SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - Multiple crews were needed to douse a blaze at the Smithfield Foods plant over the weekend. There was heavy smoke on several floors of the facility when crews arrived at about 5 yesterday morning. The fire was extinguished in about 45 minutes. There were no injuries and the cause is under...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - A candlelight vigil to observe International Overdose Awareness Day is scheduled for tonight. Non-profit Emily's Hope is laying out 54 empty shoes to represent those who lost their lives to overdose in Minnehaha and Lincoln Counties since the beginning of last year. It begins at 8 p.m. at...

MITCHELL, S.D. (KELO.com) - The Mitchell Corn Palace is a top five roadside attraction in the U-S according to a recent study. A global car rental firm ranked the Palace fifth with Wall Drug just three spots behind in eighth. Researchers describe it as an unusual attraction. It carries a 4.3 Star Good rating online.

BROOKINGS, S.D. (KELO.com) - Authorities have identified the 19-year-old man killed in a crash in Brookings last week. The South Dakota Department of Public Safety says Daten Briar Odom was driving a GMC Sierra on Interstate 29 when his vehicle was hit by a Subaru. The GMC then rotated and struck a Ford F-350 while the...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - Sioux Area Metro or SAM is adding some new routes for the school year. Logan Penfield of Planning and Development Services says demand is growing. You can see the new routes and their schedules at siouxareametro.info.

By Jack Queen Aug 31 (Reuters) - A Las Vegas jury on Monday found an ex-gang leader guilty of murder in a case accusing him of masterminding the drive-by killing of legendary hip-hop artist Tupac Shakur, bringing a decades-old cold case to ​a close. Du...

By Dawn Chmielewski LOS ANGELES, Aug 31 (Reuters) - The State of California and 11 other states joined the Writers Guild of America on Monday in urging a federal court judge to deny Paramount Skydance's request for a $1.88 billion bond to address ​the ...

By Jenna Zucker New York, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Fashion designer John Galliano and New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art have scrapped a planned 2027 retrospective in his honor after an outcry over plans to honor a designer whose career was derailed by an...

By Joseph Ax Aug 31 (Reuters) - The musician D4vd, facing trial on charges that he stabbed and dismembered a 14-year-old girl who threatened to expose their secret relationship, replaced his defense team on Monday with the Los ​Angeles public defender'...

By Blake Brittain Aug 31 (Reuters) - The music publishing branches of Sony Music and Warner Music have sued Anthropic in California federal court for allegedly misusing their copyrighted song compositions to train its Claude AI models. Sony ​and Warner...