Sports News
Mariners reinstate OF Randy Arozarena (hamstring) from IL
The Seattle Mariners activated outfielder Randy Arozarena from the 10-day injured list prior to Tuesday's road game against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Arozarena has been sidelined with a left hamstring strain since being injured against the Washington ...
9h ago
Royals place All-Star 3B Maikel Garcia (hand) on 10-day injured list
The Kansas City Royals placed third baseman Maikel Garcia on the 10-day injured list on Tuesday because of muscle strain in his left hand. In a corresponding move, the Royals recalled utility infielder Josh Rojas from Triple-A Omaha. Garcia, 26, sai...
9h ago
Soccer-England fail to break down stubborn Ghana in 0-0 draw
By William Schomberg FOXBOROUGH, Massachusetts, June 23 (Reuters) - England failed to find a way through a resolute Ghana side and had to settle for a 0-0 draw in their second World Cup Group L match on Tuesday, a result which left both sides well pla...
9h ago
Soccer-Nothing impossible against Mexico despite Azteca challenge, says Czech coach
By Janina Nuno Rios MEXICO CITY, June 23 (Reuters) - Czech coach Miroslav Koubek said his side must ignore Mexico's formidable World Cup record at the Azteca Stadium and keep believing in their dream of reaching the knockout stage when the teams meet ...
9h ago
Falcons agree on 3-year, $54M deal with TE Kyle Pitts
The Atlanta Falcons agreed to a three-year, $54 million deal with tight end Kyle Pitts on Tuesday that includes a reported $36 million fully guaranteed, Pitts' agents told ESPN. The $18 million average annual value is the third-highest in NFL histor...
10h ago
Top News

Coyotes travel to Brookings to face rival Jackrabbits
BROOKINGS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- It's rivalry day in South Dakota. The Coyotes are in Brookings tonight to square off with the rival Jackrabbits. The Yotes come in ranked number four and the Jacks are ranked number three in the nation. Kickoff is at 6:30. You can hear the Coyote broadcast on 95.7 KQSF, or listen to the Ja...
Oct 26, 2024

Cougars travel to Wayne State to battle the Wildcats
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls (6-2, 5-2 NSIC) continues to receive votes in the AFCA Coaches' Poll as they hit the road to take on Wayne State (6-1, 5-1 NSIC) this weekend in Wayne, Nebraska. Kickoff is at 12 noon. You can hear the game on KWSN 98.1
Oct 26, 2024

Augie to collide with Minnesota State in Mankato
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The No. 25-ranked Augustana football team (5-2 overall, 5-1 NSIC) travels east for a Top-25 showdown against No. 13 Minnesota State on Saturday afternoon. Kickoff is slated for 1 p.m. The Vikings and Mavericks will meet for the 55th time in series history with the Mavericks leading 28-2...
Oct 26, 2024

Stampede overpower Storm 7-5
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The Stampede weather a high-scoring game against the Tri-City Storm to take home the win. Newcomers Jake Merens and Ben Willmott made a statement while Stampede returner Gennadi Chaly earned three points to push the Stampede to a 7-5 win. Sioux Falls and Tri-City are back in action Satur...
Oct 19, 2024

Coyotes travel to Youngstown to take on the Penguins
YOUNGSTOWN, OH (KELO.com) -- The No. 4-ranked University of South Dakota football team (5-1, 3-0 MVFC) takes their four-game win streak into the eastern time zone for their second Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) road trip of the season when they face the Youngstown State Penguins (2-5, 1-2 MVFC) at 5:00 p.m....
Oct 19, 2024
Local News

Sioux Falls School Board adopts opt out - "School tax bill will decrease"
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The Sioux Falls School board has unanimously approved opting out of property tax limitations to meet the needs of next year's budget. But, the amount of the opt out will be smaller than last year, so the school's portion of tax bills will be lower. Dawn Marie Johnson chaired last night's...
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Two accused in immigration case reach plea deals
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Plea bargains are on the table in the Hibachi Grill case in Sioux Falls. A man named Peter and a woman named Helen are pleading guilty to two charges, including employing illegal aliens. Four people connected with the Hibachi Grill restaurant were arrested last year. There's no word on ...
14h ago
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Sioux Falls runoff elections
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- We'll soon know who the new leaders will be for the city of Sioux Falls over the next several years. Christine Erickson and Jamie Smith are in a runoff for Mayor. James Oppenheimer and Vince Danh are in the other city-wide runoff for an at-large council spot. Zak Okuwe and Zach DeBoer f...
14h ago
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SDSU Women's Soccer to get a new home
BROOKINGS, SD (KELO.com) -- The SDSU women's soccer program is getting a new home. Dakota Layers and the Ramsdell family provided the largest investment in school history for a women's athletics only initiative, making the new facility possible. It will be located just east of Dana Dykhouse Stadium.
15h ago

