Local News

Fake website pirates Castlewood family identity, bilks farmers out of thousands
CASTLEWOOD, SD (KELO.com) -- According to the website, farmers can save a lot of money on equipment with Bass Farm Equipment. The problem is, it's a fake website - one of the best the South Dakota Better Business Bureau has ever seen. Jessie Schmidt of BBB says the scammers have highjacked a Hamlin County farm family...
May 29, 2026
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16 year old accused of attempted murder in Watertown shooting
WATERTOWN, SD (KELO.com) -- A 16-year old Wilmot youth faces an attempted murder charge for a shooting in Watertown. A woman was shot Wednesday morning by a person who had allegedly stolen a vehicle earlier in the day. Four people were arrested without incident when the vehicle was located, including the 16 year old,...
May 29, 2026

Driver nearly strikes police officer with vehicle
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls police are searching for a man who nearly struck an officer with his car. The officer was responding to a handicapped parking violation report at a business near 12th and Kiwanis shortly before 9pm Wednesday night. Information officer Aaron Benson says the driver didn't produc...
May 28, 2026

Election night voting tabulation changes should produce quicker results
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- You can expect quicker results on election night this year. In the general election two years ago, results were delayed until the day after the election in Pennington, Lincoln and Minnehaha Counties. Minnehaha County Auditor Leah Anderson says she worked on a new law that makes way for e...
May 28, 2026

Nick's Burgers a 'legendary' local restaurant
BROOKINGS, SD (KELO.com) -- You can 'buy 'em by the bag' or cozy up to the counter. Nick's Hamburger Shop in Brookings has been named one of the 50 most legendary local restaurants in the country by "Only in Your State". Nick's has been selling its burgers to students at SDSU and local fans for nearly a cen...
May 27, 2026
State News

"Free to Roam" campaign producing results
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- South Dakota tourism officials say a new ad campaign aimed at summer travelers is already showing strong results. The "Free to Roam" campaign encourages visitors to explore the state's open roads, outdoor adventures, and cultural attractions. State tourism leaders say travel-planning ...
May 28, 2026
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Campaign mailer generates cease and desist order from legislators
UNDATED (KELO.com) -- 15 South Dakota legislative candidates are asking for a cease and desist order over a campaign mailer. The mailer was sent by Dakota First Action, a political action committee. It aligns the legislative candidates with Gubernatorial Candidate Toby Doeden, even though they've endorsed a different...
May 28, 2026

