Skip to content
Avera Medical Minute
Local Guide
Someone You Should Know
Touchstone Energy Scholar of the Week
  • Home
  • Weather
  • Sports
  • Submit It
  • Livestream
  • Latest newscasts
  • Delays and Cancellations
  • Home
  • News
    • Agriculture
    • Crime
    • Economy
    • Education
    • Entertainment
    • International
    • National
    • Making A Difference
    • Regional
    • Science
    • State
    • Technology
  • Livestream
  • Weather
    • Interactive Radar
    • Sioux Falls
    • Northeast SD
    • Central SD
    • Delays and Cancellations
    • Skycam Network
    • Map Room
    • Road Conditions
  • Sports
    • Scoreboard
    • Athlete Of The Week
    • Play of the Week
    • Pigskin Preview
  • Politics
    • Election Results
    • National Election Maps
    • South Dakota Election Maps
    • Iowa Election Maps
    • Minnesota Election Maps
  • Morning
    • Mr. Food
    • Owning Your Outdoors
  • Community
    • Shop of the Week
  • Avera Medical Minute
  • Contact Us
    • Meet the Team
    • Careers at Dakota News Now
    • Careers at Gray
  • Community Calendar
  • Contests
  • Video
  • Local Guide
  • Advertise With Us
  • Ag Markets
  • COVID-19 Updates
  • COVID-19 Map
  • Someone You Should Know
  • Programming Schedule
  • Submit Photos and Video
  • Gray DC Bureau
  • Investigate TV
  • PowerNation
  • Circle Country Music and Lifestyle
  • Latest Newscasts
  • Press Releases

News

  • Agriculture
  • Crime
  • Economy
  • Education
  • Entertainment
  • International
  • National
  • Making A Difference
  • Regional
  • Science
  • State
  • Technology

News

Financial technology, or “Fintech” is one of the newest degree programs in the country. Fintech...

Augustana prepares to launch new Fintech program

Updated: 7 hours ago
|
By Dakota News Now staff
Financial technology, or “Fintech” is one of the newest degree programs in the country. Fintech combines the skills of finance and computer science to provide financial services electronically. Last week, Augustana announced that they would be launching a new Fintech program.

News

This happens every week at the W.H. Lyon Fairgrounds, and every week there is a constant stream...

Cars lined up four hours in advance of free food giveaway

Updated: 7 hours ago
|
By Dakota News Now staff
This happens every week at the W.H. Lyon Fairgrounds, and every week there is a constant stream of cars coming through. Most people are looking to get milk, eggs, bread and other staples.

News

The Adult Day Center of the Black Hills offers their clients cognitive activities,...

Adult day centers provide a home away from home for the elderly and disabled

Updated: 8 hours ago
|
By Cyle Clark
Adult day centers offer family members a break which allows them to maintain full-time jobs or run errands, or just relax.

News

The Alonzo Ward Hotel is now taking reservations for its 18 new boutique hotel rooms.

Historic Alonzo Ward Hotel in Aberdeen nods to past with new boutique hotel rooms

Updated: 11 hours ago
|
By Sarah Parkin
The Alonzo Ward Hotel opened in Aberdeen over a century ago, and it has now returned to its roots as a boutique hotel.

News

MallWalk returns to Sioux Empire Mall for 29th year

Updated: 11 hours ago
|
By Dakota News Now staff
MallWalk is back for it’s 29th annual Walk N Roll for Lifescape event on Saturday morning.

News

Rosebud Sioux tribal council votes to give itself $10k bonuses

Updated: 12 hours ago
|
By Austin Goss
The RST tribal council voted to give itself a “$10,000 lump salary increase for FY’23.” The money for the bonus comes from American Rescue Plan Act dollars.

News

Avera receives BIG funding to increase access to mental health services

Updated: 12 hours ago
|
By Dakota News Now staff
Behavioral health will play a larger role in primary care visits at Avera in Brookings County, thanks to a $100,000 grant awarded by the South Dakota Community Foundation.

News

MN Gov. Walz makes Juneteenth a holiday, bans hair discrimination

Updated: 12 hours ago
|
By Associated Press
Juneteeth will become a state holiday in Minnesota, under a bill signed by Gov. Tim Walz in a state where it’s now illegal to discriminate on the basis of hair texture or style.

News

Baltic family loses home in fire

Updated: 12 hours ago
|
By Dakota News Now staff
A family is homeless following an overnight house fire in Baltic.

News

Retired teachers fund scholarships through cookies

Updated: 13 hours ago
|
By Dakota News Now staff
Four retired teachers in Mitchell fund scholarships for students in their church through baking and selling Valentine’s Day desserts.
First Alert Regional Radar
First Alert Regional Radar

News

Organizers excited to bring back LifeLight festival after hiatus

Updated: 13 hours ago
|
By Cooper Seamer
LifeLight is returning to Sioux Falls and finding its new home downtown.

