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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
Sports News
PSG launches sports innovation accelerator programme at Station F site
PARIS (Reuters) - Paris St Germain said on Wednesday it would create a sports innovation accelerator programme at Station F, which says it is the world's largest start up incubator site located in the French capital. "PSG will provide entrepreneurs...
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Atlanta Drive top New York Golf Club for inaugural TGL title
Atlanta Drive GC staged an unlikely comeback from a steep deficit to win the inaugural TGL championship in style, 4-3 over New York Golf Club on Tuesday night in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. After failing to win any of the first 11 holes and falling behin...
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Bucks star Damian Lillard sidelined with deep vein thrombosis
Milwaukee Bucks star guard Damian Lillard has deep vein thrombosis in his right calf, the team announced Tuesday. According to the Bucks, Lillard is on a blood-thinning medication that has stabilized his condition and he will continue to undergo testi...
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Reports: Richard Pitino to coach Xavier, join Rick in Big East
Xavier is turning to Richard Pitino as its next head basketball coach, several outlets reported Tuesday night. Pitino, who spent the past four seasons at New Mexico, replaces Sean Miller, who left for the Texas job earlier this week. It also means Pi...
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Soccer-Brazil humiliated 4-1 by bitter rivals Argentina
(Reuters) - Brazil were humiliated 4-1 by bitter rivals Argentina in South American World Cup qualifiers on Tuesday as the pressure mounted on manager Dorival Jr after his side were comprehensively outplayed and fortunate not to lose by more. After...
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Local News

Construction begins on two year project
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- When it's complete, it will be the largest intersection in the state of South Dakota - but it will take two years to build. Construction begins tomorrow of the intersection at Arrowhead and Veterans Parkways on the east side of Sioux Falls. Traffic flow will be cut off east of the inters...
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Minnehaha County issues burn ban as drought worsens
MINNEHAHA COUNTY, SD (KELO.com) -- The Minnehaha County Commission took action this morning to issue a burn ban for rural parts of the county. Fire agencies have been called extinguish numerous grass fires this month as drought conditions grow worse. The burn ban will stay in effect until there' significant rainfall,...
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SD Supreme Court hears prison case
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- The South Dakota Supreme Court heard arguments late this morning in a lawsuit over a proposed new prison in Lincoln County. Grant Flynn of the Attorney General's office represented the state in the case. Attorney A.J. Swanson, the attorney for landowners who filed suit to stop the prison plans...
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Sioux Falls School Board members critical of legislature
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The South Dakota Legislature gets poor grades from the Sioux Falls School Board on the just-completed legislative session. The District tracked 73 bills through the legislative process. Six of the seven bills it supported passed, while 39 of the measures it opposed failed. Still, Board ...
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Coroner waiting for lab results in death investigation
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls police are waiting for a ruling from the county coroner on the death of a 36-year old man on the city's south side from earlier this month. It's possible the case could become the city's third homicide investigation of the year. Information Officer Sam Clemens says the detect...
Mar 24, 2025
State News

SD 2nd in nation for number of bird flu cases
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- Bird flu is taking a heavy toll on South Dakota poultry farms. The state ranks second in the nation for outbreaks according to a report by South Dakota News Watch. More than six-million birds have died or been destroyed due to the outbreak. State health officials say the bird flu is also lik...
Mar 24, 2025
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Lawmakers waiting to hear Governor's ideas on property tax relief
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- South Dakota lawmakers are waiting to hear what Governor Larry Rhoden has in mind to provide property tax relief. Legislators passed a bill this year to limit property valuation assessments over the next five years, but admit that doesn't reduce property taxes. Republican Representative Karla...
Mar 24, 2025

Death row inmate loses appeal
RAPID CITY, SD (KELO.com) -- A South Dakota Death Row inmate has lost his most recent appeal as he fights his death sentence. Briley Piper was convicted of torturing and killing Chester Poage near Spearfish 25 years ago. Attorney General Marty Jackley says Piper has refused to take responsibility or show remorse for...
Mar 24, 2025
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Sen. Rounds calls for Violent Crime Reduction Commission for reservations
WASHINGTON, DC (KELO.com) -- Senator Mike Rounds hopes the Trump Administration will be more responsive in efforts to reduce crime on reservations. The Senator says the Biden Administration didn't respond to his calls for a Violent Crime Reduction Commission, which has support from tribal leaders. He says some tribes...
Mar 24, 2025

Voter group ready to circulate petitions on Constitutional Amendment process
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- We could see a ballot referendum dealing with ballot measures on constitutional amendments. A group called the Voter Defense Association is expected to launch a campaign petition today to refer a bill passed by the South Dakota Legislature. The bill would change requirements for placing ...
Mar 21, 2025
National News
Indonesia steps up handing confiscated palm plantations to state company
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian authorities will hand over more land that has been seized in probes into illegal palm plantations to the new state company Agrinas Palma Nusantara, officials said on Wednesday, as part of a push to clean up the indust...