Regional drug kingpin headed to prison for 45 years
RAPID CITY, SD (KELO.com) -- 45 years in Federal Prison for a regional drug kingpin. 43-year old Juan Sertuche was arrested in 2023 with 15-hundred fentanyl pills. That followed the arrest of couriers under his direction who possessed 19 pounds of methamphetamine. After his arrest he directed others to continue the d...
May 27, 2026
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Influx of parole violators creates emergency expansion in Minnehaha County jail
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The statewide crackdown on parole violators has created an emergency at the Minnehaha County Jail. Sheriff Mike Milstead says his office was forced to do an emergency expansion into jail space that wasn't expected to be needed for more than a year. The Sheriff says that was necessary beca...
May 27, 2026
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Rural disadvantaged communities getting help from EPA
WASHINGTON, DC (KELO.com) -- Small and Disadvantaged South Dakota communities are getting more than nine-million dollars to help remove so-called "forever chemicals" - PFA's - from drinking water. PFA's are contaminants that can cause cancer. The agency says the funding is directed at the communities that n...
May 20, 2026
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National News
Visits to restart at New Jersey migrant detention center as police expand restricted area
By Courtney Rozen WASHINGTON, May 31 (Reuters) - After two nights with arrests of activists outside a New Jersey immigrant detention center, law enforcement officials have expanded the area off-limits to protesters even as the facility started allowing...
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Wildfire season returns to Canada's oil sands
By Amanda Stephenson CALGARY, May 31 (Reuters) - Wildfire season has returned to Canada's oil sands region, with seven active blazes in the area on Sunday raising risks for communities, workers, companies and investors. Canada is the world's fourth-la...
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How the Supreme Court is reshaping the US midterm elections
By Jan Wolfe May 31 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court this year already has given a boost to President Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans in the nationwide battle over redrawing electoral maps. In the coming weeks, it could rule in favor of the R...
10h ago
Kanye West performs to 118,000 in Turkey despite bans elsewhere
ISTANBUL, May 31 (Reuters) - U.S. rapper Kanye West, who has been barred from performing in several countries due to past antisemitic comments, drew more than 100,000 fans to a concert in Istanbul on Saturday night. West, also known as Ye, has faced ...
11h ago
Meteor fireball triggered loud boom across New England, NASA confirms
May 31 (Reuters) - A bright fireball streaked across parts of New England in the U.S. on Saturday afternoon, accompanied by a loud boom, after a meteor broke apart high in the atmosphere, NASA said citing satellite imagery. The event occurred at a...
14h ago
World News
Russia-appointed official says child killed, 11 injured in drone attack in Russian-held Kherson region
May 31 (Reuters) - A Russia-appointed official said a Ukrainian drone struck an apartment building in a Russian-held part of southern Kherson region, killing a child and injuring 11 people. Vladimir Saldo, Russia-appointed governor of Russia...
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China criticizes Czech Senate President's trip to Taiwan
PRAGUE, May 31 (Reuters) - China condemned Czech Senate President Milos Vystrcil's visit to Taiwan this week, saying on Sunday the trip disregarded the central European nation's government position and interfered in Beijing's internal affairs. Vystrc...
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Syria's Sharaa holds phone call with Trump, Syrian presidency says
May 31 (Reuters) - Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa held a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump in which they discussed supporting the Syrian economy and the latest regional developments, the Syrian presidency said on Sunday. During th...
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Ukraine's Zelenskiy seeks progress on peace talks before winter
May 31 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in an interview broadcast on Sunday, said he wanted to press on with talks on securing peace with Russia before the onset of winter to take account of Kyiv's improved strategic position. Talk...
2h ago
Israeli strike kills at least two at Gaza seaport cafe, medics say
CAIRO, May 31 (Reuters) - An Israeli airstrike killed at least two Palestinians and wounded 12 on Sunday at a Gaza cafe that was packed with people celebrating public holidays, health officials said. There was no immediate Israeli comment. An October...
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Sports

Stampede going for Clark Cup Championship
MUSKEGON, MI (KELO.com) -- The Sioux falls Stampede Hockey Club go for it all Friday night. They're in Muskegon taking on the Lumberjacks in Game 3 of the Clark Cup Championship Finals. They have a 2 games to none lead in the 5-game series, and could make it a clean sweep.
May 22, 2026

Creighton/USD matchup set for the Pentagon
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Red takes on blue in South Dakota this November - and it has nothing to do with politics. The USD Coyote women's basketball team squares off against the Creighton Blue Jays at the Sanford Pentagon November 11th. Creighton has made four of the past five NCAA tournaments. USD played deep ...
May 06, 2026

Storley wins unanimous decision in Pentagon main event
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Webster native Logan Storley is the winner of this weekend's PFL Sioux Falls main event. He won in a unanimous decision at the Sanford Pentagon, taking his record to 19 & 4. With the win, Storley could be in the mix to be the next welterweight title challenger.
May 04, 2026
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Soller USHL rookie of the year
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls Stampede forward Cooper Soller is the 2025-26 USHL Rookie of the year. Soller played in all 62 games this season, racking up 49 points on 26 goals and 23 assists. Coach Ryan Cruthers says Soller's work ethic is unmatched. He's also one of the reasons for the team's success t...
Apr 21, 2026

