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3 days ago
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900 cases of milk donated to Feeding SD
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Milk is an essential part of the human diet, with it being a great source of calcium, vitamin D, and other nutrients. But when money gets tight, milk can be hard to afford. That's why a local milk business is partnering with a nonprofit to get milk on people's tables. Task force wants a cheaper plan for new men's prison Feeding South Dakota gets a lot of donations from people in the community. 'When you think of food drives, that maybe local places are having or local groups are having, a lot of times, you know, you think of shelf-stable items,' Senior Development Officer at Feeding SD, Susanne Gale, said. But one thing they don't see a lot of is milk, and lately it's gotten worse. 'With the recent cutbacks in the USDA, loads that we receive, we actually lost loads of milk,' CEO at Feeding SD, Lori Dykstra, said. Which is why Feeding South Dakota is thankful that Prairie Farms showed up today. 'We're donating a trailer load of 1%, half gallons that will be arriving here shortly. It will be 8,100 units of half-gallon milk to hand out to families that need the most,' General Manager at Prairie Farms, John Cooper, said. 'Milk is such an essential protein. And we want to make sure that we are giving foods to encourage a healthy diet and so that's why these types of donations are even more important to our families in need,' Dykstra said. But Prairie Farms is doing more than just donating this milk. 'For June National Dairy Month, when you donate to Feeding South Dakota, Prairie Farms is going to match that gift, doubling the impact that we have to allow access to everyone, for the wholesome goodness of dairy products,' Cooper said. 'Milk is one of those items that, when families are struggling to stretch their budget, that will sometimes give up. And so we want to make sure that we always try to have those products on hand,' Dykstra said. Making a difference one half-gallon at a time. Feeding South Dakota also decked out Bessie the cow in front of the Prairie Farms location in Sioux Falls. Click here for more information on doubling your donation. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- General
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How you can help Feeding SD by leaving food outside
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — From the rising price of groceries to federal funding cuts, things look uncertain for some nonprofits. That means that one fundraiser this weekend is coming at the perfect time. While federal funding cuts have changed the way things look at Feeding South Dakota, so has the lack of holiday spirit. Police presence closes part of West 12th Street 'Right now we are seeing that decline in just donated food in our local community, after the holidays, when everybody's in their giving spirit, things start to decline naturally. So we're at a perfect time for this food drive to help replenish the stock of what we typically would have,' Feeding SD Community Engagement Manager Jennifer Stensaas said. Which is why the Stamp Out Hunger food drive this Saturday is such a big deal. 'That's a nationwide drive, done through the National Association of Letter Carriers in cooperation with the U.S. Postal Service,' City Letter Carrier in Sioux Falls, Eric Wicks said. An easy way to figure out if you're in a participating area is if you receive a postcard or a bag in the mail. 'What you'll do is take that bag with any other bags that you might have in the house and fill it full of food, whether you have some ingredients that you didn't make with a recipe, or even stopping by the store and just picking up an extra couple of items,' Stensaas said. 'Then set that bag on Saturday morning, next to your mailbox, if it's attached to your house or if it's a curbside box on the street, if it's your apartment lobby, or if it's your central neighborhood box unit,' Wicks said. Then, volunteers will come pick up the food that day. With the rising price of food, and an uncertain future, it's up to the community to help make a difference for those in need. 'We have an obligation to look out for each other and take care of each other. And everybody's better if we're all taking care of each other and everybody's getting what they need,' Wicks said. Feeding South Dakota says it is looking for cereal, pancake mix, and canned fruits and vegetables. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- General
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Dell Rapids St. Mary's students react to Pope Leo XIV
