Local News

Sioux Falls Police are Investigating a Pair of Cases Involving Assault and Robbery
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls Police are investigating a pair of cases involving assault and robbery. A woman sitting in her van near Russell and Louise Wednesday afternoon was approached by suspects who punched her and stole her wallet. Wednesday morning, two men forced their way into a man's hotel room ...
Aug 14, 2026

The Farm Credit Services of America Are Helping with the Restoration of Highmore
HIGHMORE, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The Farm Credit Services of America are helping with the restoration of Highmore following destructive storms earlier this summer. The FCS is donating $25-thousand to the recovery efforts through the South Dakota Community Foundation. Winds gusted up to 131-miles per hour during the storm, ...
Aug 14, 2026

Getting Pulled Over to Get Your Money Back
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A motorist was pulled over by South Dakota's top law enforcement officer and he's thankful. Attorney General Marty Jackcley noticed the driver left behind a few hundred dollars in an ATM machine, so he pulled the man over. Jackley says it's the easiest traffic stop he's ever had to make.
Aug 14, 2026

Tuesday's Storm Destroyed Rosebud Sioux Tribe's Youth Center
ROSEBUD, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The Rosebud Sioux Tribe is asking for help to rebuild a youth center destroyed in storms Tuesday. The facility was under construction but was leveled by high winds as it neared completion. The tribe is looking for a replacement trailer and donations to help with rebuilding.
Aug 14, 2026

Watertown Man is Facing Additional Charges
WATERTOWN, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A Watertown man faces additional charges of sexually exploiting a minor. 23-year old Alex Kowalski was back in court yesterday after a young boy said Kowalski pinned him down in a bedroom. He was already dealing with charges of assaulting another victim over a one-year period when Kowalski...
Aug 14, 2026
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State News

Sturgis Traffic Count
STURGIS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT) will provide daily traffic counts at nine locations for vehicles entering Sturgis for the 86th Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, which runs from Aug. 7-16, 2026. The traffic counts to date for the nine locations entering Sturgis for the 20...
Aug 14, 2026

Attorney General Marty Jackley Says License Plate Readers are a Powerful Law Enforcement Tool
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- Attorney General Marty Jackley says license plate readers are a powerful law enforcement tool, but public privacy needs protection. He plans to propose legislation to provide that protection. He cited this year's disappearance and death of 14-year-old McKenna Wendel as an investigation strength...
Aug 13, 2026

Heat Stress Caused Thousands of Cattle to Die
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Ranchers are dealing with thousands of dead cattle from heat stress during last month's heat wave. The National Weather Services says it was the second-hottest July on record in Rapid City and the warmest month on record throughout the contiguous United States. South Dakota State Universi...
Aug 13, 2026

Independent Candidate Brian Bengs Spoke with Voters in Aberdeen This Week
ABERDEEN, S.D. (KELO.com) -- With Democratic U.S. Senate Candidate Julian Beaudoin dropping out, Independent Candidate Brian Bengs is pushing for Republican votes to oust Senator Mike Rounds. That will be no easy task, as the two-term Governor and two term Senator has a loyal following. Bengs calls himself a Teddy Roos...
Aug 13, 2026

