Eric Mayer

1 month ago | keloland.com | Eric Mayer |Maddie Paul

UPDATED: 6:15 p.m. SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – Police continue to investigate an officer-involved shooting in western Sioux Falls Tuesday afternoon. At 4:50 p.m. Sioux Falls Police Department spokesman Sam Clemens said police are investigating a shooting incident and people should avoid 12th Street from Western Avenue to Kiwanis Avenue. At 5:11 p.m. Clemens confirmed the shooting involved an officer near 12th Street and Elmwood Avenue.

1 month ago | keloland.com | Eric Mayer

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – A lawsuit has been filed against a new petition deadline passed by state lawmakers and signed into law last week by Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden. House Bill 1184 passed the House 59-9 and passed the Senate 19-15 before being signed into law by Rhoden on March 25. The bill amends the filing deadline for proposed ballot measures from six months ahead of a November election to nine months ahead of a November election.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Eric Mayer

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – A lawsuit has been filed against a new petition deadline passed by state lawmakers and signed into law last week by Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden. Jury chosen in DSS embezzlement trial House Bill 1184 passed the House 59-9 and passed the Senate 19-15 before being signed into law by Rhoden on March 25. The bill amends the filing deadline for proposed ballot measures from six months ahead of a November election to nine months ahead of a November election.

1 month ago | keloland.com | Cale Engelkes |Eric Mayer

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – Two people have been found dead at the scene of a house fire in Wessington Springs, the South Dakota Attorney General’s office announced Friday. According to the AG’s office, two bodies were found at a house fire scene in Wessington Springs. The fire was reported at 11:30 p.m. Thursday night and the bodies were recovered on Friday.

1 month ago | keloland.com | Eric Mayer

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – A 21-year-old Brandon man faces charges of aggravated assault and vehicular battery after a fight sprawled into downtown Sioux Falls early Friday morning. According to Sioux Falls Police Department spokesman Sam Clemens, Sean Matthew Gottschalk, of Brandon, was arrested shortly after midnight Friday. Gottschalk is accused of stabbing a man in the chest and then hitting another person with his car near the parking ramp along 10th Street.