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Yahoo
09-03-2025
- Entertainment
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Sunday Boredom Busters: March 9th
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO) — The Summit League Basketball Championships wrap up today in Sioux Falls. The action starts at 3 p.m. at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center with the women's title game. That's followed by the men's championship game at 8 p.m. The Watertown Home Show features more than 10-thousand square feet of exhibits and prize giveaways. It's taking place at the Codington County Extension Complex and include kid areas. The hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is $5, free for ages under 18. It's still skiing and snowboarding season at Terry Peak. The Black Hills Ski Team is hosting races beginning at 9 a.m. MT with a giant slalom. Terry Peak is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Open indoor skating at the SCHEELS IcePlex in Sioux Falls goes from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Admission is $9 for adults and $7 for children. Skate rentals are $4. Sip, savor and vote in the Mash Madness drink competition in downtown Sioux Falls. Categories include craft beers, cocktails and non-alcoholic beverage creations at 29 participating businesses. Mash Madness runs through the end of the month. Explore Sioux Falls and South Dakota history courtesy of Siouxland Heritage Museums. The Old Courthouse Museum located downtown and the Pettigrew Home and Museum, in the Cathedral District, are both open from noon to 5 p.m. Admission is free. Movies playing at the historic State Theater in downtown Sioux Falls include Grumpy Old Men, Raging Bull and Madagascar. The Wells Fargo CineDome & Sweetman Planetarium at the Washington Pavilion features T-Rex, Mars: The Ultimate Voyage and 3-2-1 Liftoff. New movie releases playing at a theater near you include Rule Breakers, rated PG and Mickey 17, rated R. The Palace Theatre in Luverne, MN is showing Paddington in Peru, rated PG. Showtime is 2 p.m. Tickets are $8 for adults, $6 for children. The Great Plains Zoo in Sioux Falls is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets are $15.50 for adults, $11.50 for children and free for ages under two. The Butterfly House & Aquarium in Sioux Falls is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $15 for adults, $11 for children and free for ages under two. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
08-03-2025
- Entertainment
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Saturday Boredom Busters: March 8th
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO) — A pair of fundraisers are taking place to help a member of the South Dakota Air National Guard who's battling a rare form of bone cancer. All 8 Taco John's locations in Sioux Fall will donate 50-percent of breakfast sales to Chris Thesenvitz, who's served in the air guard for more than 20 years. The benefit goes from 7-11 a.m. The South Dakota Military Heritage Alliance is also hosting a fundraiser for Thesenvitz from 5 to 11 p.m. Activities include a silent auction, a shooting range event, a 50-50 raffle and a taco bar. The cost is $20. Children 10 and under are free. Enjoy semi-final action at the Summit League Basketball Championships in Sioux women's semi's tip off at noon at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center. The men's games start at 7 p.m. Enjoy professional rodeo action at the Huron PRCA Championship. Doors open at 6 p.m. at The DEX on the South Dakota State Fairgrounds. The show begins at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20 for adults, $5 for youth. The group Fun & Friends is hosting a March Meetup at Robert Bennis Elementary School in Brandon, SD. The free event is open to children up through 12 years old with a disability, rare disease or who are neuro-divergent. There will be a selection of games and equipment to play in the school gym from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. No registration is needed. Siblings are welcome, guardians are required. The Nyberg's ACE Kids Club is inviting children to their store at 41st and Minnesota to make free leprechaun hats. The Kids Club meets from 2-3 p.m. Registration is recommended to make sure they have enough supplies. Sip, savor and vote in the Mash Madness drink competition in downtown Sioux Falls. Categories include craft beers, cocktails and non-alcoholic beverage creations at 29 participating businesses. Mash Madness runs through the end of the month. Movies playing at the historic State Theater in downtown Sioux Falls include Grumpy Old Men, The Red Shoes and Madagascar. The Wells Fargo CineDome & Sweetman Planetarium at the Washington Pavilion features T-Rex, Mars: The Ultimate Voyage and 3-2-1 Liftoff. The movie releases playing at a theater near you include Rule Breakers, rated PG and Mickey 17, rated R. The Palace Theatre in Luverne, MN presents Twist on Taylor, a cover band performing the songs of Taylor Swift. The performance is at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $40. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
07-03-2025
- Business
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Sunday Funday for Summit League Championships
