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5 days ago
- Health
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Flashback Friday: Rapid City seniors pound the pavement
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) —With the upcoming warmer temperatures many people will likely take their exercise routines outside this weekend, or just enjoy some fresh air with a stroll through the park. In this week's Flashback Friday, KELOLAND's Perry Groten takes us back to 1986 where some Rapid City Seniors were pounding the pavement for better health. This is not your everyday stroll through the park. These elderly athletes are pounding the pavement for fun, for a little competition, and a lot better health. 'I feel stronger, and my heart keeps pumping better, yeah I love it, I've been walking everyday.' 'That's not unusual for the elderly of 1986 they're very interested and involved in physical fitness.' Walkers to your marks. Get Set. Go! From the word go there was no stopping them. Competitors between the ages of 55 and 79 circled the course as part of two days of track and field events, less games like bowling and golf. Most train all year long, because walking a two mile race isn't easy no matter what the age. 'If you sit in a chair all day and sit at a desk sit in the car well those muscles are slowly dying, if you're out walking, working, using an axe or a shovel or anything that's going to use some muscles and increase the heart rate well you're going to improve your health.' After winning the race Callahan put his feet up for a quick rest, because in just a few minutes, he'll do it all over again. Perry Groten, KELOLAND News, Rapid City. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Climate
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Flashback Friday: Celebrating the unofficial start of summer
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) –Thousands of people are expected to celebrate the unofficial start to summer this weekend whether with a barbecue or by visiting a campground. In this week's Flashback Friday, Dennis Flanagan takes us back to 1982 to see how Sioux Falls residents were spending their memorial day weekends. This is the Lewis and Clark recreation area. It is filled to capacity this weekend like most other parks near a body of water. It doesn't take much imagination to remember what it was like only a few short months ago. Now the boats are out. They are being rigged, ready for a sail on the open waters of Lewis and Clark Lake. They come in all sizes and designs. With a chill factor of 80 below 0 last Winter, you didn't even think of going outside unless you had to. But as the seasons change, anything is possible, and a barbecue and a picnic are enjoyable in the outdoors. This Winter was one of the coldest on record and freezing to death in the outdoors was a reality. Now it is an effort to stay cool, and it is time to get out the Sun tan lotion and the fishing Pole and cast into the water hoping for the big one. At times last winter, nobody played outside, and where this Lake was frozen solid then… children play by its shores now. What more is there to say about summer recreation? Not much, except enjoy and maybe plan ahead. 'Right now our campgrounds are full, and my recommendation for people that are coming a great distance would be to call down here or have someone that they could call to check on the facilities. The busy weekends, your holiday weekends, you know if you don't get here before Friday it's gonna be pretty tough.' Dennis Flanagan, KELOLAND News, Yankton. 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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Flashback Friday: Celebrating Mother's Day at The Great Plains Zoo
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – Mother's Day is on Sunday and people all over will be finding different ways to say thank you to mom. But it's not just humans who have a special connection with their mothers. In this week's Flashback Friday, Keloland's Bobbi Lower takes us back to 1982 to see how a family of Lions joined in on the celebrations at the Great Plains Zoo. This is Apollo, a three-month-old African lion club, and this is her mother, and father. For educational use, Apollo is taken away from her mother and father at the Great Plains Zoo, but in the wilds of Africa, the family would all live together, with mom taking care of Apollo. 'Lions are very good mothers. In the wild, a lion cub and its mother are real close, and like the lion cub will stay with the mother for like two or three years. They get a real close bond' She says it's really not necessary for cubs to stay with their mothers for two years, it's just a way of life. They hang around till they take a mate. 'They're a social animal, they live in groups, and it's just…how they're…they're that type of animal, they live close together. They'll just say were there is protection and food.' As you can see, lions aren't the only social animals, but people may be the only ones that honor their moms. There's one thing for sure, The Great Plains Zoo is a grand place to spend mother's day, and that's no lion. Bobbi Lower, KELOLAND News. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
02-05-2025
- Climate
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Flashback Friday: A sunny spring day in May
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — After a little severe weather through parts of KELOLAND this week, its safe to say the upcoming warmer weekend temperatures are a welcome sight. In this week's Flashback Friday, KELOLAND's Dexter Gronseth shows us the sights and sounds of a sunny Spring day in 1987. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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25-04-2025
- Entertainment
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Flashback Friday: Going dancing at the Empire Mall
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Since its opening in 1977, The Empire Mall has always been one of the top places for Sioux Falls residents to get the latest fashion. However as Dennis Flanagan shows us in this week's Flashback Friday, back in 1982 the Empire Mall was much more than just a place for shopping. KELOLAND'S groundbreaking 1988 trip to Vietnam You go to a mall to shop right? Well that isn't necessarily all. How about an art show? It provides an interesting way to spend an that about 20 years ago there was no such thing as the consider them as places to gather almost social consider what it would take to get someone to dance before a couple hundred answer? A fashion show. How often can it be said I'm going to the mall to perform, perhaps more often than you'd think and for some it is a new experience.'Are you nervous?''Uh-huh''Describe what you're going to be doing.''Have to go out there and have to walk down the ramp and then have to do some poses and then I have to walk back and hopefully I won't trip.'Imagine modeling in front of so many people it does not necessarily come easily.'Its a robe and gown set out of a satin material, like a wedding night type of thing.''Are you nervous?''A little bit'How about aerobic dance for all the world to see?'I was talked into it actually because they said it didn't matter what you wore, so i could come in my own clothes, and age they wanted to know that older people could do this, and they also wanted to know its alright to forget the steps.'For others the public commitment to exercise comes a bit easier.'How much coaxing did it take to get you to come out here and dance in public?''Oh none, I love this dancing and I like performing.'Perhaps you thought that malls were just for shopping, well they have become a way of life. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