South Dakota Will Seek Further Review of an Appeals Court Ruling
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- Attorney General Marty Jackley says South Dakota will seek further review of an Appeals Court ruling that prohibits the state from enforcing a new election law. The law moved the election-year filing deadline for ballot question petitions to nine months but was the subject of a lawsuit filed by...
Aug 12, 2026
National News
Indonesia's deadliest earthquakes of past decade
JAKARTA, Aug 16 (Reuters) - A magnitude-7.7 earthquake that struck eastern Indonesia on Saturday has killed at least 51 people, with rescue operations ongoing. Here are the deadliest earthquakes of the past decade, as recorded by Indonesia's disaster...
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Two women killed in floods in Spain
MADRID, Aug 16 (Reuters) - A flood and landslide caused by torrential rain killed two elderly women and injured two babies in rural northwestern Spain, authorities said, as seven regions were placed on yellow alert for storms and heavy rain on Su...
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Disney, Square Enix preview 'Kingdom Hearts 4' video game at fan convention
By Danielle Broadway ANAHEIM, California, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Walt Disney and Japanese video game company Square Enix on Saturday previewed the yet-to-be-released "Kingdom Hearts 4" game as they celebrated the high-selling franchise's upcoming 25th anni...
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Six dead in Indiana after storms and floods, emergency officials say
WASHINGTON, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Powerful storms and floods have killed at least six people in Indiana, including a 4-year-old boy, state officials said on Saturday. • In addition to the boy, three females and two males have died since the storm syst...
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Hurricane Lala leaves thousands without power in Hawaii amid 'life-threatening' conditions
By Norihiko Shirouzu Aug 15 (Reuters) - Hurricane Lala approached Hawaii with strong winds and heavy rain on Saturday, leaving more than 40,000 utility customers without power across the state as the National Hurricane Center warned of "life-threateni...
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World News
Ukrainian drones strike Moscow region, killing one
MOSCOW, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Ukrainian drones struck Moscow region overnight on Sunday in what the provincial governor said was one of the largest attacks to have targeted the region, and which he said had left at least one person dead. In posts on Tel...
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Iran disputes Qatar, Kuwait accounts of captured Iranian personnel
DUBAI, Aug 16 (Reuters) - An Iranian military official said on Sunday that Qatar should allow an Iranian team to enter the country to investigate the fate of pilots whom Tehran says were captured by Qatari forces, Iranian media reported. Qatar denies...
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Twelve killed and at least 10 injured in Polish bus crash in Hungary
BUDAPEST, Aug 16 (Reuters) - A dozen people were killed and at least 10 injured after a Polish bus overturned at night on a motorway in eastern Hungary, Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar said on Sunday morning in a Facebook post. The bus ran into...
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South Korea fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed demarcation line, Yonhap says
SEOUL, Aug 16 (Reuters) - South Korea's military last week fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers violated the military demarcation line, prompting them to return, Yonhap news agency reported on Sunday, citing an unnamed source. Yonhap said...
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Suspected Russian drone shot down in Romanian airspace
BUCHAREST, Aug 16 (Reuters) - An F-18 fighter on a NATO air policing mission shot down a drone that illegally breached Romanian national airspace, the fourth unmanned aircraft shot down over the country this year, Romania's defence ministry said on S...
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Sports News
MLB roundup: Cards' Joshua Baez first to debut with 3-HR game
Joshua Baez became the first player in major league history to hit three home runs in his debut, helping lead the visiting St. Louis Cardinals to an 8-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday afternoon. Baez hit homers to right, center and left fie...
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Amar'e Stoudemire among enshrinees at 2026 Naismith ceremony
Amar'e Stoudemire headlined the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2026 as the group was formally enshrined Saturday night at Symphony Hall in Springfield, Mass. Stoudemire, a six-time All-Star during a 14-year NBA career with the Phoenix Suns,...
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Masterful unveiling: Joshua Baez first to hit 3 HRs in MLB debut
