MITCHELL, SD (KELO.com) -- Authorities have identified the couple that died in a tragic accident on I-90 in Mitchell last week. Shane and Melynda Willis died when their pickup entered a ditch, struck a guard cable and fell on to Rowley Street, striking a retaining wall. Their two children, a one year old girl and a t...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Wheelchair bound people can now get an up-close look at nature. The Sioux Falls Outdoor Campus and Good Earth State Park are among several state parks featuring all-terrain wheelchairs. People can rent the chairs, which come equipped with trailers, and can be taken anywhere in the state ...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- A big 'welcome home' for members of the 114th Fighter Wing of the Air National Guard in Sioux Falls. The unit was deployed to Savannah, Georgia as part of Operation Noble Eagle to protect U.S and Canadian airspace. The unit was welcome home during a special ceremony at Joe Foss field Su...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The Sioux Falls figure Skating Club unveils its annual Spring Show Saturday. The Music Festival on ice will have performances at 1 and 6:30pm at the Scheels IcePlex. The event features skaters performing to popular music, in a display of the creativity and talent of local athletes.

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Unemployment has moved slightly higher in Sioux Falls. Until recently, the rate was below 2 percent, which is below the state-wide average. Now, it's at 2.5%, which is about equal to the statewide rate, but still well below the national rate of 4.7%. City Finance Officer Shawn Pritchett ...

PIERRE, SD (KELO.c0m) -- The Department of Corrections is looking for projects for inmates. Inmates have been certified to respond to natural disasters and are available in Sioux Falls, Springfield, Yankton, Pierre and Rapid City. Corrections Secretary says community service projects are a great way to help private c...

PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- South Dakota is getting another ten million dollars in Opioid settlement money from Purdue Pharma. Attorney General Marty Jackley says the payments will be made over the next 15 years. The money will be used to expand addiction treatment, prevention and recovery programs.

Things are heating up in South Dakota's Republican race for governor. Governor Larry Rhoden says Congressman Dusty Johnson tried to blackmail him to keep him out of the race. He says Johnson warned him through a mutual friend that if he didn't drop out of the race a super PAC was going to release ads against him in J...

MOUNT RUSHMORE, SD (KELO.com) -- What does it cost to celebrate the nation's 250th birthday??? If you're planning a major fireworks display at Mount Rushmore, it's $700-thousand. That's the amount of the contract the state tourism department signed with Pyro Spectaculars for the July 3rd event. The contract includes...

PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- Early absentee voting is underway in South Dakota after a delay, but now there's confusion over new Voter ID rules. A bill passed by the legislature requires new voters to provide proof of citizenship to register. Some county auditors say the Secretary of State's instructions on whether photo...

By Kathryn Lurie NEW YORK, May 5 (Reuters) - New musicals "The Lost Boys" and "Schmigadoon" topped this year's Tony Award nominations with 12 each, with "Ragtime" close behind with 11, as Broadway's latest season drew notice for ambitious new work, hig...

By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, May 5 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday that the ceasefire with Iran was not over, even as the U.S. and Iran exchanged fire in the Gulf as they wrestled for control of the Strait ...

DHAKA, May 5 (Reuters) - Bangladesh is heading for a rice shortfall of more than 200,000 metric tons after heavy pre-monsoon rains and upstream inflows damaged its main crop ​in the northeastern haor wetlands at the peak ‌of harvest. The Department of ...

May 5 (Reuters) - Microsoft, Alphabet-owned Google and Elon Musk's xAI will give the U.S. government early access to new artificial intelligence models before their public release to allow ​checks for national security risks under a new ‌deal. The Cent...

By Deena Beasley May 5 (Reuters) - Use of Gilead Sciences' Yeztugo, a twice-yearly injection to prevent HIV infection, has climbed since its June launch, but U.S. health providers say not all patients are interested in the new option and those who want...

By John Irish PARIS, May 5 (Reuters) - U.N. Security Council members will begin talks on Tuesday on a U.S.- and Bahrain‑backed draft resolution that could lead to sanctions against Iran, and potentially authorise force, if Tehran fails to halt attacks ...

