BARS AND RESTAURANTS IN
VERMILLION CLOSE EARLY TO STOP
THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS AT
USD. THIS MORNING, WE'LL HEAR
FROM A BUSINESS OWNER ABOUT WHY
IT'S IMPORTANT TO PUT PUBLIC
SAFETY AHEAD OF PERSONAL
PROFITS.
AND WE'LL HOP ON A HARLEY FOR
THE EMILY'S HOPE POKER RUN AND
MEET ONE OF THE PEOPLE THE
NON-PROFIT IS HELPING DEAL WITH
ADDICTION.
GOOD MORNING.
THIS IS KELOLAND ON THE
GO.... WITH ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW
IN NEWS AND WEATHER AS YOU START
YOUR SUNDAY.
WE ALSO HAVE YOUR BOREDOM
BUSTERS... FIRST OUR TOP
STORY...
SOUTH DAKOTA REACHED NEW HIGHS
IN THE NUMBER OF DAILY AND
ACTIVE CASES OF COVID-19 THIS
WEEKEND.
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
REPORTED SATURDAY 425 NEW CASES
AND 2,428 ACTIVE CASES, BOTH OF
THEM RECORD TOTALS FOR THE STATE
SINCE THE PANDEMIC STARTED.
THE STATE ALSO REPORTED TWO NEW
DEATHS SATURDAY: THEY WERE AN
ELDERLY MAN AND WOMAN IN
CODINGTON AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DEATHS NOW
STANDS AT 167.
SOME BUSINESSES IN VERMILLION
ARE CLOSING EARLY THIS WEEKEND
WITH THE HOPE OF SLOWING THE
SPREAD OF COVID-19 ON THE CAMPUS
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH
DAKOTA.
BARS AND RESTAURANTS IN
VERMILLION HAVE BEEN SHORTENING
THEIR HOURS OF OPERATIONS,
CLOSING AT 10 O'CLOCK EVERY
NIGHT SINCE THURSDAY.
"AT THE END OF THE DAY IT'S
ABOUT THE BIGGER PICTURE. AND IF
YOU MAKE A SMALL SACRIFICE NOW
WE ALL CAN PAY DIVIDENDS DOWN
THE ROAD. SO EVERYONE WAS
WILLING TO PITCH IN AND GO, HEY,
YOU KNOW, WE ALL WANT TO BE HERE
TOMORROW SO LET'S ALL PITCH IN
NOW SO THAT WAY WE CAN MAKE OUR
COMMUNITY BETTER IN THE FUTURE,"
BARS AND RESTAURANTS WILL CLOSE
EARLY AGAIN AT TEN O'CLOCK
TONIGHT.
USD IS ALSO MAKING CHANGES
INCLUDING NOT ALLOWING INDOOR
DINING AT THE MUENSTER
UNIVERSITY CENTER.
SOUTH DAKOTA AUTHORITIES ARE
INVESTIGATING A PAIR OF DEADLY
CRASHES OVER THE WEEKEND.
THE HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS A
29-YEAR-OLD WOMAN DIED SATURDAY
MORNING WHEN THE AMBULANCE SHE
WAS A PASSENGER IN LEFT THE
SOUTHBOUND LANE OF INTERSTATE 29
NEAR JEFFERSON, AND CRASHED INTO
A NORTHBOUND SEMI-TRUCK.
INVESTIGATORS SAY THE WOMAN WAS
NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT AND WAS
THROWN FROM THE AMBULANCE.
AND A 39-YEAR-OLD WOMAN DIED IN
A CRASH INVOLVING TWO PICKUPS AT
AN INTERSECTION WEST OF
FLANDREAU FRIDAY NIGHT. FOUR
OTHER PEOPLE WERE HURT IN THE
CRASH, INCLUDING THE DRIVER OF
ONE OF THE PICKUPS, WHO HAS
LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES.
AUTHORITIES ALSO RESPONDED TO A
SERIOUS CRASH LAST NIGHT NEAR
HARTFORD. WE'RE HOPING TO GET
INFORMATION ON THAT CRASH LATER
TODAY.
