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Flashback Friday: Parading Pets around Phillips Avenue
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – We've been telling you about several different events over the month of June that'll get families out of the house and hitting the streets and parks all around Downtown Sioux Falls. Mitchell residents against Davison County prison site In this week's Flashback Friday, we're going all the way back to 1968 where Keloland's Bill Severtson shows us how a group of kids spent their summer Saturday morning parading their pets along Phillips Avenue. Some mighty unusual traffic moved the wrong way on a one way street in downtown Sioux falls this morning. The slow moving travelers included horses, dogs, cats, hamsters, a fox, and two geese, all in all about 75 assorted refugees from Noah's Ark. Accompanied by 100 young human type companions. It was the annual county pet parade sponsored by the Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office and the Sioux Empire Kennel Club. Trophies were awarded Sammy Brett of Sioux Falls for the best decorated float and Richard Mathiesen of Renner for the child with a pet coming the longest distance. And Laurie Blount most unusual pet, a very friendly gray fox. Ribbons were given for just about every category imaginable and everybody went home convinced that their pet was the best in the whole wide world. Bill Severtson, KELOLAND News. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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Milstead recalls jail expansion amid prison restart
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — From inmate medical needs to staffing, the Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office has plenty to monitor as they work to improve operations at the Minnehaha County Jail. Members of the sheriff's office discussed what's going well and areas that need improvement during the Minnehaha County Commissioners meeting Tuesday. During Mike Milstead's time as Minnehaha County Sheriff, the current Jail was built and renovated, which gives Milstead unique insight for the Prison Project Reset task force launched by Governor Rhoden. Court Docs: Police shooting suspect stole guns 'It will be interesting to see, having gone through two major projects moving from an old, poorly designed facility into modern, efficient design and heavily utilizing technology, to see how that matches up at all with what we start working on with the prison reset group,' Milstead said. Another topic discussed by the sheriff's office was the high demand on the jail's medical staff. 'The medical need at the jail is historically high. That continues. With the population that comes in into the jail, there's not a whole lot of preventative care that goes on prior to coming to jail. While I say preventative care, there's really not a lot of care at all that goes on on the streets prior to coming to jail,' Minnehaha County Chief Deputy Sheriff Jeff Gromer said. While discussing the needs for people inside the jail, the sheriff's office also talked about what they're doing to keep people out of custody. 'Between our 24/7 program and our Pretrial Services Program today, we're monitoring more people outside of custody than we have in the county jail,' Milstead said. Minnehaha County Jail sees rise in violence 'We've done a really good job of developing and implementing programs that help us keep people out on the streets, so people that we can safely monitor and work through the system on the streets are not coming to jail,' Gromer said. 'They can continue to work, support their family, support the community, pay their taxes,' Milstead said. Milstead also says the number of inmates in jail is similar to what it was a year ago. In addition, the sheriff's office hired 43 new employees for the jail in 2024 with 38 of them still employed with them now. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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22-02-2025
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17 graduate from SF Law Enforcement Training Program
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Friday was a special day for a group of law enforcement officers in southeastern South Dakota. 17 people graduated from the Law Enforcement Training Program based in Sioux Falls. House lawmakers: No librarian defense for 'harmful' books KELOLAND News introduced you to Jason Vultaggio shortly before he started the Sioux Falls regional academy. Friday was graduation day for the Sioux Falls police officer after he completed the 13-week basic law enforcement certification course. 'Hard, a lot of work, a lot of hours put into it, a lot of teamwork, a lot of camaraderie that was built. I have a new family here now, which feels incredible,' Vultaggio said. Vultaggio is one of 14 graduates for the Sioux Falls Police Department. Meanwhile, the Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office has three graduates from the academy. 'I was thinking back on it just yesterday with my classmates, all the things we've done, accomplished and thinking about in the moment they were very difficult, they were extreme challenges, but looking back on it, it was good to see that we helped each other through, we persevered, and we overcame, and now we're here finally reaping that reward for all the hard work we did,' said Marcos Loa with the Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office. Attorney General Marty Jackley thanked the group for choosing law enforcement. Jackley's advice to the officers is to stay healthy. 'And that is focus on your family. Focus on doing the things you love. That will make you a stronger officer when you're at work,' Jackley said. While graduating is a satisfying feeling for Vultaggio he knows there's more training ahead before he can patrol the streets on his own. 'We have a long way to go after this. This is just the beginning, but accomplished,' Vultaggio said. The Sioux Falls program was started in 2020. It's the same training as the Pierre-based academy. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
