keep the lights on Mount Rushmore Memorial

KELOLAND.com, Oct 13, 2025 - 15:26

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- A group of lawmakers and Gov. Larry Rhoden are makin...

Iowa man to be arraigned for car vs. pedestrian crash

Iowa man to be arraigned for car vs. pedestrian crash

KELOLAND.com, Oct 13, 2025 - 13:05

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- A man from Rock Valley, Iowa, is set to be arraigned...

USD football unveils new helmet for Native Heritage game

USD football unveils new helmet for Native Heritage game

KELOLAND.com, Oct 13, 2025 - 13:05

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- The University of South Dakota Football team will ha...

Concession lease will soon expire at Custer State Park

Concession lease will soon expire at Custer State Park

KELOLAND.com, Oct 13, 2025 - 13:05

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) -- The Custer State Park concessions lease is coming open fo...

PHOTOS: 2025 Native American Day parade

PHOTOS: 2025 Native American Day parade

KELOLAND.com, Oct 13, 2025 - 13:05

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- Monday is Native American Day in South Dakota. An an...

18-hour search concludes with person found safe

18-hour search concludes with person found safe

KELOLAND.com, Oct 13, 2025 - 13:05

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- A big search lasting over 18 hours this weekend had ...

Hegseth Says Honors for Soldiers in Wounded Knee Massacre Will Remain

Hegseth Says Honors for Soldiers in Wounded Knee Massac...

NYT > South Dakota, Oct 13, 2025 - 10:04

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said a panel, convened by his predecessor, recomm...

Not All National Parks Remain Open in the Shutdown. Here’s What to Know.

Not All National Parks Remain Open in the Shutdown. Her...

NYT > South Dakota, Oct 13, 2025 - 10:04

Some underground attractions are closed, and many outdoor sites have reduced the...

A Hike to Crazy Horse Stirs Patriotism and Doubt

A Hike to Crazy Horse Stirs Patriotism and Doubt

NYT > South Dakota, Oct 13, 2025 - 10:04

Thousands took part in a biannual hike to a South Dakota mountaintop, where a sc...

As more communities embrace tax increment financing, the tiff over TIFs heats up

As more communities embrace tax increment financing, th...

South Dakota News Watch, Oct 13, 2025 - 10:02

Tax increment financing (TIF) districts have become a go-to tool for cities and ...

Fact brief: Was there a decorative swastika on the Corn Palace in the early 1900s?

Fact brief: Was there a decorative swastika on the Corn...

South Dakota News Watch, Oct 13, 2025 - 10:02

A fact brief that refutes or confirms a claim with supporting information and ad...

'Tunnel farming' extends growing season by 4 months

'Tunnel farming' extends growing season by 4 months

South Dakota News Watch, Oct 13, 2025 - 10:02

A March-to-December growing season in South Dakota? Above-ground plastic buildin...

Housing solutions: Engage South Dakota

Housing solutions: Engage South Dakota

South Dakota News Watch, Oct 13, 2025 - 10:02

A list of entities and programs that can assist in developing or obtaining housi...

Chamberlain gives away land to spur new housing development

Chamberlain gives away land to spur new housing develop...

South Dakota News Watch, Oct 13, 2025 - 10:02

Some years, the town of 2,500 added just 1 home, prompting city leaders to inves...

Speed Limits to Vary Between Flandreau and Brookings on I-29

Speed Limits to Vary Between Flandreau and Brookings on...

Dakota Free Press, Oct 13, 2025 - 10:01

Watch out for Sheriff Rosco clicking his remote control north of Flandreau. The ...

Maria Corina Machado Earns Nobel Peace Prize; Self-Serving Dictators Need Not Apply

Maria Corina Machado Earns Nobel Peace Prize; Self-Serv...

Dakota Free Press, Oct 13, 2025 - 10:01

I am ashamed to live in a nation whose authoritarian, anti-democratic ruler clai...

Oldham-Ramona-Rutland School District To Dissolve at End of This School Year

Oldham-Ramona-Rutland School District To Dissolve at En...

Dakota Free Press, Oct 13, 2025 - 10:01

The Oldham-Ramona-Rutland school board is throwing in the towel. After consolida...

A Shared Land Requires Reckoning with Wounded Knee

A Shared Land Requires Reckoning with Wounded Knee

Dakota Free Press, Oct 13, 2025 - 10:01

In a press release titled “A Shared Land,” Governor Larry Rhoden wanders rhetori...