Joshua Baez might have made the best first impression in major league history on Saturday. Baez became the first player ever to hit three homers in his big league debut, as he helped the St. Louis Cardinals record an 8-4 victory over the host Chicag...
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Tennis-Djokovic falls in Cincinnati heat in first match since Wimbledon
Aug 15 (Reuters) - Thiago Agustin Tirante rallied past Novak Djokovic 2-6 6-4 6-4 at the Cincinnati Open on Saturday, as the Serbian struggled in the heat and required a medical timeout in a disappointing U.S. Open tune-up. Playing his first match si...
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Swimming-Germany's Liebmann smashes 1500m world record
PARIS, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Germany's Johannes Liebmann smashed the world record for the men's 1500 metres at the European Aquatics Championships on Saturday, knocking almost four seconds off the previous record in a dominant display. The 19-year-old s...
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Business News
India opens tax amnesty scheme for small taxpayers with undisclosed foreign assets
NEW DELHI, Aug 16 (Reuters) - India's tax amnesty scheme for small taxpayers to declare certain undeclared foreign assets of up to 50 million rupees ($523,889) opens on Sunday and will be available until December 31, the government said. Here are ...
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German companies cut US investment to three-year low, data show
By Rene Wagner BERLIN, Aug 16 (Reuters) - German companies slashed investments in the United States to a three-year low in the first half of 2026, as Trump administration policies fed uncertainty between the transatlantic trading partners. First-half ...
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Analysis-Europe's heatwaves expose insurance gap as business losses mount
By Simon Jessop, Rebecca Delaney and Valentina Za LONDON/MILAN, Aug 16 (Reuters) - For more than a century, cafes in the Italian city of Padua have welcomed customers for an early evening drink, or aperitivo, encouraging them to sit outside and sociali...
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Billionaire Peter Thiel buys 1% stake in Argentine Vaca Muerta oil firm, filing shows
BUENOS AIRES, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Palantir chair and co-founder Peter Thiel has bought a 1% stake in Argentina's Vista, one of the largest oil companies operating in the country's Vaca Muerta shale formation, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchang...
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Nvidia eyes investing $3 billion in SB Energy under OpenAI data center deal, Information says
Aug 15 (Reuters) - Nvidia is in talks to invest as much as $3 billion in SB Energy, a SoftBank Group subsidiary developing a massive planned Ohio data center project for OpenAI, the Information reported on Saturday, citing people familiar with the di...
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Health News
US CDC records more than 2,500 measles cases so far in 2026
Aug 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday there were 2,566 confirmed measles cases in the country so far this year, expanding the highest annual total in more than 35 years. Here are some details: • The ove...
Aug 14, 2026
US FDA approves Lantheus' brain-imaging agent for Alzheimer's assessment
By Kunal Das and Puyaan Singh Aug 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a radioactive agent from Lantheus Holdings for use in brain scans to help assess patients for Alzheimer's disease, the company said on Friday. The agen...
Aug 14, 2026
Health Round: Experimental blood test finds high-risk colorectal lesions before cancer develops
By Nancy Lapid Aug 14 (Reuters) - We also report on a flavoring chemical in e-cigarettes that damages human embryo cells in lab experiments. BLOOD TEST MAY FIND PRE-CANCEROUS COLORECTAL LESIONS An experimental blood test for detecting colorectal cancer...
Aug 14, 2026
Capricor shares soar as potential FDA lifeline revives Duchenne drug hopes
By Kamal Choudhury Aug 14 (Reuters) - Capricor Therapeutics shares surged 70% on Friday after the company said the U.S. health regulator is willing to review new data on its experimental Duchenne muscular dystrophy drug. The stock had crashed last mon...
Aug 14, 2026
Congo says Ebola outbreak spreads to northeastern Bas-Uele province
DAKAR, Aug 14 (Reuters) - The Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo has spread to a sixth province, Bas-Uele, located in the northeast of the country, the communications ministry said on Friday, officially confirming a case discovered earl...
Aug 14, 2026
Science News
Displaced by El Niño, South American seabirds flock to Panama
By Enea Lebrun and Stefanie Eschenbacher PANAMA BAY, Panama, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Flocks of seabirds native to the cold, nutrient-rich waters off Peru and Chile are appearing far outside their usual range in Panama Bay as a powerful El Niño warms the eas...