JOHANNESBURG, May 5 (Reuters) - Seven passengers on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean, including three who have died, are either confirmed or suspected to have ​hantavirus, according to the World Health Organization. Here are some ‌facts about the pa...

By Steven Scheer and Elena Rodriguez JERUSALEM/MADRID, May 5 (Reuters) - An Israeli court has extended by another six days the detention of two activists arrested aboard a Gaza-bound flotilla that was intercepted by Israeli forces in international wate...

RAMALLAH, May 5 (Reuters) - The millionaire businessman son of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is expected to run for a steering role in his 90-year-old father's political party, sources say, as a succession fight looms for control of the embattled...

CAIRO/GAZA, May 5 (Reuters) - Israeli strikes killed at least two Palestinians and wounded several others in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, health officials said. Medics said a Palestinian was killed ​and two others were wounded by an Israeli airstrike ‌ne...

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.

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...

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 ...

VERMILLION, SD (KELO.com) -- The USD Coyote women were on fire Thursday night, so it's on to the 'Great 8' of the Women's National Invitational Tournament. The Coyotes jumped out to a 14-0 lead over Pepperdine - all of those points scored by Patience Williams. They'll host Montana State Sunday afternoon at the Sanfor...

VERMILLION, SD (KELO.com) -- The USD Coyote women's basketball squad is on the national stage, facing Pepperdine in the Super 16 in the Women's National Invitational Tournament Thursday night. The Coyotes are led by guard combo Angelina Robles and Molly Joyce in USD's seventh WNIT run. The Coyotes won the WNIT in 201...

May 5 (Reuters) - Ukraine's economy shrank 0.5% year-on-year in real terms in the first quarter of 2026, the statistics service ​said on Tuesday. Gross domestic product was ‌down 0.7% compared with the fourth quarter, it added. The Ukrainian economy co...

May 5 - Cummins lifted its annual revenue growth forecast on Tuesday, supported by resilient demand for its power-generation ​equipment and expectations from improving North ‌America on-highway vehicles markets. Shares of the U.S. truck engine maker we...

May 5 (Reuters) - U.S. military shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls posted a lower first-quarter operating margin on ​Tuesday, hurt by higher costs ‌amid inflation and volatility in global trade. Shares of the company were down nearly 3% in premarket tradin...

May 5 (Reuters) - Frontier Group, the parent of low-cost carrier Frontier, forecast a bigger-than-expected second-quarter loss on Tuesday, as the war in Iran drives jet fuel prices higher and erodes ​margins. The airline's shares dropped 3.6% in premar...

By Nicolás Misculin BUENOS AIRES, May 5 (Reuters) - Inside a small, family-run auto parts plant on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, production lines sit quiet. The factory is running below capacity as the firm, Suspenmec, struggles to compete with an inf...

JOHANNESBURG, May 5 (Reuters) - Seven passengers on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean, including three who have died, are either confirmed or suspected to have ​hantavirus, according to the World Health Organization. Here are some ‌facts about the pa...

May 5 (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Novartis ​said ‌on Tuesday that it is set ‌to ​cut ⁠around 220 ⁠jobs in Germany as part of ​the planned ⁠closure ⁠of a ​production site ​by the end ‌of 2028. The production site in ⁠Wehr, Germany, which manufactured ta...

By Sneha S K May 5 (Reuters) - Cytokinetics said on Tuesday its experimental heart disease drug significantly improved symptoms of a genetic heart condition ​in a late-stage trial, sending its shares up ‌more than 22% before the bell. The company was t...

May 5 (Reuters) - Henry Schein on Tuesday reaffirmed its annual forecast after beating Wall Street expectations for first-quarter profit as the medical supplies distributor ​saw strong demand across its dental business. The U.S. ‌dental market has seen...