News

Attorney General, DCI to review officer-involved shooting in Rapid City

Updated: 13 hours ago
|
By Dakota News Now staff
Around noon on Friday, Rapid City police responded to a call of an armed robbery that turned into a hostage situation. After the subject refused to surrender, they were shot by one Rapid City officer.

News

New rules would limit sugar in school meals for first time

Updated: 14 hours ago
|
By Jonel Aleccia
U.S. agriculture officials on Friday proposed new nutrition standards for school meals, including the first limits on added sugars, with a focus on sweetened foods such as cereals, yogurt, flavored milk and breakfast pastries.

News

Rapid City police shoot suspect when armed robbery turns into hostage situation

Updated: 14 hours ago
|
By Jack Siebold
Suspect in Rapid City police officer-involved shooting Friday afternoon died at the hospital.

News

Daktronics selected to install one of the largest video displays at Phillies home stadium

Updated: 14 hours ago
|
By Dakota News Now staff
According to a Friday press release from Daktronics, the new “PhanaVision” display debuting at the Phillies home opener on April 6 will be 4K and HDR-capable with a 77% increase in size from their previous display.

News

Sturgis Motorcycle Rally predator convicted

Updated: 16 hours ago
|
By Dakota News Now staff
A New York man was sentenced this week to 10 years in prison as a result of an undercover sex trafficking operation conducted during the 2021 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.

News

Woman charged in connection to explosion set off inside Sioux City Scheels

Updated: 17 hours ago
|
By Dean Welte
The incident happened in October 2022 at the Scheels in Sioux City.

News

Free haircuts and health resources to be offered at Sioux Falls Multi-Cultural Center

Updated: 17 hours ago
|
By Dakota News Now staff
A Sioux Falls ministry is providing free haircuts, health screenings, and other resources Saturday at the Multi-Cultural Center in downtown Sioux Falls.

News

Dawley Farm Crumbl Cookies opening

Updated: 17 hours ago
|
By Dakota News Now staff
A Dawley Farm Crumbl Cookies location is set to open next week in Sioux Falls.

News

Police: Sioux Falls casino robber with $100,000 warrant arrested

Updated: 19 hours ago
|
By Dakota News Now staff
A 31-year-old Sioux Falls man wanted for four casino robberies was arrested Thursday.

News

LifeLight Festival returns to Sioux Falls

Updated: 19 hours ago
|
By Dakota News Now staff
Skillet, Cade Thompson, and Colton Dixon will be featured artists in the Christian music festival’s return to Sioux Falls in September.

News

‘Tootsie’ playing at the Washington Pavilion this weekend

Updated: 20 hours ago
|
By Alexandra Todd
Previewing 'Tootsie' the musical.

News

UPDATE: No injuries in Sioux Falls structure fire, mobile home destroyed

Updated: 23 hours ago
|
By Dakota News Now staff
No injuries have been reported in a fire that destroyed a Sioux Falls home.

News

Family reunited with missing cat after seven months

Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 10:41 PM CST
|
By Dakota News Now staff
An Iowa family though their pet cat was gone forever after he was spooked by fireworks during a visit to Sioux Falls on the fourth of July. But thanks to the generosity of neighbors, and help from a Facebook page for lost pets, Leopold has found his way home.

News

Bushnell, SD fire shining a light on rural firefighters

Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 10:17 PM CST
|
By Cordell Wright
An overnight fire in Bushnell South Dakota has left two people without a home, It also brings attention to the difficulties of fighting fires in a rural community during below-zero temperatures.

News

Opponents react to passing of HB1080

Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 9:54 PM CST
|
By Dakota News Now staff
House Bill 1080 has been subject to public debate since it was written. The legislation, if passes, would limit medical procedures available to transgender youth in the state.

News

Black license plates may be coming to Minnesota this spring

Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 8:28 PM CST
|
By Robb Coles
Governor Tim Walz is hoping a darker, simpler design will be a hit. He's recommending authorization for what's known as blackout plates.

News

Senate bill aims to limit foreign ownership of land in South Dakota

Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 7:14 PM CST
|
By Cyle Clark
There are more than 29,000 farms in South Dakota and more than 40 million acres is dedicated to farms and ranches; and a plan is working to keep it that way.

News

Noem signs bill freeing up $200 million for housing

Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 5:49 PM CST
|
By KOTA Staff
South Dakota now has $200 million for housing infrastructure that can be used in the near future.

News

Local Aberdeen business expands customers’ palettes with Beer School

Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 5:15 PM CST
|
By Sarah Parkin
A local business in Aberdeen is encouraging their customers to go back to school. Beer school, that is.

News

SD House Republican lawmakers want school choice in state

Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 5:12 PM CST
|
By Austin Goss
A pair of Republican House lawmakers have proposed bills that would expand school choice and voucher programs in South Dakota.

News

Stensland celebrating ‘Ice Cream for Breakfast Day’ this weekend

Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 4:50 PM CST
|
By Elle Dickau
Put on your pajamas and head out to any Stensland Family Farms location this Saturday for National Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Day. They will be celebrating by offering breakfast items with their ice cream Incorporated.

