Jacob Newton

1 week ago | keloland.com | Jacob Newton

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The dam road is closed at Gavins Point, shut down for maintenance of the dam road and dam gates. But what is all this work, and why does it matter? “I’d like to address a lot of angst in the public. Why do we have the road closed across Gavins Point Dam and spillway,” said Michael Welch, power plant superintendent for Gavins Point with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

1 week ago | keloland.com | Jacob Newton

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Sioux Falls is a growing city, and growing along with it is its need for caffeine. There are many places to get coffee in the city, from fast food to sit-down restaurants, but how many coffee shops are there? The simple answer? 66. This shakes out to about one coffee shop for every 3,107 Sioux Falls residentsThat number does not take into account various fast food spots or gas stations, but rather coffee kiosks, shops, and cafes that make coffee their main attraction.

1 week ago | keloland.com | Jacob Newton

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2 weeks ago | keloland.com | Jacob Newton

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The Sioux Falls School District (SFSD) has closed down its Elementary Immersion Center (EIC), which had been housed at Jane Addams Elementary along with All City Elementary, citing a projected drop in newly arrived immigrant families.

2 weeks ago | keloland.com | Jacob Newton

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Work is currently underway on phase two of the South Veterans Parkway project, and the work of the week is ‘dirt’. Specifically, 1.2 million cubic yards of dirt which Sioux Falls principal engineer Mike Heiberger says is being stripped and hauled out of the site. Heiberger says the contractor got started on the project around the end of March/beginning of April.