Schorn: Right-Wing Thought Police Trying to Shut Down Free Speech

Schorn: Right-Wing Thought Police Trying to Shut Down F...

Dakota Free Press, Oct 13, 2025 - 10:01

USD political science professor Timothy Schorn says Republican attacks on profes...

Iroquois Homecoming week

Kingsbury Journal, Oct 13, 2025 - 10:00

"Around the World" is the theme for Iroquois Homecoming next week. Students and ...

New fishing guide business

Kingsbury Journal, Oct 13, 2025 - 10:00

605 Outfitters is a new fishing guide service in Oldham. For their official busi...

Lake Preston Homecoming week is underway!

Lake Preston Homecoming week is underway!

Kingsbury Journal, Oct 13, 2025 - 10:00

Lake Preston Coronation was Monday night. The freshmen won the skit contest with...

Abrahamson receives Endowment Award

Abrahamson receives Endowment Award

Kingsbury Journal, Oct 13, 2025 - 10:00

The South Dakota Association of Conservation Districts (SDACD) Convention was he...

October 8, 2025

October 8, 2025

Kingsbury Journal, Oct 13, 2025 - 10:00

South Dakota governor, officials pledge $30.94 nightly to cover Rushmore lighting during shutdown

South Dakota governor, officials pledge $30.94 nightly ...

South Dakota Searchlight, Oct 13, 2025 - 09:59

South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden has pledged to pay $217 of his own money to keep ...

Professor called out by candidates for social media post says politics is on a ‘dangerous path’

Professor called out by candidates for social media pos...

South Dakota Searchlight, Oct 13, 2025 - 09:59

After multiple Republican candidates for governor advocated firing university pr...

With Guard call-up, governor enhances Trump’s vanity project

With Guard call-up, governor enhances Trump’s vanity pr...

South Dakota Searchlight, Oct 13, 2025 - 09:59

Late in August, Gov. Larry Rhoden called out the South Dakota National Guard to ...

Burrito-obsessed dog walks five miles overnight without owner to get free snack

Burrito-obsessed dog walks five miles overnight without...

South Dakota News | New York Post, Oct 13, 2025 - 09:58

A dog slipped out of its home and walked five miles overnight to a convenience s...

Psychopaths are most likely to live in these 4 states, a frightening new study reveals

Psychopaths are most likely to live in these 4 states, ...

South Dakota News | New York Post, Oct 13, 2025 - 09:58

This new study finds that consistent exposure to conditions like exploitation, f...

Storm chasers get engaged next to a raging tornado: ‘Couldn’t have asked for a better proposal’

Storm chasers get engaged next to a raging tornado: ‘Co...

South Dakota News | New York Post, Oct 13, 2025 - 09:58

A pair of adrenaline junkie storm chasers got engaged Sunday afternoon as an EF-...

Stunning Northern Lights could be visible in 15 states tonight— and even New York may get lucky

Stunning Northern Lights could be visible in 15 states ...

South Dakota News | New York Post, Oct 13, 2025 - 09:58

New York City's skyline could shine extra bright tonight.

The Mid-Best: Set your sights on fly-over country this fall

The Mid-Best: Set your sights on fly-over country this ...

South Dakota News | New York Post, Oct 13, 2025 - 09:58

Exciting hotel openings and unique tourism experiences are making the Midwest an...

Choosing to celebrate Down syndrome

Choosing to celebrate Down syndrome

KELOLAND.com, Oct 13, 2025 - 09:55

GEORGE, IA (KELO) -- According to the CDC, about 5,700 babies are born with Down...

Northern claims first top-10 win in over two decades

Northern claims first top-10 win in over two decades

KELOLAND.com, Oct 13, 2025 - 09:55

ABERDEEN, S.D. (KELO) -- Northern State defeated No. 10 Minnesota Duluth 34-31 S...

SDSU finds late momentum in Hobo Day win over UNI

SDSU finds late momentum in Hobo Day win over UNI

KELOLAND.com, Oct 13, 2025 - 09:55

BROOKINGS, S.D. (KELO) -- SDSU scored just 14 points through almost three quarte...

Chilly start to the week; Rain chances return tonight

Chilly start to the week; Rain chances return tonight

KELOLAND.com, Oct 13, 2025 - 09:55

Good morning KELOLAND! We are staring the day quite chilly with lows in the 30s....

Native American Day; Honor Flight; Cooler temps

Native American Day; Honor Flight; Cooler temps

KELOLAND.com, Oct 13, 2025 - 09:55

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- Here's a look at this morning's top stories for KELO...