Tyler Louder

4 days ago | keloland.com | Tyler Louder

Rapid City, S.D. (KELO) — For the past 61 years, the South Dakota Wildlife Federation’s Youth Conservation Camp has been teaching high school students about conservation efforts and helping them learn new outdoor skills. Each day at camp, these students get to learn and work on new conservation skills. “They know about the right and wrong of conservation. And to do things for the animals, for the wildlife to preserve it.

6 days ago | keloland.com | Tyler Louder

Black Hills, S.D. (KELO) –After more than 18 months, the Sugar Shack in the Black Hills is back up and running. And the western South Dakota business is off to a strong start. The Sugar Shack’s owner says it’s been a weight off his shoulders to be back in business. “It feels amazing, all the amazing support we had this weekend, it was crazy, record breaking days everyday. It was awesome to feel all the love when everyone came in.

1 week ago | keloland.com | Tyler Louder

Rapid City, S.D. (KELO) — Black Hills Energy is planning to roll out a Public Safety Power Shutoff program, which could lead to utilities and power outages in the Black Hills. The goal of Black Hills Energy’s Public Safety Power Shutoff program is to avoid causing or spreading a wildfire. “What we would do is essentially be watching out weather reports, look at our data of our real-time mapping, then we’d make a decision on if there is an extreme situation.

1 week ago | keloland.com | Tyler Louder

Wall, S.D. (KELO) — Any trip this summer to the Black Hills needs to have Wall, South Dakota, on a places to see list. This town sees thousands of visitors each day. For many, summer kicks off after Memorial Day Weekend. However, for Wall, guests start arriving as early as late April. “Kind of preparing people to stop here in Wall, but once they get here we definitely have the Badlands and that’s well known.

1 week ago | keloland.com | Tyler Louder

Rapid City, S.D. (KELO) -The Summer Meal Program at the Club for Boys kicked off today in Rapid City. Over the summer, it will provide free breakfast and lunch to kids 18 and under. Thanks to a grant from the Black Hills Area Community Foundation, parents who come with their kids also receive a free meal this summer for the first time. “If a parent doesn’t want to bring their kids down for lunch, then sometimes those kids aren’t going to eat.