Stampede heads to Lincoln tied at 1-1 with Stars in Clark Cup Playoffs
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The Sioux Falls Stampede fell to the Lincoln Stars in overtime Sunday night in the second game of their five game Clark Cup Playoff series. The game was scoreless after the first period, but Sioux Falls scored quickly in the second, capitalizing on a power play just 34 seconds in after a ...
Apr 20, 2026
Business News
US takes step to halt Nvidia AI chip shipments to Chinese firms outside China
By Karen Freifeld May 31 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Commerce on Sunday moved to close a year-old potential loophole it had created that may have led companies to export the world's most advanced chips - like Nvidia's most sophisticated Rubin a...
21m ago
Stablecoin demand may soon fade, BoE's Greene says
DUBROVNIK, Croatia, May 31 (Reuters) - The popularity of stablecoins could soon fade, replaced by tokenised deposits, or digital versions of traditional bank deposits, Bank of England policymaker Megan Greene said on Sunday, even as some colleagues too...
5h ago
China factory activity stalls in May as demand weakens
By Ethan Wang, Yukun Zhang and Ryan Woo BEIJING, May 31 (Reuters) - China's factory activity stalled in May as new export orders contracted and input costs kept rising, an official survey showed on Sunday, adding to concerns the world's second-largest ...
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China's factory activity flat in May, PMI shows
BEIJING, May 31 (Reuters) - China's factory activity came in flat in May, an official survey showed on Sunday, indicating that the manufacturing sector was under pressure from weak domestic demand and higher production costs. The official manufa...
18h ago
ECB must act on inflation sooner rather than later, policymaker Pereira says
LISBON, May 30 (Reuters) - The European Central Bank must act on inflation sooner rather than later, ECB Governing Council member Alvaro Santos Pereira told Portugal's Antena 1 broadcaster on Saturday. "Our concern right now is inflation; we need t...
22h ago
Health News
Brazil probes two suspected Ebola cases as patients test positive for other diseases
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 31 (Reuters) - A man with a suspected case of Ebola in Brazil's Sao Paulo state tested positive for meningitis, as another suspected case of Ebola emerged in Rio de Janeiro state, local health authorities said on Sunday. In Rio...
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Congo and Uganda report 263 confirmed Ebola cases with 43 deaths, Africa CDC says
May 31 (Reuters) - As of May 30, 263 confirmed Ebola cases have been reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, the director-general of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Jean Kaseya said. More than 1,100 suspected c...
6h ago
Akeso lung cancer drug helps patients live 15% longer than immunotherapy in China trial
By Mariam Sunny and Kamal Choudhury May 31 (Reuters) - An experimental drug developed by China-based Akeso helped patients with advanced squamous non-small cell lung cancer live 15% longer than BeOne Medicines' immunotherapy Tevimbra, and cut the risk ...
8h ago
Revolution's pancreatic cancer drug doubles survival, boosts quality of life
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO, May 31 (Reuters) - Revolution Medicine's experimental pancreatic cancer pill doubled survival compared with chemotherapy and improved symptoms enough that some patients could resume activities they had previously abandoned...
8h ago
J&J prostate cancer drug reduces risk of cancer spread and death in late-stage study
By Sneha S K May 31 (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson's prostate cancer drug Erleada used with hormone-blocking therapy six months before and after prostate surgery improved the chances of eliminating the cancer and reduced the risk of disease progression ...
8h ago
Science News
Meteor fireball triggered loud boom across New England, NASA confirms
May 31 (Reuters) - A bright fireball streaked across parts of New England in the U.S. on Saturday afternoon, accompanied by a loud boom, after a meteor broke apart high in the atmosphere, NASA said citing satellite imagery. The event occurred at a...
14h ago
Blue Origin faces months of delays after rocket explosion damages launch pad
