Former Sioux Falls television news anchor arrested for aggravated assault

September 29, 2020
Mike Tanner

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.–A former Sioux Falls television news anchor is facing Aggravated Assault charges for hitting a man in the face with a beer bottle during an argument over politics.

Sioux Falls police arrested 28 year-old Kamie Jo Roesler of Columbia, South Carolina following the Sunday afternoon incident at a home in the 1100 block of North Prairie Avenue in Sioux Falls.

Roesler was arguing with a 32 year-old man from Colton, South Dakota about politics when she hit the man with a beer bottle, cutting his face.

The victim refused medical treatment at the scene.

Roesler is a former news anchor at KSFY Television, and according to her Twitter account, is currently employed as a morning news anchor at WIS Television in Columbia.