Runoff election polls open at 7 a.m. in Sioux Falls

Runoff election polls open at 7 a.m. in Sioux Falls

This story will update throughout the day on Tuesday. SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- The polls open at 7 a.m. in Sioux Falls as voters will get a chance to cast their ballot in the runoff election. The polls are open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. What is a runoff election? A runoff election is [...]

Meet Sioux Falls' new City Council members

Simplified: Three new faces are set to join the Sioux Falls City Council: James Oppenheimer, representing the entire city in the At-Large A seat, Zak Okuwe representing the Central District and Sara Pankonin representing the Southeast District. Here's how the votes rolled out. Why it mattersAll six of the council candidates who made it to the run-off were new faces to city government, with the folks who previously held their seats either term-li…

Runoff victories send Oppenheimer, Pankonin, Okuwe to Sioux Falls City Council

All three first-place-finishing city council candidates in the Sioux Falls municipal election earlier this month won their runoffs Tuesday.That means At-Large candidate James Oppenheimer, Central District candidate Sara Pankonin and Southeast District candidate Zak Okuwe will be seated on the eight-member City Council that leads South Dakota’s largest city.At-Large AOppenheimer, CEO of the Sioux Falls Family YMCA, beat entrepreneur Vince Danh wi…