SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- South Dakota's summer travel season kicks off with more cars and lower gas prices. More people are expected to hit the road across the state this Memorial Day weekend, according to Triple A. Campgrounds like Jellystone near Sioux Falls say they're ready, rain or shine. Gas prices are also ...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Some clouds on the horizon for Sioux Falls' future city budgets. Sales taxes are lagging again this year, taking revenues lower than projected. They're expected to recover, but property tax reform is expected to bite into future revenues, and federal funds are also being cut. For the ti...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The Sioux Falls Parks Department is beginning a major renovation of one of the city's long-time attractions. The McKennan Park wading pool was originally built in 1971. Thanks to a donation from Pierce and Barbara McDowell there will be some extra frills. Among them will be spray featur...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- A former Turner County Deputy Sheriff is in custody, charged with raping a juvenile. Police information officer Sam Clemens says 35-year old Kipp Stearns of Sioux Falls is accused of having sexual encounters with the child for about eight years. There was a standoff for several hours earl...

WATERTOWN, SD (KELO.com) -- Cleanup and restoration work is underway at a Watertown church that caught fire following a lightning strike. The fire at Hosanna Lutheran on 14th Avenue North began around 1:30 Monday afternoon as a thunderstorm was rolling through the city. Fire damage was contained to the roof, but the ...

By Alan Baldwin MONACO (Reuters) - Formula One drivers declared Brad Pitt's new F1 movie a winner that would bring fresh fans to the sport after being given an exclusive pre-release screening at the Monaco Grand Prix. The Apple Original film, with ...

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Rapper Scott "Kid Cudi" Mescudi took the stand on Thursday to testify as a prosecution witness at hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial. Mescudi, 41, is expected to tell a panel of 12 jurors and six al...

By Miranda Murray CANNES, France (Reuters) -Irish actor Paul Mescal rejected comparisons of his new period romance "The History of Sound" with gay cowboy classic "Brokeback Mountain" on Thursday, saying the only thing they had in common was the charac...

MADRID (Reuters) - Austrian singer JJ, who won this year's Eurovision song contest, called in an interview published on Thursday for Israel to be excluded from the 2026 edition in Vienna due to the war in Gaza. Eurovision, which stresses its politi...

By Francesca Halliwell and Miranda Murray CANNES, France (Reuters) -Jodie Foster prefers to be outside the United States right now, the Oscar-winning actor told Reuters at the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday, citing better conditions in Europe's film...