Gene Hetland

Sioux Falls Police say the man arrested and charged in five armed robberies in the city is believed to be the same person who called three times with information about the holdups.
Domach Kong Khai, 21, was arrested Friday night on five counts of first-degree robbery, and Information Officer Sam Clemens says it's believed Khai called from a blocked number on December 6th, December 27th and January 7th with information about the robberies

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Are you fleeing the flu?

It's a big problem in just about all the states, including South Dakota.

State health officials said this week nine people in South Dakota have died from the flu this season, all of them over the age of 75

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Sioux Falls police say speed and alcohol were factors in a fatal crash Thursday night in which a vehicle struck a tree.

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Long ago, on January 12, 1888, 125 years ago, the storm that came to be known as "The children's Blizzard" struck the a huge area of the Central United States.

It's known as "The Children's Blizzard" because of the children who died that day, most of them trying to get home from school

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We're hearing and reading a lot lately about the vote for the National Baseball Hall of Fame, who should be voted in and who doesn't deserve it.

Now, I have something of a leg to stand on here.

I'm a ten-year member of the Hall of Fame--no, not because of anything I ever (EVER!) did on the field

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City officials in Sioux Falls are estimating the city's population as of December 31, 2012 at 158,800. That shows an increase of 2,500 over the year before, an increase of 1.6 percent.

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Sadly, I'm not talking here about the meat product that's a combination of "Spiced Ham."

I'm talking about the e-mail kind,and I'll bet you might have the same problem with your business account

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Congress finally settled on something that keeps us away from the fiscal cliff, but not forever. It's not even for much more than a couple of months.

And wait until they start arguing--Oh, excuse me, debating--the debt ceiling and other topics that seem to bring out the uber-partisanship.

And

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The FBI and other law enforcement agencies are looking for a man who robbed a bank in Toronto, South Dakota on Wednesday afternoon.

Kyle Loven of the FBI says a white male with a black, semi-automatic handgun entered the First Bank and Trust in Toronto around 3:45pm Wednesday

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I got a catalog the other day from a computer company, and it was addressed to "Gene Hetland, KSOO-AM, News Director or Current Occupant."

No kidding. Current Occupant?

Now I don't know what they have heard, but I'm still the "Current Occupant," and I've been the News Director for coming up on 30 years in April

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