MOTORCYCLE RIDERS AND CAR
ENTHUSIASTS ALIKE TOOK PART IN
THE SECOND ANNUAL EMILY'S HOPE
POKER RUN SATURDAY.
THE EVENT RAISES MONEY FOR THE
NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION STARTED
BY KELOLAND'S ANGELA KENNECKE.
FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF HER OWN
DAUGHTER, ANGELA SET OUT TO HELP
PEOPLE STRUGGLING WITH
ADDICTION. SINCE DECEMBER,
EMILY'S HOPE HAS GIVEN 32 PEOPLE
SCHOLARSHIPS TO GET HELP AT THE
AVERA ADDICTION CARE CENTER.
JEREMY CROZAT
IS ONE OF THOSE SCHOLARSHIP
RECIPIENTS.
"IT WAS A KEY FACTOR IN TAKING
AWAY THE EXCUSES I NEEDED TO GET
HELP AND ENTER INTO RECOVERY. IT
WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST
THINGS THAT WOULD'VE KEPT ME
FROM GETTING THE HELP I NEEDED.
AND BY DOING THIS I WAS ABLE TO
SAY NOW I'M SIX MONTHS CLEAN,"
THE FUNDRAISER INCLUDED RAFFLING
A MOTORCYCLE WRAPPED IN EMILY'S
ARTWORK.
LET'S GET OUR FIRST CHECK OF THE
FORECAST WITH METEOROLOGIST ADAM
RUTT IN THE STORM CENTER...
I'M METEOROLOGIST ADAM RUTT.
A FEW SHOWERS MAY CRASH THE
PARTY IN EASTERN PARTS OF
KELOLAND, BUT MUCH OF THE
MORNING SHOULD REMAIN MAINLY DRY
AND QUIET.
WE'LL WARM UP A BIT ON SUNDAY AS
WELL, WITH HIGHS CLIMBING INTO
THE MID 80S EAST RIVER AND UPPER
80S/LOW 90S WEST RIVER.
A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP EASTWARD
LATER IN THE EVENING, PROMPTING
A CHANCE FOR SOME SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMSESPECIALLY IN
CENTRAL AND EASTERN KELOLAND.
WE HAVE A "SLIGHT RISK" FOR
SEVERE WEATHER ALONG THE I-29
CORRIDOR DURING THIS TIME, WITH
GUSTY WINDS AND LARGE HAIL BEING
THE MAIN CONCERNS. AN ISOLATED
TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.
SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
MAY HANG TOUGH EARLY ON MONDAY,
ESPECIALLY CLOSE TO THE I-29
CORRIDOR.
A COOLER AND MORE COMFORTABLE
AIR MASS WILL ARRIVE FOR THE END
OF AUGUST AND THE START OF
SEPTEMBER. HIGHS ON MONDAY MAY
NOT ESCAPE THE MID 70S ON THE
HIGH END OF THE SCALE UNDER
PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES.
WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER NICE AND DRY
DAY ON TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES
CLIMB UP JUST A LITTLE BIT, WITH
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S EAST
RIVER AND LOW/MID 80S WEST
RIVER.
DRY WEATHER WILL COVER KELOLAND
FOR THE DURATION OF THE EXTENDED
FORECAST. A BRIEF WARM-UP IS
LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF A
WEAK FRONT. IN ITS WAKE,
HOWEVER, ANOTHER ROUND OF COOLER
TEMPERATURES WILL COME ALONG.
WE'LL TRY TO WARM UP AGAIN BY
THE WEEKEND, BUT IT'S NOT
EXPECTED TO LAST.
A CAR SHOW THIS WEEKEND AT GREAT
BEAR IN SIOUX FALLS WILL HELP
GRANT WISHES FOR SICK KIDS IN
KELOLAND.
THE 9TH ANNUAL ANGELS WITH A
DREAM CAR SHOW TAKES PLACE TODAY
AT GREAT BEAR RECREATION PARK.