Aug 14, 2026
US rocket company Astra Space seeks to raise $250 million in comeback bid
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON, Aug 14 (Reuters) - U.S. rocket company Astra Space is seeking to raise $250 million at a $1 billion valuation in a funding round expected to close this quarter, CEO Chris Kemp said in an interview, as the company looks to...
Aug 14, 2026
Alphabet's SpaceX bet grows 100-fold over a decade to $94 billion
By Akash Sriram and Suzanne McGee Aug 14 (Reuters) - Alphabet's early bet on SpaceX has multiplied more than 100-fold, with the Google parent disclosing a stake worth about $94 billion at the end of June, up from a $900 million investment in Elon Musk'...
Aug 14, 2026
Total darkness, then sunset as full eclipse wows spectators in Spain
By Corina Pons, Tom Little and David Latona MADRID/REYKJAVIK, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Spectators across Spain watched in wonder, some whipping off their protective glasses and rising to their feet in unison, as a rare total solar eclipse swept across the no...
Aug 12, 2026
Dogs can distinguish between emotions in a human face, study shows
BERLIN, Aug 11 (Reuters) - A peek inside dogs' brains revealed man's best friend can distinguish emotions in people's faces, researchers at the University of Vienna have found, providing what they said was the first ever evidence of such an ability. ...
Aug 11, 2026
Technology News
Nvidia eyes investing $3 billion in SB Energy under OpenAI data center deal, Information says
Aug 15 (Reuters) - Nvidia is in talks to invest as much as $3 billion in SB Energy, a SoftBank Group subsidiary developing a massive planned Ohio data center project for OpenAI, the Information reported on Saturday, citing people familiar with the di...
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Nvidia scales back funding guarantee for Ohio OpenAI data center, WSJ reports
Aug 14 (Reuters) - Nvidia has revised its plans to support a proposed OpenAI data center project in Ohio and is now expected to initially guarantee less than $120 billion, down from the $250 billion previously discussed, the Wall Street Journal repor...
Aug 14, 2026
Exclusive-US to tell partners they must pick sides in AI race with China
By Michael Martina WASHINGTON, Aug 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. is preparing to tell dozens of countries they must pick sides in the artificial intelligence race with China, warning they will be excluded from a U.S.-led AI coalition if they also sign up for...
Aug 14, 2026
US regulator approves bank charter for Trump-backed crypto company World Liberty Financial
By Lawrence Delevingne and Pete Schroeder Aug 14 (Reuters) - A national U.S. bank regulator on Friday conditionally approved a bank charter application linked to President Donald Trump and his family's crypto venture, World Liberty Financial, effective...
Aug 14, 2026
Tiger Global Management cuts stakes in Big Tech, buys into SpaceX
Aug 14 (Reuters) - Tiger Global Management trimmed several of its Big Tech stakes, exited Netflix, and took positions in Advanced Micro Devices and SpaceX during the second quarter, according to regulatory disclosures filed Friday. Here are more deta...
Aug 14, 2026
Entertainment News
Indian tribunal allows Zee Entertainment to proceed with warrants issue; shares rise
BENGALURU, Aug 14 (Reuters) - An Indian appeals tribunal granted Zee Entertainment partial relief from a securities market ban on Friday, allowing the television broadcaster to proceed with a fundraise through an issue of warrants. Here are some deta...
Aug 14, 2026
Investors sue Selena Gomez for alleged fraud over mental-health start-up
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Singer and actor Selena Gomez was sued on Thursday by investors who say the "Only Murders in the Building" star committed fraud by failing to fulfill duties to build and promote her mental health start...
Aug 13, 2026
Brazil agency orders Discord chat platform to suspend livestreaming over child safety concerns
BRASILIA, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Brazil's data protection authority ANPD ordered chat platform Discord to suspend livestreaming features, citing failures to protect children and teens from exposure to content promoting violence, self-harm and suicide. AN...
Aug 12, 2026
Bella Ramsey finds their tribe in teen cancer comedy-drama 'Sunny Dancer'
By Hanna Rantala LONDON, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Bella Ramsey tackles a wide range of emotions in "Sunny Dancer", a comedy-drama about a summer camp for teenagers affected by cancer. "The Last of Us" star plays Ivy, an isolated 17-year-old in remission fro...
Aug 12, 2026
Shelved no more: 'Coyote Vs. Acme' brings Looney Tunes back to big screen
By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Director Dave Green told Reuters it was a "crazy miracle" that the live-action animated Looney Tunes comedy "Coyote Vs. Acme" finally secured a 2026 release date after being shelved in 2023. "We saw ...
Aug 12, 2026