News

Tax cut likely this session, but details still in debate

Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 4:05 PM CST
|
By Stu Whitney and Bart Pfankuch
A bipartisan consensus has emerged in the South Dakota Legislature that the time is right for some form of tax relief to be passed as part of budget negotiations in Pierre.

News

Iowa voids Illinois students’ tickets when it discovers prank

Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 3:54 PM CST
|
By Eric Olson
The Illinois student spirit group had its order for 200 tickets to the men’s basketball game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Saturday canceled after Iowa discovered the person who made the purchase falsely claimed the tickets were for a Boys and Girls Club in Champaign.

News

House lawmakers easily advance cross sex hormone ban for minors

Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 3:29 PM CST
|
By Austin Goss
House lawmakers overwhelmingly passed HB 1080, sending it to the state senate for further consideration.

News

South Dakota Sen. Frye-Mueller drops federal lawsuit

Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 3:25 PM CST
|
By Todd Epp
Sen. Julie Frye-Mueller (R-Rapid City) voluntarily dismissed her lawsuit against President Pro Tempore Lee Schoenbeck (R-Watertown) Thursday.

News

Media One Funski announces total amount raised for Children’s Inn

Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 3:01 PM CST
|
By Dakota News Now staff
Nearly two weeks after the 34th annual Media One Funksi wrapped, the event’s organizers announced that the event raised $36,000.

News

LIVE at 2: SD House of Representatives meeting

Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 1:48 PM CST
|
By Dakota News Now staff
House Bill 1080, a bill that would ban cross-sex hormone therapy for minors, is among the bills getting a second reading in Pierre Thursday.

News

Watertown police search for suspect involved in ATM robbery

Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 1:36 PM CST
|
By Dakota News Now staff
The suspects left a 2005 Blue Ford F250 behind at the scene.

News

DTSF announces 10th Annual Downtown Burger Battle champion

Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 12:54 PM CST
|
By Kesia Cameron
Representatives from Downtown Sioux Falls announced the 10th Annual Downtown Burger Battle winner.

News

Senate passes Thune-Rounds resolution honoring SDSU’s first football national championship

Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 12:27 PM CST
|
By Dakota News Now staff
Sens. John Thune and Mike Rounds announced the Senate passed their resolution honoring the South Dakota State University Jackrabbits football team for winning the FCS Championship title.

News

‘Dances With Wolves’ actor appears in court in abuse probe

Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 12:14 PM CST
|
By Rio Yamat
A former “Dances With Wolves” actor accused of sexually abusing Indigenous girls and leading a cult must remain held without bail until his next court hearing, a judge ordered Thursday morning.

News

EmBe accepting applications for Girls on the Run Spring 2023 coaches

Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 11:50 AM CST
|
By Kesia Cameron
Coaches do not need running experience; but simply a passion for supporting and encouraging girls to build confidence through accomplishments.

News

Pierre receives grant for improved water service

Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 11:13 AM CST
|
By Dakota News Now staff
An improved plan for water service reliability in eastern Pierre has received a boost from the Central Plains Water Development District.

News

Meth, crack cocaine, and heroin seized in Brookings drug arrest

Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 11:10 AM CST
|
By Dakota News Now staff
A two-year-old child was turned over to the Department of Social Services following a Brookings drug arrest that recovered 150 grams of methamphetamine, 100 grams of crack cocaine, and 1.4 grams of heroin.

News

Brookings County home a total loss after fire

Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 10:10 AM CST
|
By Dakota News Now staff
A house fire that broke out early Thursday morning remains under investigation by the Brookings County Sheriff’s Office.

News

South Dakota Democrat and Republican representatives speak in Pierre

Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 8:55 AM CST
|
By Dakota News Now staff
The Legislative Session meeting begins at 9 a.m.

News

National Wear Red Day is tomorrow

Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 7:59 AM CST
|
By Erik Thorstenson
Chrissy Meyer, with the American Heart Association, joined Dakota News Now to talk about the significance of the day, which raises awareness for women’s heart health.

News

Biting cold air lingers in South Dakota

Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 6:53 AM CST
|
By Aaron Doudna
A cold front will slide through, giving us falling temperatures through this afternoon and evening.

News

Canaries, soccer rep share visions for new downtown district

Updated: Feb. 1, 2023 at 10:16 PM CST
|
By John Gaskins
Both entities want space to be multi-use and year-round
Home
News
Weather
Sports
Community
Contests
Livestream
Submit Photos and Videos
  • KSFY/KDLT
  • 325 S. 1st Avenue
  • Suite 100
  • Sioux Falls, SD 57104
  • (605) 336-1300
Terms of Service
Privacy Policy
EEO Statement
Closed Captioning/Audio Description
FCC Public Inspection File
ksfy.general@gray.tv - (605) 336-1300
FCC Applications
A Gray Media Group, Inc. Station - © 2002-2023 Gray Television, Inc.