CANTON, SD (KELO.com) -- Budget talks are on hold in Lincoln County. Commissioners have interviewed applicants for the District Two seat vacated by Betty Otten's recent health-related resignation. The have agreed to delay the budget discussion until next week, in hopes of selecting Otten's replacement before beginnin...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Jamie Smith made it official late yesterday - he requested a recount of votes in the runoff election for Mayor with Christine Erickson. Each candidate will select a representative, and the city will appoint a third person to the recount board that both sides approve. The Board will then...

ELK POINT, SD (KELO.com) -- The AFSCME labor union has filed an Unfair Labor Practice charge against Union County after the firing of two deputies. Zach Brown and Kevin O'Mahoney were terminated by Sheriff Jim Prouty. Brown and O'Mahoney are members of the union's negotiating team and openly supported Prouty's oppone...

DELL RAPIDS, SD (KELO.com) -- Investigators have pinpointed the cause of last month's fire at the PINZ Bowling Center and restaurant in Dell Rapids. Owner Casey McCoy says investigators determined a component in the scoring system malfunctioned and sparked the devastating blaze. Demolition to begin the process of reb...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- As the old saying goes, "It's feast or famine." Sioux Falls picked up three inches of rain between Monday and Wednesday. That's nearly ten times as much as compared to the first 27 days of June. Forecasters say we could see more in the next few days.

YANKTON, SD (KELO.com) -- Dr. Danielle Pierotti of Mount Marty University has been appointed to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission. The commission advises Congress on the Medicare program. State health Secretary Melissa Magstadt says Pierotte's experience in nursing and rural health care will bring an important...

OMAHA, NE (KELO.com) -- Mixed signals on the regional economy, as we see improvements in Manufacturing in spite of job losses and high inflation. Creighton University's monthly Mid-American Business Conditions Index was in positive territory for the fifth straight month. Economist, Dr. Ernie Goss says the region has ...

PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- Signs that can saves lives are spreading across South Dakota. The Department of Social Services and The Helpline Center are partnering with businesses and organizations to install 988 signs. The signs urge people to call 988 if they're dealing with mental health issues, substance abuse or tho...

PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- A new voter registration law that took effect in South Dakota Wednesday is drawing criticism from the League of Women Voters. It requires people to provide documentation that they're U-S Citizens when they register to vote. The law doesn't allow photocopies of drivers licenses, tribal ID's or...

UNDATED (KELO.com) -- Gas prices are dropping in South Dakota as we begin the 4th of July celebration. They've dropped by about nine cents a gallon in the past week to an average of $3.69 per gallon. There could be a slight rise over the holiday weekend but officials expect the downward trend to continue overall.

MEXICO CITY, July 5 (Reuters) - A shelter in place order was issued before the Mexico v ​England World Cup last-16 ‌clash due to thunderstorms in the area around the Azteca Stadium, FIFA said on Sunday. People working on the pitch ‌were ​asked to move ...

By Nolan D. McCaskill WASHINGTON, July 5 (Reuters) - Michigan State Senator Mallory McMorrow suspended her Democratic campaign for the ​U.S. Senate on Sunday, turning ‌a three-way primary race in a key battleground state into a head-to-head between a m...

By Rohith Nair MIAMI/SEATTLE, July 5 (Reuters) - United States striker Folarin Balogun is available for the World Cup last-16 clash with Belgium after FIFA suspended his ban for a red card on Sunday in an unprecedented move following a call from U.S. P...

By Alan Baldwin SILVERSTONE, England, July 5 (Reuters) - Formula One drivers took to the track in cars built of Lego bricks for a British ​Grand Prix parade lap on Sunday that ‌amused the crowd with predictable scenes of chaos. Several cars were beache...

July 5 (Reuters) - At least ​eight ‌people, including four children, were ‌shot ​late ⁠on the ⁠Fourth of July in Brooklyn's ​Coney Island, ⁠New ⁠York, ​ABC News ​said on Sunday, ‌citing the New ⁠York City Police Department. Reuters could ⁠not ‌immediat...

July 5 (Reuters) - The death toll from Venezuela's twin quakes has ​risen to 3,342, ‌according to numbers released by the Venezuelan information ministry on Sunday. The new ‌tally ​also puts ⁠the number of ⁠injured at 16,470 while the number of homeles...

ANKARA, July 5 (Reuters) - Turkish authorities detained more than 100 people taking part in an anti-NATO protest march organised by the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) on Sunday, ahead of an alliance summit in Ankara next ​week, the party said in a sta...

By Dan Catchpole July 5 (Reuters) - Federal officials had no reason to stop a white supremacist group's July 4 rally in Washington because of free speech protections, U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said on ​Sunday. Hundreds of masked Patriot Front...

By Steve Holland and Gram Slattery WASHINGTON, July 5 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with Ukrainian ​President Volodymyr Zelenskiy while in ‌Turkey this week for the NATO summit to make a renewed push to end the war in Ukraine, a sen...

By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM, July 5 (Reuters) - Israeli cabinet members on Sunday voted to defy a Supreme Court decision regarding the country's broadcast regulator, raising concerns of a constitutional crisis. This is the first time Prime Minister Benj...

July 5 (Reuters) - A £5.50 billion ($7.34 billion) deal for U.S. investment firm Castlelake to acquire British budget airline easyJet, announced on Sunday, would mark a ​new chapter in the carrier's 31-year history. Here is ‌a timeline of easyJet's key...

July 5 (Reuters) - British budget airline easyJet has agreed to a sweetened takeover bid from U.S. investment firm Castlelake that values the carrier at up to £5.5 billion ($7.34 billion), it ​said on Sunday, a major potential shakeup for Europe's avia...

