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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 This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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18-04-2025
- Entertainment
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Flashback Friday: On the hunt for Easter Eggs
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — It's easter this weekend which means a lot of kids minds are set on visiting the easter bunny, chocolate, and going on a classic easter egg hunt. In this week's Flashback Friday, Keloland's Ann Parker takes us back to 1985 where kids were on the hunt for thousands of chocolate eggs at one Sioux falls park. A crisp sunny morning brought out more people to Sherman Park than anyone expected.5,000 people meant a lot of competition for some 15,000 chocolate easter eggs so many mapped out their strategy beforehand and set their goals. 'One. One? That's all you want? Yeah.''Six. Six. Why six? I don't know. Maybe one for now and five for later?''A hundred. A hundred? What are you going to do with a hundred eggs? Eat them all.'With speed and accuracy kids and parents picked, poked, and prodded at every nook and cranny. The process was sometimes tiring but often successful. And when it seemed that some got more than their share, there was a spirit of giving. Before long the pressure was off and the kids hopped to some well deserved refreshments, a few egg holders with lucky numbers received some extra prizes, but for most a few muddy eggs and the thrill of the hunt were enough to satisfy. Ann Parker, KELOLAND News. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
04-04-2025
- Automotive
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Flashback Friday: Keeping Sioux Falls Safe on two wheels
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – Motorcycle engines are warming up along with the spring temperatures around KELOLAND. In this week's Flashback Friday, Keloland's Jaine Andrews takes us back to 1984 and shows us how cops were keeping Sioux Falls safe on two wheels. Spring cleaning brings more donations to Furniture Mission The motorcycle cop: he's a rare breed Sioux Falls has only four such officers men who are willing to endure the summer months without air conditioning riding around on two wheeled motorized cycles. 'I'm not closed up so much in one spot, if you're in a car, if you see someone in a car usually you don't want to go over and bother them, but if they're sitting on a motorcycle or more or less out in the open your not as as much afraid to interrupt them or disturb their little privacy,' Officer John Mataya said. The cycle police work the city much like a regular officer in a car but on more than one occasion they've been known to catch a slightly less than law abiding citizen by surprise. 'Usually when I was working at night they can't tell as easily one bike from the other,' Mataya said. This life isn't all glamour, the temperature on the bike is thirty degrees warmer than outside. There isn't much room to carry things. And saddle sores among the officers are not at all uncommon. Perhaps the only advantage to this job. 'You get a heck of a tan,' Mataya said. Jaine Andrews, Keloland News. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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14-02-2025
- Entertainment
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Flashback Friday: Getting Struck by Cupid's Arrow
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — It's Valentine's Day today, and many may be thinking about that perfect gift for that special someone. In this week's Flashback Friday Keloland's Jayne Andrews takes us back to 1986 and introduces us to Miss Cupid Herself. She's not exactly what you expected right? Well South Dakota's winters make the normal cupid garb a bit chilly for this time of year. But nonetheless Gae Hawstad of Sioux Falls is still proud as punch to be that little cherub of love for folks in Sioux Falls.'It's Valentine's Day and I'm going to spread love and joy all over give people flowers and make a special day for them. The tradition of sharing one's love is almost as old as the emotion itself and whether its a bouquet of the traditional flowers or the not so traditional balloons there are lots of ways to say I love you. 'It's just a special day to tell people how much you care and how much you love them and gives you something extra some extra day just to think about it.' Cupid's flower bearing job will only last one day but she leaves with us one wish that the love shared this valentine's day is shared all year long. Jayne Andrews, KELOLAND News. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