By Siddhi Mahatole May 5 (Reuters) - Viridian Therapeutics said on Tuesday its experimental thyroid eye disease drug met the main goal of a late-stage trial in chronic patients, sending its ​shares up nearly 50% before the bell. The drug, elegrobart, ‌...

By Nathan Vifflin May 4 (Reuters) - STMicroelectronics is targeting well above $3 billion in cumulative revenue for its semiconductor space business from 2026 to 2028, it said on Monday, ​helped by surging demand for chips used in low-Earth ‌orbit sate...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, May 4 (Reuters) - In the far reaches of our solar system - beyond the outermost planet Neptune - resides a host of icy and desolate celestial bodies. Among these objects, only the dwarf planet Pluto was known to possess an at...

TAIPEI, May 3 (Reuters) - Taiwan's Foxconn said on ​Sunday its ‌second-generation low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites were launched via a ‌SpaceX ​Falcon 9 ⁠rocket from ⁠California, marking the electronics manufacturer's latest push into ​space technology...

(Corrected location of launch from Kennedy Space ​Station ‌to Vandenberg Space Force Base) SEOUL, May 3 (Reuters) - South ‌Korea ​launched ⁠its next-generation mid-sized ⁠Earth observation satellite No. 2 aboard SpaceX's ​Falcon 9 rocket from ⁠the ⁠Van...

By Marta Serafinko May 1 (Reuters) - Deep beneath the ocean surface, sperm whales swim through the dark waters, clicking to each other in bursts of sound that can travel for kilometres. Now, scientists say they are beginning to follow those exchanges i...

BRUSSELS, May 5 (Reuters) - Dutch quantum processor company QuantWare has raised $178 million in new financing, including funding ​from Intel Capital, it said ‌on Tuesday, as Europe tries to keep up pace with tech leading companies from the U.S. and Ch...

Gartner on Tuesday raised its annual profit forecast driven by steady demand for its research and advisory services, ​as companies continue to assess ‌technology upgrades and AI adoption plans. Gartner's research has become critical in technology plan...

By Lucie Barbier and Leo Marchandon May 5 (Reuters) - Nearly one in two young people in Europe have used AI chatbots to discuss intimate or personal matters, as the technology increasingly serves as a source of ​emotional support, an Ipsos BVA survey s...

May 5 (Reuters) - Microsoft, Alphabet-owned Google and Elon Musk's xAI will give the U.S. government early access to new artificial intelligence models before their public release to allow ​checks for national security risks under a new ‌deal. The Cent...

May 5 (Reuters) - Specialty chipmaker GlobalFoundries forecast second-quarter revenue above Wall Street expectations on Tuesday, driven by acceleration ​in data center deployments globally. Shares ‌of the company rose 6% in premarket trading. • The com...

By Kathryn Lurie NEW YORK, May 5 (Reuters) - New musicals "The Lost Boys" and "Schmigadoon" topped this year's Tony Award nominations with 12 each, with "Ragtime" close behind with 11, as Broadway's latest season drew notice for ambitious new work, hig...

By Aditya Kalra and Arpan Chaturvedi NEW DELHI, May 5 (Reuters) - India's Zee Entertainment has sued fashion-to-beauty retailer Nykaa for allegedly using its copyrighted songs in Instagram reels to ​promote its products, seeking $210,000 in damages, p...

By Kate Skelly, Daniel Cole and Jenna Zucker NEW YORK, May 4 (Reuters) - Celebrities including Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny, supermodel Heidi Klum and singer Katy Perry walked the carpet at the Met Gala on Monday - many of them unrecognizable. Lean...

By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, May 4 (Reuters) - Transforming family movie nights into enveloping spectacles and offering viewers a ringside seat for sports, U.S.-based Cosm Domes want to give ​their customers a new kind of immersive entertainment: ...

By Jack Queen NEW YORK, May 4 (Reuters) - Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have settled a lawsuit brought by Lively over the filming of the 2024 romantic drama "It Ends With Us," both ​sides said on Monday, averting a civil trial scheduled for ‌May wher...