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China's glacier area shrinks by 26% over six decades
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's glacier area has shrunk by 26% since 1960 due to rapid global warming, with 7,000 small glaciers disappearing completely and glacial retreat intensifying in recent years, official data released in March showed. Glacier...
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Trump signs election order calling for proof of U.S. citizenship to vote
By Steve Holland and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday that would require voters to prove they are U.S. citizens and attempts to prevent states from counting mail-in ballots received after...
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Trump indicates colleague of Waltz added journalist's number to group chat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump indicated on Tuesday that a colleague who worked for national security adviser Mike Waltz had been involved in adding a journalist to a secret group discussion by U.S. officials about sensitive war...
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Delaware lawmakers to vote on corporate bill critics call giveaway to billionaires
By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, DEL. (Reuters) - Delaware lawmakers are scheduled to vote on Tuesday to overhaul the state's corporate law to keep powerful business leaders like Mark Zuckerberg from moving their companies' legal home to another state, alth...
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World News
Russia launches drone attack on Ukraine port providing access to Black Sea, officials say
(Reuters) - Russia launched an overnight drone attack on the Ukrainian port of Mykolaiv that provides the country with access to the Black Sea and struck Kryvyi Rih in what Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday was the war's biggest drone attack on...
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South Korea court reverses opposition leader's election law conviction
SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean appeals court reversed on Wednesday a lower court's ruling and found main opposition leader Lee Jae-myung not guilty of violating the election law, removing a barrier that could have blocked him from running for pre...
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Australian senator wields dead salmon in Parliament to protest farming laws
By Christine Chen SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian senator pulled out a large, dead fish in Parliament on Wednesday to protest the government's proposed laws that would safeguard controversial salmon farms in a heritage-listed inlet in the state of...
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Russia says it downed two Ukrainian drones over Black Sea
(Reuters) - Russia's defence units destroyed nine Ukrainian drones overnight, including two over the waters of the Black Sea, the Russian defence ministry said on Wednesday. The United States reached separate deals on Tuesday with Ukraine and Russi...
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China's glacier area shrinks by 26% over six decades
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's glacier area has shrunk by 26% since 1960 due to rapid global warming, with 7,000 small glaciers disappearing completely and glacial retreat intensifying in recent years, official data released in March showed. Glacier...
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Business News
Tesla says it will launch in Saudi Arabia next month
RIYADH (Reuters) - Tesla will launch in Saudi Arabia early next month, according to a post announcing the opening on the company's website. Elon Musk's EV brand trades in other countries in the Middle East, but not in Saudi Arabia, the Gulf region'...
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Warsaw Stock Exchange's core profit rises on record revenue growth
GDANSK (Reuters) - The Warsaw Stock Exchange reported a more than 2% year-on-year increase in full-year core profit late on Tuesday, primarily driven by higher sales revenue from strong growth in the stock markets. WHY IT'S IMPORTANT The WSE is the...
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ECB must be pragmatic, data driven in setting rates, Panetta says
ROME (Reuters) - The European Central Bank must be pragmatic and data-driven in setting its interest rates, governing council member Fabio Panetta said on Wednesday in a letter to the Financial Times. Panetta, who is the governor of the Bank of Ita...
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Taiwan defends trade, currency record ahead of possible US tariffs
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's central bank on Wednesday defended the island's trade and currency record ahead of possible tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump, saying the high current account surplus was a structural problem and Washington unders...
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Singapore February manufacturing output falls 1.3% y/y, electronics and pharma lead decline
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's manufacturing output in February fell 1.3% from the same period a year earlier, bucking expectations of growth due mainly due to a steep decline in the biomedical sector, official data showed on Wednesday. Analysts...
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Health News
Bangladesh reports first bird flu outbreak on farm since 2018, WOAH says
PARIS (Reuters) - Bangladesh reported a first outbreak of highly pathogenic bird flu on a farm since 2018, the World Organisation for Animal Health said on Tuesday, citing local authorities. Highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called bird f...
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Measles cases rise to 43 in New Mexico, state health department says
(Reuters) -Measles cases in New Mexico rose to 43 on Tuesday, the state health department said, reporting an additional case since its previous report four days ago. Most of the cases were reported in Lea County, which is located adjacent to Gaines cou...
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US FDA approves GSK's urinary tract infection drug
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved GSK's drug for a common type of urinary tract infection (UTI) in women and adolescent girls, one of five new approvals the British drugmaker has been expecting this year. The antibiot...
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Isle of Man becomes first of British Isles to pass assisted dying bill
By Sam Tabahriti LONDON (Reuters) -The Isle of Man, a self-governing British Crown Dependency off northwest England, on Tuesday approved a bill that would allow terminally ill adults the right to choose to end their own lives. The bill would give resid...