By Akash Sriram NEW YORK, May 30 (Reuters) - Blue Origin faces a months-long setback after the explosion of a rocket damaged its launch pad, company and industry sources said, scrambling schedules for Amazon satellite launches and bolstering SpaceX's d...
May 30, 2026
SpaceX wins $4.16 billion US Space Force contract for threat-detection satellites
May 29 (Reuters) - The U.S. Space Force said on Friday it has awarded Elon Musk's IPO-bound SpaceX a $4.16 billion deal for a satellite program designed to track and target airborne threats. The Space-Based Advanced Moving Target Indicator (SB-AMTI) ...
May 29, 2026
China's Shenzhou-21 astronaut crew returns to Earth
BEIJING, May 29 (Reuters) - China's Shenzhou-21 crew of three astronauts returned to Earth on Friday after nearly seven months in space and were in good health, state media reported. The mission launched on October 31, when the spacecraft l...
May 29, 2026
Inca child mummy returned to indigenous community in Argentina
By Lucila Sigal BUENOS AIRES, May 29 (Reuters) - The mummy of a child from the Inca period, discovered frozen in 1905 on a mountain in northwestern Argentina, has been returned to an indigenous community after spending 119 years in a Buenos Aires mus...
May 29, 2026
Technology News
US takes step to halt Nvidia AI chip shipments to Chinese firms outside China
By Karen Freifeld May 31 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Commerce on Sunday moved to close a year-old potential loophole it had created that may have led companies to export the world's most advanced chips - like Nvidia's most sophisticated Rubin a...
21m ago
Stablecoin demand may soon fade, BoE's Greene says
DUBROVNIK, Croatia, May 31 (Reuters) - The popularity of stablecoins could soon fade, replaced by tokenised deposits, or digital versions of traditional bank deposits, Bank of England policymaker Megan Greene said on Sunday, even as some colleagues too...
5h ago
China's AI startup MiniMax explores Shanghai STAR Market listing
BEIJING, May 31 (Reuters) - China's AI startup MiniMax Group is exploring a listing on Shanghai's tech-heavy exchange, the STAR Market, it said in a filing to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Sunday. MiniMax said it has hired advisors to provi...
8h ago
SoftBank to build up AI data centres in France with major investment
PARIS, May 30 (Reuters) - Japan's SoftBank Group will invest €45 billion over the next five years in a push to build up artificial intelligence infrastructure in France, the company announced on Saturday. SoftBank said the investment, described as th...
May 30, 2026
First Windows PC powered by Nvidia chips to debut next week, Axios reports
May 30 (Reuters) - AI chip firm Nvidia and Microsoft are expected next week to debut the first Windows PCs that use Nvidia's chips as the main processor, Axios reported on Saturday, citing sources. Nvidia-powered computers are expected both from Micr...
May 30, 2026
Entertainment News
Kanye West performs to 118,000 in Turkey despite bans elsewhere
ISTANBUL, May 31 (Reuters) - U.S. rapper Kanye West, who has been barred from performing in several countries due to past antisemitic comments, drew more than 100,000 fans to a concert in Istanbul on Saturday night. West, also known as Ye, has faced ...
11h ago
Italy bans Kanye West, Travis Scott concerts over security concerns
ROME, May 30 (Reuters) - Italy has banned two concerts involving U.S. rappers Kanye West and Travis Scott due to take place in July in the northern city of Reggio Emilia, authorities said on Saturday. The local prefect, Salvatore Angieri, ordered the ...
May 30, 2026
Germany says it stands by streaming services law
BERLIN, May 29 (Reuters) - The German government on Friday said it would stick with plans to impose minimum media production spending quotas in Germany on streaming services, rejecting criticism by top U.S. trade representative Jamieson Greer. • ...
May 29, 2026
Kanye West to perform in the Netherlands despite bans elsewhere
AMSTERDAM, May 29 (Reuters) - U.S. rapper Kanye West, who has been barred from performing in several countries due to past antisemitic comments, is set to hold concerts in the Netherlands next month, after its migration minister said there were no le...
May 29, 2026
CBS picks new '60 Minutes' leader from outside TV news
May 28 (Reuters) - CBS News named journalist Nick Bilton as executive producer of news magazine "60 Minutes" on Thursday, marking the first time the longrunning show has tapped a leader from outside traditional television news. The appointment of Bilto...
May 28, 2026