Lincoln County Commission adopts framework to fill vacant commission seat
CANTON, SD (KELO.com) -- Lincoln County Commissioners have laid the groundwork for selecting a new commissioner. Betty Otten resigned last Thursday, citing health concerns. Lincoln County residents who want to fill the vacancy have until next Monday to submit a letter of interest. Commissioners plan to hold open int...
15h ago
State News

SD gold production down, revenues up
BLACK HILLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Production was down, but revenues were up for South Dakota's only active, large-scale gold mine last year. Wharf Mine produced over 97-thousand ounces of gold, selling $334-million worth of gold. The company paid the state nearly $17-million in severance taxes during the year.
Jun 22, 2026
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Cattlemen's Foundation Gala raises funds for Feeding South Dakota
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The South Dakota Cattlemen's Foundation celebrated its 13th annual Prime Time Gala over the weekend, raising funds for Feeding South Dakota. The organization has donated over $3-million since the start of the event. The effort helps provide beef for families who need help across the stat...
Jun 22, 2026

Drought conditions persist - appearances deceiving
UNDATED (KELO.com) -- They're calling it a 'green drought'. Southern South Dakota is short on moisture, even though crops look healthy. They look healthy, but SDSU Extension Field Specialist Heather Gessner says there isn't enough moisture to generate strong crop production. The Extension Service is meeting with far...
Jun 22, 2026

Literacy Summit focuses on Science of Reading curriculum
MITCHELL, SD (KELO.com) -- A thousand educators are gathered in Mitchell for the State Education Department's Literacy Summit. The state adopted curriculum known as the science of reading, which has helped improve reading skills in other states. The Summit is designed to build enthusiasm about literacy.
Jun 17, 2026