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New York Attorney General urges 23andMe users to delete their data
(Reuters) - New York Attorney General Letitia James urged customers of 23andMe on Tuesday to delete their accounts and protect their data after the DNA-testing company filed for bankruptcy over the weekend. "New Yorkers' genetic data is sensitive i...
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Science News
Weird Mongolian dinosaur wielded 'big, sharp and nasty' claws
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - Fossils unearthed during construction of a water pipeline in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia have revealed one of the oddest members of a rather strange group of dinosaurs, a creature whose two-fingered hands sport a pair of ...
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Firefly Aerospace selects Blue Origin unit to explore volcanic formations on moon
(Reuters) - Firefly Aerospace has partnered with Blue Origin's Honeybee Robotics to supply a rover for its third lunar mission in 2028 to study the Gruithuisen Domes, the Texas-based rocket maker said on Monday. The agreement with Honeybee Robotics...
Mar 24, 2025
German space startup postpones rocket launch from Norway
OSLO (Reuters) - German startup Isar Aerospace said on Monday it has postponed the launch of a space rocket from Norway due to adverse weather conditions and will try again at a later time. The Spectrum rocket is intended to become the first orbita...
Mar 24, 2025
Swiss scientists hope to save biggest glacier in the Alps even as ice loss accelerates
By Cecile Mantovani and Denis Balibouse JUNGFRAUJOCH, Switzerland (Reuters) - The biggest glacier in the Alps could yet be partially saved if global warming is capped below two degrees Celsius, Swiss scientists said on Friday, although significant ...
Mar 21, 2025
Japan's space debris firm Astroscale to tie up with India's Digantara, Bellatrix Aerospace
By Kantaro Komiya and Nivedita Bhattacharjee TOKYO/BENGALURU (Reuters) - Japan's Astroscale, a company specialised in removing orbital junk, has agreed with Bengaluru-based space companies Digantara and Bellatrix Aerospace to collaborate on techno...
Mar 21, 2025
Technology News
Grab seeks $2 billion loan for possible GoTo takeover, Bloomberg News reports
Singapore-headquartered Grab is seeking to raise a loan of up to $2 billion to support its potential takeover of Indonesia's GoTo, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday citing people familiar with the matter. (Reporting by Sherin Sunny in Bengaluru; Ed...
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Pension fund AustralianSuper exits software firm WiseTech Global
(Reuters) - AustralianSuper has sold its stake in logistics software giant WiseTech Global because of governance issues within the firm, the country's largest pension fund said on Wednesday. The pension fund did not disclose financial details of th...
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Vietnam to allow SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's government said on Wednesday it will allow SpaceX to launch its Starlink satellite internet service on a trial basis in the country. There is no limit on foreign ownership of the service, the government said in a stateme...
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Analysis-European investors say clock is ticking for AI adopters to deliver
By Lucy Raitano LONDON (Reuters) - European companies that are spending big on generative artificial intelligence need to start showing returns on their massive outlays by next year, or risk investors losing patience after they paid sky-high prices...
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Anduril says AI start-up sees good 'vibes' from new Trump Pentagon
By Kirsty Needham AVALON (Reuters) - Anduril president Christian Bose said the AI-powered defence start-up, whose founder left Facebook over his early support of Donald Trump, has good "vibes" about the Trump administration's shakeup of defence and...
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Entertainment News
K-pop group TXT energised and excited for European tour debut
By Natasha Mulenga and Hanna Rantala LONDON (Reuters) - Popular K-pop group Tomorrow X Together, also known as TXT, is making its European tour debut feeling inspired and more connected after two months away from the spotlight, its members said. Th...
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Actor Depardieu admits in court to grabbing woman by hips, denies assault
By Juliette Jabkhiro PARIS (Reuters) - French movie star Gerard Depardieu admitted in court on Tuesday to grabbing by the hips a woman who accuses him of sexual assault, but denied this was assault and said any crude comments he may have made were ...
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French actor Depardieu expected in court for sexual assault trial
By Dominique Vidalon PARIS (Reuters) - French actor Gerard Depardieu was expected in court as his trial over alleged sexual assaults on a film set begins on Monday, a case placing one of the world's best known movie stars at the heart of France's b...
Mar 24, 2025
Conan O'Brien receives Mark Twain humor prize at revamped Kennedy Center
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Conan O'Brien takes home the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on Sunday but the spotlight will be as much on the Kennedy Center, where he will be accepting the prize, as the Emmy-winning comedian himself. O'B...
Mar 23, 2025
Tom Cruise, Superman and 'Avatar' hold keys to 2025 box office
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Tom Cruise takes on what may be his final "Mission: Impossible," a new Superman will wear the red cape, and the record-setting "Avatar" sci-fi series will return to movie theaters this year. Those films and ...
Mar 21, 2025