Karlee Phillips

2 weeks ago | keloland.com | Karlee Phillips

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Nearly 200 South Dakota Air National Guard members have returned home safely from a mission that started in 2023. It spanned across three different regions of the world. “Our main mission was to generate and sustain combat air power from a base in the Middle East. That entailed providing security and stability throughout the region,” Deployment Chief of Staff Jessica Bak said. The final group returned in April from a six-month deployment.

3 weeks ago | keloland.com | Karlee Phillips

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – A 20-year-old Pennsylvania man is headed to the penitentiary for shooting a man in South Dakota. On Thursday, a judge sentenced Victor Rios to 18-years behind bars for attempted murder and assault. In May of last year, Rios and three others received marijuana from a 24-year-old man outside a Sioux Falls restaurant and drove off without paying for it.

3 weeks ago | keloland.com | Karlee Phillips

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – Project Prison Reset’s task force is recommending existing Department of Corrections facilities or the Worthing or Mitchell areas for new men’s prison construction. Mitchell city leaders want the group to consider Davison County. City leaders from Mitchell said they’ve already gathered support when it comes to listing Davison County as a possible location. “The chamber and development corporations both passed resolutions separately to bring a prison to Mitchell.

3 weeks ago | keloland.com | Karlee Phillips

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – A woman charged in a deadly 2024 shooting will be sentenced Monday morning in Sioux Falls. Savannah Randle, 34, has plead guilty to contributing to the delinquency of a minor and misprision of a felony. Both are misdemeanor charges. The judge sentenced Randle to three years behind bars. She received another year suspended. This means, if she gets in trouble after she’s released, she could face more time behind bars.

3 weeks ago | keloland.com | Karlee Phillips

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – Gage Matzen is on a 4,228-mile mission across America. “I’ve always loved big adventures that are physically tough,” Matzen said. The Tea, South Dakota native is biking the TransAmerica Trail, which begins in Yorktown, Virginia. He set off in early May, and he hopes to reach his final destination in Astoria, Oregon in early August. “I’m making good progress, I think. The days should pick up with mileage as well as the trip has been going on.