IT'S A FUNDRAISER FOR MAKE A
WISH SOUTH DAKOTA. VOLUNTEERS
WILL BE WEARING MASKS AND
EVERYTHING WILL BE SPREAD OUT TO
ALLOW FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING.
"WE ARE TAKING EVERY
PRECAUTION WE CAN TO MAKE IT A
SAFE ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE WE ARE
DEALING WITH MAKE A WISH KIDS,"
WELBIG SAID."
MASKS ARE ENCOURAGED BUT NOT
REQUIRED.
THE CAR SHOW TAKES PLACE FROM
NOON TO 3 P.M. AT GREAT BEAR
RECREATION PARK. THERE WILL
ALSO BE WINE TASTING, A SILENT
AUCTION, RAFFLES AND LIVE MUSIC.
ADMISSION IS FREE-WILL DONATION.
GOURMET GUYS IS A FOOD-SAMPLING
FUNDRAISER FOR ACTIVE
GENERATIONS IN SIOUX FALLS.
ENJOY FOOD, COMPLIMENTARY WINES,
BEERS AND LIVE MUSIC IN THREE
HOURLY SHIFTS STARTING AT 3:30
P.M. TICKETS ARE $45. THERE
WILL ALSO BE OUTDOOR SEATING.
MASKS ARE ENCOURAGED AND
TEMPERATURES WILL BE CHECKED.
THE CENTRAL STATES FAIR WRAPS UP
TODAY IN RAPID CITY. CARNIVAL
RIDES ARE OPEN FROM NOON TO 5
P.M.
MOVIES PLAYING AT THE CENTURY
THEATERS IN SIOUX FALLS INCLUDE
THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID
COPPERFIELD, RATED PG, THE NEW
MUTANTS, RATED PG-13 AND
UNHINGED, RATE R. ADAM...
A FEW SHOWERS MAY CRASH THE
PARTY IN EASTERN PARTS OF
KELOLAND, BUT MUCH OF THE
MORNING SHOULD REMAIN MAINLY DRY
AND QUIET.
WE'LL WARM UP A BIT ON SUNDAY AS
WELL, WITH HIGHS CLIMBING INTO
THE MID 80S EAST RIVER AND UPPER
80S/LOW 90S WEST RIVER.
A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP EASTWARD
LATER IN THE EVENING, PROMPTING
A CHANCE FOR SOME SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMSESPECIALLY IN
CENTRAL AND EASTERN KELOLAND.
WE HAVE A "SLIGHT RISK" FOR
SEVERE WEATHER ALONG THE I-29
CORRIDOR DURING THIS TIME, WITH
GUSTY WINDS AND LARGE HAIL BEING
THE MAIN CONCERNS. AN ISOLATED
TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.
SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
MAY HANG TOUGH EARLY ON MONDAY,
ESPECIALLY CLOSE TO THE I-29
CORRIDOR.
A COOLER AND MORE COMFORTABLE
AIR MASS WILL ARRIVE FOR THE END
OF AUGUST AND THE START OF
SEPTEMBER. HIGHS ON MONDAY MAY
NOT ESCAPE THE MID 70S ON THE
HIGH END OF THE SCALE UNDER
PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES.
WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER NICE AND DRY
DAY ON TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES
CLIMB UP JUST A LITTLE BIT, WITH
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S EAST
RIVER AND LOW/MID 80S WEST
RIVER.
DRY WEATHER WILL COVER KELOLAND
FOR THE DURATION OF THE EXTENDED
FORECAST. A BRIEF WARM-UP IS
LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF A
WEAK FRONT. IN ITS WAKE,
HOWEVER, ANOTHER ROUND OF COOLER
TEMPERATURES WILL COME ALONG.
WE'LL TRY TO WARM UP AGAIN BY
THE WEEKEND, BUT IT'S NOT
EXPECTED TO LAST.
THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR
KELOLAND ON THE GO.
YOU CAN GET
UP-TO-THE-MINUTE DEVELOPMENTS
RIGHT HERE ON KELOLAND.COM.
HAVE A GREAT DAY!