DELL RAPIDS, S.D. (KELO) — It's was a quiet day outside St. Mary's Catholic Schools… but that was not the case in the gymnasium, where more than 200 students waited to hear from the new pope. 'Well, I was very happy that it happened during school. I was very happy that they could come to the gym and see it, live from Rome. It's history. It's their history,' said Father Shane Stevens. How you can help Feeding SD by leaving food outside Students have been learning all about the process to choose a new pope. 'In religion class, we learn how the conclave works and, like, the process of each, like voting and the cardinals, like saying what they need to say,' St. Mary's Catholic High School freshman Ellee Deranleau said. And all of that learning leads to this moment of the announcement: Leo XIV is from America- the first pope ever from the United States. 'It was pretty shocking. Honestly, I didn't expect it to be today,' sophomore Jaxon Baumberger said. ' I thought it'd be this weekend. And I was even more shocked to see he's American, too, because I didn't think that would happen in my lifetime.' 'I was definitely not expecting him to be from America, but I think that's a really cool thing. And I think, like, all of us can, like, make connections with that,' said Deranleau. For his part, Stevens says that there's a lot to learn about the new pope. 'The death of one pope, the mourning of one pope, the calling of the cardinals together, the election of a new pope. It's a lot to take in,' he said. 'And I would say that I just need to sit with it a little bit and pray about it and get to know who Leo XIV is.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
12-03-2025
- Entertainment
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Karen Kinder's paintings: ‘This is the landscape that matters'
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — South Dakota's natural beauty has inspired the art now on display in a Sioux Falls show from Brookings painter Karen Kinder. 'I grew up in the eastern part, Day County,' Kinder said. 'Rolling hills, farm, grew up on the family farm, and this was, these were the scenes I saw. There was always the horizon to look at. The farm fields, the patterns, all of that, and it's like internalized in me. This is the landscape that matters.' Feeding SD says USDA cuts will impact local farmers Collectively, Kinder's pieces currently on display at Rehfelds Modern are called 'South Dakota East to West.' Dan Santella: Why do you paint? 'I think I paint because I have to,' Kinder said. 'It's like, in one sense, God gave me a gift, and I want to use it. Beyond that, I get cranky if I don't paint. I just need to paint, and painting is the thing I like to do best of all.' 'Karen just kind of embodies how I feel about our state, but I'm not great at painting so she takes care of it for me,' Rehfelds Modern gallery director Alix Kyrie said. Painting has clicked for Kinder while other pastimes haven't quite done the same. 'I've tried other things,' Kinder said. 'I kind of enjoy pottery, but I'm not good at it. I tried weaving, and I'm not really good at it. I didn't really like it, but I decided I needed to focus on one thing, and I would get more done.' Kinder's show at Rehfelds Modern at the corner of 5th Street and Phillips Avenue in downtown Sioux Falls will last through the end of the month. There is no cost to peruse her show. 'You've met her,' Kyrie said. 'She's a gem, to begin with. She's a lot of fun. She is absolutely incredible with communication, explaining her work, her reasoning, the colors that she uses, her approach.' 'I remember when I was an eighth-grader, I bought myself a set of oil paints, and then I set up still lifes in my room or I looked out the window and saw what I could see or I painted the family dog,' Kinder said. 'That's when I started.' Kinder, who taught art for more than three decades in Sioux Falls and Brookings, appreciates distance and space. 'I like places that have enough of a horizon you can see the sunset,' Kinder said. And, as her art reminds locals who view it, South Dakota offers people plenty of opportunities to enjoy a sunset. 'I don't get to travel terribly often, so I'm also using Karen as an opportunity to see the state through her eyes and do a little bit of traveling, so to speak,' Kyrie said. One piece of a trail near Mount Rushmore brought back memories for Kyrie. 'Going to church camp in the Black Hills, I've walked up that trail. It was terrible. But now when I look at Karen's work, I have a little bit more of a warm, fuzzy feeling, yeah,' Kyrie said with a laugh, referencing a piece by Kinder featuring that trail. 'Or seeing the mountain goats, the excitement of that when you're traveling west river.' And that's kind of the point for Kinder with these paintings of South Dakota's landscapes. 'I am hoping that they will feel the love for South Dakota that I do for the landscape,' Kinder said. 'Being a native South Dakotan, too, this just feels warm and welcoming, and it feels like home,' Kyrie said. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