South Dakota maintains AAA debt rating
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- South Dakota debt is Triple-A quality according to Standard and Poor's Rating. Governor Larry Rhoden says the rating is due to the state's balanced budgets and stable financial performance. The Triple-A rating is the highest awarded by S & P.
Jun 17, 2026
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National News
US House overwhelmingly backs affordable housing bill
WASHINGTON, June 23 (Reuters) - Bipartisan legislation that aims to speed the construction of more affordable housing in the United States was headed to passage in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday. The measure passed the Senate o...
9h ago
Soccer-Dallas artisan gives cowboy hat a World Cup twist
By Michael Church DALLAS, June 23 (Reuters) - Nothing says Texas like a cowboy hat and, as World Cup fans have flocked to the Lone Star state, one Dallas-based bespoke milliner has sought to meet the very specific headwear demands of his new-found inte...
9h ago
'Today' co-anchor Savannah Guthrie pleads for answers to missing mother's fate
By Steve Gorman June 23 (Reuters) - National television host Savannah Guthrie took time on her morning news show on Tuesday to appeal to the public once more for answers to the fate of her mother, missing since a presumed abduction over four months ago...
10h ago
US Senate joins House in voting to halt Iran war, rebuking Trump
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, June 23 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate backed legislation on Tuesday directing President Donald Trump to halt U.S. military action against Iran, the latest rebuke of the Republican president from an increasingly restive Co...
10h ago
Google's YouTube settles case over social media harm to children, plaintiff's lawyers say
By Diana Novak Jones June 23 (Reuters) - Google's YouTube has settled with a minor who claimed the platform caused mental health harms, the plaintiff's lawyers said, ahead of a second California trial over claims the design of social media sites has ...
10h ago
World News
Ukraine submits updated bid for OECD membership, Zelenskiy says
June 24 (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that Ukraine had submitted a revised application to join the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), a club of mostly advanced economies, as Kyiv pursues closer ...
9h ago
'Today' co-anchor Savannah Guthrie pleads for answers to missing mother's fate
By Steve Gorman June 23 (Reuters) - National television host Savannah Guthrie took time on her morning news show on Tuesday to appeal to the public once more for answers to the fate of her mother, missing since a presumed abduction over four months ago...
10h ago
US Senate joins House in voting to halt Iran war, rebuking Trump
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, June 23 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate backed legislation on Tuesday directing President Donald Trump to halt U.S. military action against Iran, the latest rebuke of the Republican president from an increasingly restive Co...
10h ago
North Korea should build two warships a year in next five years, Kim says
SEOUL, June 24 (Reuters) - North Korea should build two warships as large as its 5,000-metric-ton Choe Hyon vessel every year in the next five years, leader Kim Jong Un said at a commissioning ceremony of a destroyer on Tuesday, according to state me...
10h ago
Libya's eastern government bans entry of nationals from four African countries
BENGHAZI, June 23 (Reuters) - Libya's eastern-based government on Tuesday banned the entry of nationals of four African countries, a decision a government source said was due to a "reorganization of foreign nationals' entry to Libya". "Citizens of Su...
12h ago
Business News
Bessent says US supply chains must be able to withstand shocks, coercion
June 23 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Thursday that the Trump administration aimed to build enough supply chain capacity to allow critical industries to withstand economic shocks, pandemics, wars, coercion from adversaries...
9h ago
UK employers scale back pay expectations for 2027, Brightmine survey shows
June 24 (Reuters) - British employers expect to scale back pay increases markedly next year, according to a survey on Wednesday from human resources data firm Brightmine that added to signs of a cooling labour market. About 42% of employers surveyed ...
9h ago
Consolidated Edison CEO says grid equipment must expand for longer heat waves
By Laila Kearney and Pranav Mathur June 23 (Reuters) - Consolidated Edison CEO Tim Cawley, speaking at the Reuters Global Energy Forum in New York on Tuesday, said the utility must upsize parts of its grid equipment to withstand longer and hotter h...
9h ago
Google's YouTube settles case over social media harm to children, plaintiff's lawyers say
By Diana Novak Jones June 23 (Reuters) - Google's YouTube has settled with a minor who claimed the platform caused mental health harms, the plaintiff's lawyers said, ahead of a second California trial over claims the design of social media sites has ...
10h ago
US presses Meta to agree to AI reviews as security concerns rise, NYT reports
June 23 (Reuters) - The Trump administration is pressing Meta to submit its AI models for voluntary review, which would allow the government to evaluate their abilities and vulnerabilities, the New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing four people f...
11h ago
Health News
US provides Ebola treatment for outbreak in Congo, bringing trials closer
By Mariam Sunny, Siddhi Mahatole and Jennifer Rigby June 23 (Reuters) - The U.S. has provided doses of an experimental antibody drug from Mapp Biopharmaceutical for use in clinical trials to fight the widening Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of C...
15h ago
China outpacing Europe in drug innovation and development, Pfizer executive says
By Maggie Fick BRUSSELS, June 23 (Reuters) - China has pulled ahead of Europe in pharmaceutical innovation and drug development, a senior Pfizer executive said on Tuesday. China has become a major source of new medicines and clinical research, reshap...
16h ago