By Alex Lawler, Ahmad Ghaddar and Olesya Astakhova LONDON, July 5 (Reuters) - OPEC+ has agreed a further increase in output targets from August, the group said in a statement on Sunday, adding to global supply at a time when oil prices are falling due ...

TAIPEI, July 5 (Reuters) - Taiwan's Foxconn, the world's ​largest contract ‌electronics maker and Nvidia's biggest server maker, reported ‌on ​Sunday a ⁠jump of ⁠39.8% in second-quarter revenue year on year, fuelled ​by strong AI-related demand. Revenu...

July 5 (Reuters) - Uber has paused the majority of its planned food delivery expansion in Europe just months after announcing the plans ​as the ride-sharing company continues to pursue ‌a takeover of Delivery Hero, the Financial Times reported on Sunda...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

SYDNEY, July 5 (Reuters) - New South Wales became Australia's third state to confirm a case of H5N1 bird flu after authorities said a migratory seabird found near ​a coastal town returned a positive result for the ‌highly pathogenic virus. Australia la...

By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON, July 4 (Reuters) - Here Now Health isn't an AI-based company, but its quick path from an idea in founder Michelle Turner's mind to an operating mental health platform for foster children relied deeply on the technology n...

July 3 (Reuters) - The number ​of ‌confirmed Ebola cases in ‌the ​Democratic ⁠Republic of ⁠Congo has increased to 1,502, ​including ⁠473 ⁠deaths, government ​data ​showed on Friday. The ‌cases were recorded ⁠in the eastern provinces ⁠of Ituri, ‌North ⁠...

SAO PAULO, July 3 (Reuters) - Brazil's Agriculture Ministry has adjusted export controls for meat and derivatives to meet ​European Union antimicrobial usage requirements, ‌aiming to prevent a suspension of shipments to the bloc starting in September. ...

By Inti Landauro PARIS, July 3 (Reuters) - France's top court ruled on Friday that children born through surrogacy abroad should be recognised in France as the children of their intended parents, even though the practice is banned ​in the country. Fran...

By Joey Roulette and Steve Gorman WASHINGTON, July 2 (Reuters) - Weather and technical snags have forced NASA and its partner space company Katalyst to indefinitely postpone a first-of-its-kind mission to tow an aging U.S. satellite observatory into a ...

By Will Dunham July 2 (Reuters) - While it once was temperate and lush, Earth's southernmost continent Antarctica froze over about 34 million years ago, covered by an ice sheet that today is up to around 3 miles (5 km) thick. By contrast, the planet's ...

By Bart H. Meijer AMSTERDAM, July 2 (Reuters) - A skeleton found beneath a Maastricht church this year could not be conclusively identified as that of famed French musketeer Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan, city authorities said on Thursday, w...

July 2 (Reuters) - Indian space startup Skyroot Aerospace said on Thursday it was preparing for the launch of its Vikram-1 ​rocket, the first attempt by an ‌Indian private company to place a satellite in orbit. Founded by former Indian Space Research O...

By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON, June 30 (Reuters) - NASA on Tuesday awarded $590 million worth of contracts to Astrobotic, Firefly Aerospace and Intuitive Machines for more uncrewed lunar lander missions in late 2028 as the agency ​seeks to ramp up commer...

TAIPEI, July 5 (Reuters) - Taiwan's Foxconn, the world's ​largest contract ‌electronics maker and Nvidia's biggest server maker, reported ‌on ​Sunday a ⁠jump of ⁠39.8% in second-quarter revenue year on year, fuelled ​by strong AI-related demand. Revenu...

July 3 (Reuters) - Toby Neugebauer, the co-founder and largest shareholder of energy and data center development company ​Fermi, said on Friday he ‌has suspended his proxy campaign to call a special meeting after a Texas Business Court judge recused h...

July 3 (Reuters) - Tesla said on Friday its robotaxi was available in Miami, as the electric ​vehicle maker looks to ‌expand its autonomous ride-hailing operations. The expansion highlights Tesla's efforts to increase adoption of its self-driving softw...

BENGALURU, July 3 - Hiring for AI roles within India's IT sector outpaced overall recruitment within the industry last month, a survey showed ​on Friday, indicating a push from companies ‌to reorient themselves in the face of evolving technology. The s...

By Leila Miller and Kenrick Cai BUENOS AIRES, July 3 (Reuters) - Argentine President Javier Milei generated both excitement and fear last month when he announced a congressional bill to create "non-human corporations" run by AI, but the companies woul...

By Rosalba O'Brien NEW YORK, July 5 (Reuters) - Watching the World Cup and hearing the music in the stadium may have left you wondering - how is that chosen? Is it just coincidence that "Wonderwall" plays after England matches? Are "Freed from Desire" ...

By Rollo Ross NEW YORK, July 5 (Reuters) - Filmmaker Christopher Nolan follows up his Oscar-winning blockbuster "Oppenheimer" with "The Odyssey," an adaptation of Homer's epic ancient Greek poem. The Universal Pictures movie starring Matt Damon as the ...

By Lisa Richwine July 3 (Reuters) - Adam Sandler, the comic actor known for goofball roles in movies such as "Billy Madison" and "The Waterboy," has ​now officiated one of the most-anticipated celebrity ‌unions of the century. Sandler served as officia...

By Maria Tsvetkova and Nathan Layne NEW YORK, July 3 (Reuters) - Pop music megastar Taylor Swift and football player Travis Kelce are married, the singer's publicist announced on Friday as guests attended a star-studded celebration at Madison Square Ga...

By Steve Gorman July 2 (Reuters) - A Los Angeles-area man pleaded guilty to felony harassment charges in federal court on Thursday for sending fake ransom notes posing as a kidnapper of "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie's missing elderly mother. De...