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WASHINGTON — The Social Security Administration announced on Wednesday that recipients will receive a 3.6% increase in benefits in 2027. The cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, will begin for 72 million Social Security beneficiaries in January. It will apply for Supplemental Security Income, or SSI, recipients…
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- A number of law enforcement agencies have responded to Minnehaha County Sheriff's Deputy Katherine Frank's death, but others outside of law enforcement have also responded. Frank, 26, was killed by a gunshot in a Friday incident in southwestern Sioux Falls, authorities said. She died on…
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- The city of Sioux Falls is conducting a simulated shutdown of the current Lewis and Clark connection at Benson Road on Wednesday, October 14, from noon to 5 p.m, according to a news release. Residents and businesses in and around Foundation Park in northwest Sioux Falls may experience…
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO)-- The Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office announced the funeral date for the officer who was killed in the line of duty. The Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office announced on social media that funeral services for Minnehaha County Sheriff’s Deputy Katherine Ann Frank will be held at 1 p.m. Monday…
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO)-- A Mitchell man is being charged with animal cruelty after allegedly posting a video of him drowning a squirrel on social media. 73-year-old Johnathan Wilson is charged with one count of cruelty to animals, a class 6 felony, punishable by up to two years' imprisonment or a fine of four…
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- The South Dakota Department of Public Safety has released the name of the 37-year-old man who died from injuries he sustained in an October 5 two-vehicle crash near Presho, S.D. James Osterbur, from Wood, SD, was the driver of the pickup and was transported to Winner Hospital following the…
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- The KELOLAND WeatherNow channel will have a short disruption on Wednesday afternoon. Maintenance will be conducted on the equipment that runs the channel, following Midday in KELOLAND on Wednesday. That maintenance process is expected to possibly take a couple hours or more. The KELOLAND…
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- University of South Dakota President Sheila Gestring will retire from the position. “Serving as USD’s eighteenth president has been the honor of my professional life,” Gestring said in a news release. “I am grateful to the students, faculty, staff, alumni, and partners who have been part of…
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- Two charges of murder have been added to the complaint for Brandon John Oetken, 39, the man accused of killing Minnehaha County Sheriff's Deputy Katherine Frank. Oetken is now charged with murder in the first degree of a law enforcement officer and murder in the second degree of a law
WASHINGTON — A federal judge late Tuesday extended a block on a Trump administration ban of press passes for three news organizations, which will allow them to continue to enter the White House grounds while a legal challenge to the ban plays out. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly in a 26-page order rejected…
A question on South Dakotans’ ballots in the Nov. 3 election pits two philosophies against each other: One says it’s too easy to clutter up the state’s constitution with policies that don’t belong there, and the other says voters need the power to amend the constitution with a majority vote when lawmakers fail to adopt
Farmers and biofuel producers in Iowa are celebrating a proposal from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin to reallocate renewable fuel requirements from which small refineries received an exemption. The move ensures that renewable fuel blending standards set by the EPA are maintained after…
Julian Winchester didn’t know he was one of South Dakota’s nearly 6,000 federal-only voters, let alone what that means, until South Dakota Searchlight found his name on the list and called him this month. The Lake Area Technical College student registered through a voter registration drive on the Watertown campus this…
PIERRE — Supporters of South Dakota’s medical marijuana industry clashed with a state oversight committee Tuesday about speakers invited to address the group. The Medical Marijuana Oversight Committee is led by state lawmakers and also includes representatives of healthcare professions, a medical marijuana patient and…
The South Dakota Housing Development Authority is starting a temporary program to give down-payment assistance to homebuyers. The authority will launch its Give Me Five program on Nov. 2, lending qualifying homebuyers a down payment equal to 5% of their mortgage. Recipients are not required to make payments on the…
Three weeks before Election Day, the Trump administration’s sprawling project to send sensitive personal information on millions of voters to the Department of Homeland Security has been declared illegal by a federal judge. The blistering court decision comes after the Department of Justice pressured or sued states…