29-04-2025
‘City of Hustle' writers discuss their chapters
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — It's been about two and half years since a book highlighting Sioux Falls' history hit store shelves.
City of Hustle is a collection of stories about the state's largest city.
When readers turn the pages of City of Hustle, they may learn something new about KELOLAND Media Group.
News Director Beth Jensen penned one of the chapters, detailing how KELO got off the ground and how it's changed over the years.
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'It's important to note how it started and how difficult those founders had it from having to record their segments and taking them to Harold's for film developing and then running them out to the tower in Rowena for broadcasting ,' Jensen said.
Retired attorney Doug Hajek's work is also featured in City of Hustle.
His chapter is primarily about Citibank's move to South Dakota.
He says there has been misconception about how it happened.
'The New York media like to portray it as something that when we changed our usury law, which is a maximum allowable interest rate, that we did that because Citibank asked us to, but they didn't. They had nothing to do with that,' Hajek said.
On Monday, Jensen, Hajek , and former state senator and Minnehaha County commissioner Tom Dempster talked about their chapters at a meeting of of the Rotary Club of Downtown Sioux Falls.
Hajek says the response to City of Hustle has been very positive.
'There are a lot of very interesting stories in it,' Hajek said.
'I love Sioux Falls, so I really devoured it,' Jensen said.
You can pick up the book in several Sioux Falls locations, including Zandbroz and the Falls Park Visitor Center.
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