PIERRE, S.D.(Press Release) –On Monday, Governor Larry Rhoden will host a press conference to announce a major public safety initiative. The press conference will take place on Monday, July 28, 2025, at 10:00 am CT/9:00 am MT at the Sioux Falls Public Safety Campus, 4300 East 60th St N, Sioux Falls, SD 57104. Governor Rhoden… Read more »
News Year: 2025
Aberdeen Regional Airport remodeling schedule
ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release)- Following are key dates for the Aberdeen Regional Airport Terminal Access Road and Parking Lot Improvements. These dates may fluctuate based on weather conditions and progress of the contractors. Please share this with your teams. August 7, 2025: Fence and Gate Installation for the Temporary Access Road south of National Weather Service… Read more »
Senator Rounds invite President Trump to Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
WASHINGTON, D.C.(KCCR)- Motorcycles should start thundering into western South Dakota this week as the 85th Sturgis Motorcycle Rally gets underway. Earlier this year, South Dakota Senator Senator Mike Rounds invited President Donald Trump to the Rally. Rounds has had a long relationship with Buffalo Chip campground owner Ron Woodruff. Rounds himself has taken in the… Read more »
Sioux Falls Mayor Paul Tenhaken deliver 2026 city budget
SIOUX FALLS, S.D.(KELO)- The city of Sioux Falls is growing…but its budget isn’t. Mayor Paul Tenhaken delivered his final budget address Thursday. The 775-million dollar package includes more public safety personnel, a new fire station and 120-million dollars worth of road projects. The Mayor says a new state law capping property tax increases is making… Read more »
Appropriation Committee meet in Pierre Thursday
PIERRE, S.D.(KELO)- Some hard decisions ahead. That’s the caution offered by state Senator Ernie Otten. He co-chairs the legislature’s appropriations committee and says the upcoming ten percent cut in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families won’t be the last difficult decision the committee faces. There are about 25-hundred South Dakota families on the Temporary Assistance program.… Read more »
Flow testing fire hydrants along north end of Aberdeen
ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release)- Happening now, the Aberdeen Fire Rescue will begin flow-testing fire hydrants in the following area: Railroad Tracks N. to 15th Ave. NE Between Dakota St. & N. Roosevelt St. The fire department will be opening hydrants and residents will experience some water pressure changes, and in some instances the water will be… Read more »
Drought monitor update
SOUTH DAKOTA(KWAT)- Over half of South Dakota’s land mass is no longer considered to be in any level of drought. The weekly drought monitor map shows all areas up and down the Interstate 29 corridor, and a large chunk of northwest South Dakota drought-free. The Drought Monitor shows 61-percent of the state has adequate soil… Read more »
Legion Baseball Regional Scoreboard (7/24)
THURS SCHEDULE HIGH SCHOOL Legion Baseball Region 1B Bracket [double elimination tournament] – Hosted in Sisseton, SD [Day 2] Loser is out game: Webster Post 40 0 – Eliminated from tournament. Sisseton Post 50 2 Big Stone City 3 – Eliminated from tournament. Sisseton Post 50 4 – Advance to championship game against Groton… Read more »
Smittys Season Ends In Brandon Against Post 131
This game recap is brought to you by Culvers of Aberdeen; 616 Centennial St. South, Aberdeen. Culvers of Aberdeen can be reached at 605-725-4444. Check out the “Flavor of the day” here: https://www.culvers.com/restaurants/aberdeen THURS SCHEDULE HIGH SCHOOL Legion Baseball Super Region Tournament (13) Aberdeen Smittys 4 – LP: Bennett Eisenbeisz 6IP. 9H. 5R. 5ER. 2BB.… Read more »
South Dakota Department of Health report first death due to West Nile Virus
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELOLAND) – A death due to the West Nile virus (WNV) has been reported in South Dakota. The South Dakota Department of Health (SDDOH) wrote in a press release that as of July 23, in South Dakota, there have been three human cases in Brookings, Marshall and Spink County. Of these three… Read more »