Sioux Falls, SD (KELO.com) -- With serious winter weather settling in, homeless shelters in Sioux Falls are ramping up their efforts. Bishop Dudley Hospitality House staff are focused on helping people who don't have transportation. Several downtown nonprofits also say they need winter clothing donations.

South Dakota (KELO.com) -- The move to home schooling is also hitting public school enrollment. It increased by 143% between 2015 and last year. That's the largest increase for any state in the nation. Public School Districts receive about seven thousand dollars in state aid for each student, so the exodus is costly. M...

Sioux Falls, SD (KELO.com) New radio technology being put in place by Sioux Falls Police is saving some money for the Sioux Falls School District. The City Council just approved the purchase of over 900-thousand dollars' worth of new police radios...which will overcome dead zones in schools and other critical locations...

South Dakota (KELO.com) -- Mixed reviews for Governor Larry Rhoden's budget proposal, unveiled in Pierre earliers this week. A new Northern Plains News Election Lab simulation shows Rhoden losing some support among state workers after proposing no raises for the employees. The Governor still holds a slight edge but is ...

North Dakota (KELO.com) -- More legal challenges for a regional carbon dioxide pipeline project that failed to win routing permits in South Dakota last year. Now, a North Dakota court has declared a law clearing the way for underground carbon dioxide storage to be unconstitutional. Summit Carbon Solutions acquired a pe...

Sioux Falls, SD (KELO.com) -- With serious winter weather settling in, homeless shelters in Sioux Falls are ramping up their efforts. Bishop Dudley Hospitality House staff are focused on helping people who don't have transportation. Several downtown nonprofits also say they need winter clothing donations.

Sioux Falls, SD (KELO.com) New radio technology being put in place by Sioux Falls Police is saving some money for the Sioux Falls School District. The City Council just approved the purchase of over 900-thousand dollars' worth of new police radios...which will overcome dead zones in schools and other critical locations...

The regional division of the Drug Enforcement Administration is launching Fentanyl Free America...aimed at reducing the flow of fentanyl. Arrest and seizure records show it's producing results. The effort has resulted in the seizure of nearly 25-thousand fentanyl pills and 37 pounds of fentanyl powder in the Dakotas, I...

Sioux Falls, SD (KELO.com) -- The Great Plains Zoo and Aquarium unveils its new American Red Wolf habitat later this morning. The display is part of efforts to bring the wolves back from the brink of extinction. There are only about 25 Red Wolves in the wild, and a few hundred in human care. The habitat renovation give...

The Sioux Falls City Council has voted to spend an extra 900-thousand dollars on new police radios which takes advantage of price slashing on the new technology. The council voted 6-1 to spend the money through a special appropriation. This move didn't sit well with Councilor Curt Soehl. Police Chief Jon Thum says the ...

Brookings, SD (KELO.com) -- Big news for South Dakota State women's volleyball! The team has been so successful that, despite their tournament loss, they've been invited to play in the NCAA tournament. The Jacks will face the Arizona Wildcats Friday at in California.

South Dakota (KELO.com) -- The USD Coyotes scored a thrilling five-overtime win over the weekend, downing Southern Illinois 53-51, ending the regular season on a high note. At the same time, the SDSU Jackrabbits lost their fourth in a row, falling to Illinois State 35-21. The Jacks finish their season next weekend agai...

The Sioux Falls Curling Club is celebrating their first national championship and Gold Medal! Despite being seeded number 12, Sioux Falls bested Dallas-Fort Worth six-two in the final matchup over the weekend. Sioux Falls is gearing up to host the U.S Olympic Curling Team Trials next month with hopes to spotlight the c...

Banana Ball is coming to the Bird Cage next year. Sioux Falls Stadium will host a three game series featuring the Savannah Bananas and the Indianapolis Clowns next August. Tickets can only be secured through a lottery list, which must be entered by the end of the month on the Banana Ball website.

Sioux Falls, SD (KELO.com) -- The Sioux Falls Canaries are just one game away from a league championship. A 12-strikeout performance by pitcher Ryan Zimmerman led them to a 5-3 win over Kane County at the Bird Cage last night. Game four is tonight, with the Canaries leading the best of five series two games to one.

South Dakota (KELO.com) -- The move to home schooling is also hitting public school enrollment. It increased by 143% between 2015 and last year. That's the largest increase for any state in the nation. Public School Districts receive about seven thousand dollars in state aid for each student, so the exodus is costly. M...

South Dakota (KELO.com) -- Mixed reviews for Governor Larry Rhoden's budget proposal, unveiled in Pierre earliers this week. A new Northern Plains News Election Lab simulation shows Rhoden losing some support among state workers after proposing no raises for the employees. The Governor still holds a slight edge but is ...

Pine Ridge Reservation, SD (KELO.com) -- An appeal by two drug dealers convicted of abducting an FBI employee on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation has been rejected. They were running drugs from Colorado but ended up carjacking and kidnapping an FBI specialist who was driving by when they were running low on gas. The a...

Governor Rhoden's budget plan satisfies no one in the opposition party or his own. South Dakota Democrats say Governor Rhoden's budget misses the mark on affordability issues. Party leaders in the legislature are concerned about the lack of increases for schools, community service providers and state employees. They al...

Sioux Falls City Councilors are certain to like the airport loan proposal offered by Governor Rhoden. Winning state support for an ongoing airport expansion project is among the top legislative priorities adopted by the council last night. They're also hoping to see approval of new programming for prison inmates to hel...

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Dec 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. plans to expand the number of countries covered by its travel ban to more than 30, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said on Thursday. Noem, in an interview on Fox News' "The Ingraham Angle," was asked to confirm w...