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The Summit League Basketball Championships are off and running in Sioux Falls, days earlier than in the past. The Summit League Basketball Championships have been won and lost on a Tuesday every year since moving to Sioux Falls in 2009. That won't be the case this year, as the league shifted the tournament schedule to Wednesday through Sunday. 'CBS Network had a few more windows of availability for us so we kind of looked at it and talked to the Premier Center and they had the dates open, so it just kind of worked,' Summit League Assistant Commissioner for Communications Ryan Powell said. Ryan Powell is the assistant commissioner for communications and says so far the feedback from fans has been nothing but positive. How tariffs could impact South Dakota farmers 'It's easier to take off a Thursday and a Friday at the end of a work week sometimes than it is a Monday and a Tuesday when you're just getting started, so I think that's helped,' Powell said. 'In my opinion, it's a minor adjustment but I think it's a good move,' SDSU fan Darryl Nordquist said. Darryl Nordquist is an SDSU alum and believes the new schedule will benefit attendance numbers. 'I may come to the championship game even if SDSU's not in it because it's on a weekend rather than a Tuesday,' Nordquist said. 'Just makes more sense to have the championship on Sunday, more people can go. I used to have to take my kids out of school for the women's games on Monday, Tuesday back in the day, so this way it's kind of nice,' USD fan Kelly Gellerman said. Kelly Gellerman is a regular at USD games, and says the new setup will benefit fans of every team, from Sioux Falls and beyond. 'From an experience standpoint, they can make it a whole day, they don't have to run back to work, you always saw people coming in suits and that kind of thing to run to the game,' Gellerman said. Now that the field is set, all that's left is to crown a men's and women's champion. 'Hey, we're Coyote fans, we're always optimistic, it's always 'go Yotes',' Gellerman said. And bring on the weekend. 'We're one of the earliest conferences to cut down the nets so that's kind of exciting to get people really rolling into March Madness,' Powell said. The women's championship game is set for 3:00 Sunday afternoon, while the men's title contest will tip off at 8:00 p.m. Both games can be seen on CBS Sports Network. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
05-03-2025
- Sport
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Sending students to the Summit League Championships
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — A Sioux Falls orthodontist is helping put a smile on the faces of local students with tickets to the Summit League Basketball Championships. It's not your average Tuesday for Ashley Kracke's fifth grade class at R.F. Pettigrew Elementary in Sioux Falls. The students are learning math using Summit League statistics. 'We're currently learning about comparing and ordering and adding decimals, and so we took some of the stats from their players and we're going to be doing some story problems,' Kracke said. A March shopping event to support 14 local businesses The league is part of this week's lesson plan because these students are among the more than 800 fifth graders who will attend a Summit League Tournament game. The women's matchup between St. Thomas and North Dakota is doubling as a geography lesson. 'We've just really embraced getting to know where is North Dakota from us, where is Minnesota from us,' Kracke said. The students will learn now and have fun come Friday. 'I'm looking forward to sitting with my friends and enjoying some good basketball,' 11-year-old student Brynn Dreke said. 'I'm really excited to watch basketball because I don't really get to watch basketball that much and I get to be with my friends while I get to watch it,' 11-year-old student Grace Samson said. It's an opportunity made possible by Wermerson Orthodontics, which donated tickets to a number of area schools. 'There's so many other schools that he could have paid for but one of them was Pettigrew so I'm really happy that he picked us,' Samson said. 'It's just fun to make kids smile, get them out of the classroom a little bit, it's a good field trip,' Wermerson Orthodontics owner Chris Wermerson said. And one story sums up why Chris Wermerson continues to donate tickets. 'Last year, one of the little kids, he's coming up the escalator, it was hilarious because he looks and me and goes 'this is the biggest building I've ever seen'. I mean, how can you not want to keep inviting kids back when they're so excited just going up an escalator,' Wermerson said. The students will arrive at the Premier Center at 11:30 Friday morning, and will stay for a majority of the women's quarterfinal game between St. Thomas and North Dakota, which tips off at noon. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
04-03-2025
- Business
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How a restaurant prepares for tournament time
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The month of March is here and with it comes an exciting time for basketball fans. The Summit League Basketball Championships begin Wednesday in Sioux Falls. DTSF offering free rides to Summit League Tournament The Crooked Pint is expecting a busy week ahead. The restaurant, connected to a hotel, is near the PREMIER Center where all the Summit League basketball action will take place. General manager Krissy Yerigan says extra staff will be on hand as more people stop in for a bite to eat. 'You never know when it's going to hit, so we just like to be prepared,' Yerigan said. The restaurant is also making sure there's plenty of food and drinks to serve customers. 'Extra hamburger buns, extra hamburgers, the patties, and our liquor and beer order is pretty significant, especially with the beer and liquor because we only get that once a week, so we don't want to run out,' Yerigan said. Experience Sioux Falls CEO Teri Schmidt is expecting thousands to travel to Sioux Falls for the tournaments, but just how big that number gets depends on different factors. 'Weather, when they're teams play, can they get away. Some years we've had more than others. It just depends on so many factors, but we know we will have some good crowds,' Schmidt said. And Yerigan welcomes the crowds. 'I thrive on the busyness, and it makes your day go fast, and it keeps things interesting,' Yerigan said. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