Eli Lilly says Trump pricing policy will affect obesity drug launches in Europe
By Maggie Fick BRUSSELS, June 23 (Reuters) - Eli Lilly expects to launch its weight-loss pill in Europe and Britain in the second half of 2026 or early 2027, with the drugmaker targeting the out-of-pocket telehealth market as it has done in the Unite...
16h ago
Ebola cases in Congo reach highest first-month total of any outbreak, WHO says
By Emma Farge and AyenDeng Bior NAIROBI, June 23 (Reuters) - Congo's Ebola outbreak has the largest number of confirmed cases within the first month of any episode of the disease, a senior World Health Organization official told a briefing on Tuesday,...
19h ago
Europe must rethink medicine pricing or risk losing investments, pharma lobby chief says
By Maggie Fick BRUSSELS, June 23 (Reuters) - Europe will need to rethink how it values and pays for innovative medicines or risk losing manufacturing investments and clinical trials, the head of Europe's pharmaceutical industry lobby said on Tuesday,...
20h ago
Science News
Firefly Aerospace expected to secure $110 million US EXIM loan, document shows
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON, June 23 (Reuters) - Rocket and spacecraft maker Firefly Aerospace is expected to secure a $110 million U.S. Export-Import Bank (EXIM) loan that would help fund the company's expansion of spacecraft production facilities in...
Jun 23, 2026
China's Starlink rival launches new fundraising round, state media says
BEIJING, June 22 (Reuters) - China's low Earth orbit satellite company SpaceSail, widely seen as a challenger to Elon Musk's Starlink, has launched a new round of fundraising, state media Securities Times reported on Monday. Here are more details: • ...
Jun 22, 2026
Satellite observations detect 'urban pulse' of six global cities
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, June 18 (Reuters) - While a city is not a living organism, it behaves very much like one. Its metabolic processes may be manifested in growth spurts, metamorphosis over time and even decay. Researchers using satellite imagery...
Jun 18, 2026
EQT buys Berlin-based SpaceX satellite launch partner Exolaunch
By Anousha Sakoui LONDON, June 18 (Reuters) - Private equity fund EQT is acquiring Berlin-based space company Exolaunch, which helps satellite companies launch into orbit by partnering with rocket operators such as Elon Musk's SpaceX. The deal, annou...
Jun 18, 2026
Oldest-known plague outbreak came 5,500 years ago in Siberia
By Will Dunham June 17 (Reuters) - About 5,500 years ago, bands of hunter-gatherers inhabited the Lake Baikal region in Siberia, sustained by rich resources including prey such as elk, deer, moose, fish, seals and rodents called marmots. These people b...
Jun 17, 2026
Technology News
Google's YouTube settles case over social media harm to children, plaintiff's lawyers say
By Diana Novak Jones June 23 (Reuters) - Google's YouTube has settled with a minor who claimed the platform caused mental health harms, the plaintiff's lawyers said, ahead of a second California trial over claims the design of social media sites has ...
10h ago
US presses Meta to agree to AI reviews as security concerns rise, NYT reports
June 23 (Reuters) - The Trump administration is pressing Meta to submit its AI models for voluntary review, which would allow the government to evaluate their abilities and vulnerabilities, the New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing four people f...
11h ago
Cerebras shares drop on earnings debut, with margins below AI chip rivals
By Stephen Nellis and Juby Babu June 23 (Reuters) - Cerebras Systems on Tuesday forecast 2026 revenue that beat Wall Street estimates, but shares sank as the company's gross margin forecast confirmed it will be an uphill battle to challenge AI chip l...
11h ago
GameStop CEO Cohen spurns $35 billion pay plan to focus on plan to buy eBay
By Jaspreet Singh and Svea Herbst-Bayliss June 23 (Reuters) - Ryan Cohen, the billionaire CEO of GameStop, will not receive a potential performance award from the videogame retailer and plans to unveil more details about his bid to take over eBay soon...
12h ago
US Commerce Secretary signals possible action on Chinese robots after review, Politico reports
June 23 (Reuters) - U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told executives at a closed-door meeting Monday that his department is studying Chinese state-subsidized robotics imports and signaled the administration could take action once the review...
12h ago
Entertainment News
Louis Vuitton designer Pharrell Williams borrows from California surf culture as heatwave hits Paris
PARIS, June 23 (Reuters) - Pop singer-songwriter and Louis Vuitton designer Pharrell Williams made a giant artificial waterfall the backdrop of his 2027 spring-summer collection on Tuesday, kicking off Paris fashion week just as a record-breaking hea...
10h ago
Soccer-World Cup turnout defies concerns, as Americans flock for the spectacle
By Nicholas P. Brown NEW YORK, June 23 (Reuters) - World Cup attendances are on track for record highs despite daunting ticket prices and Trump administration travel restrictions. Experts say it is less a reflection of America's fondness for soccer, an...
12h ago
Soccer-Leweling to get Brazilian Ronaldo's triangle fringe haircut if Germany win World Cup
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, June 23 (Reuters) - Germany's Jamie Leweling promised on Tuesday he would cut his hair into the triangle fringe made popular in 2002 by Brazil's Ronaldo, after the midfielder changed his profile picture on social media w...
13h ago
'Ride or Die' TV series roots road trip action-comedy in female duo's bond
By Hanna Rantala LONDON, June 22 (Reuters) - Octavia Spencer and Hannah Waddingham's new TV series "Ride or Die" blends big action, comedy and a "unique" buddy pairing, the two actors, who also executive produced the show, say. The series centres on l...
Jun 23, 2026
Clive Davis, towering music executive who reshaped American sound, dies at 94
By Bill Trott June 22 (Reuters) - Clive Davis, a former corporate lawyer who became one of the most influential figures in American rock and pop music as he fostered the careers of Bob Dylan, Whitney Houston, Bruce Springsteen and other stars, has died...
Jun 22, 2026



