Jon Michaels' Forum

Mar 08 2025 100 ep. 28 mins 6

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A community issues and answering program that focuses on the city and people of the Sioux Empire.

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From Racing on Syrup to a Summer of Automania with Bernie Tyrrell

Mar 08 2025 29 mins

Public Affairs Director Jon Michaels talks with car show extraordinaire Bernie Tyrrell about the upcoming races in the Sioux Falls Arena and a summer of car show fun. from the Automania website: About Automania The largest free to the public Automotive Event in the Midwest is back again in 2025! We plan to have hundreds of vehicles on display, along with quality food, automotive an

Is It Really Just a Wall at $70,000 in an empty lot next to Bishop Dudley House

Feb 28 2025 29 mins

Public Affairs Director Jon Michaels (since 1977) talks with Clint Brown, Director of B.A.M. and Institute jof Civic Biodesign, and Jordan Deffenbaughj, a Whittier resident and former city council candidate. From Clint's facebook page The Fence Isn’t the Problem—It’s the SymptomSomething unusual happened in Sioux Falls recently. A city council proposal that seemed

Grassroots Petition to Save the Delbridge Museum of Natural History

Feb 22 2025 29 mins

Public Affairs Director Jon Michaels (since 1977) talks with the petition makers to save the stuffed animal exhibit (Brockhouse Collection) presently at the Great Plains Zoo. Mike Zitterch grew up in the family automotive business in the West Sioux neighborhood. Jason and Abby Haack owns Abby Normals Museum of the Strange. Mike remembers the museum at West Sioux Hardware as a

In Honor of the Late Myron Lee-My Interview on The Day The Music Died

Feb 14 2025 29 mins

Public Affairs Director Jon Michaels (since 1977) talks with local music icon Myron Lee about what it was like on Feb. 3rd, 1959 when Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Richie Valens died in a small plane crash in Iowa..."the day that the music died" from American Pie.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

ICE, Immigration, and More - Minnehaha County Sheriff Mike Milstead

Feb 09 2025 29 mins

Public Affairs Director Jon Michaels (since 1977) talks with Minnehaha Sheriff Mike Milstead about ICE, immigration, drugs, Penitentiary and local history..See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Air Disaster in Sioux Falls? We Have an Emergency Plan....Regan Smith, Sioux Falls Emergency Management Director

Feb 01 2025 29 mins

Public Director Jon Michaels, since 1977, talks with Sioux Falls Emergency Manager, Regaln Smith. from their website: Preparedness. Response. Recovery. Mitigation. Emergency Management prepares, coordinates, and leads community response and recovery to large-scale disasters. They work to improve the City’s ability to prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from majo

The Nine...Leaving A Hutterite Home

Jan 19 2025 29 mins

Recorded 2000 From Wikipedia: The Nine are a group of nine Christians who authored two books about their experiences as Hutterites and how and why they chose to leave the Hutterite religion.[1][2] The authors were between the ages of 17 and 25 when they left the communal Hutterite society.[2] Glenda, Jason, and Titus left a colony in North Da

The News of 2024 into 2025 with News Director Tom Rooney

Jan 12 2025 29 mins

Public Affairs Director Jon Michaels talks with long time television news reporter, Tom Rooney, about his career from Mitchell to Sioux Falls and now the KELO News Talk group. His views of the news of 2024 into 2025.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Human Trafficking in Sioux Falls - Call To Freedom - Marissa's House

Jan 05 2025 29 mins

Public Affairs Director Jon Michaels (since 1977) talks with Becky Rasmussen, CEO and President for Call To Freedom, and McKenzie Huska, Director of Outreach Services and Marissa's House. from their website: Alpine Cares Concert Fundraiser – Johnny Holmes – The District Rock Out and Raise Awareness This National Human Trafficking Awareness Month This January, join us fo

The 2025 South Dakota Legislature with Jack Kolbeck

Dec 29 2024 29 mins

Public Affairs Director Jon Michaels (since 1977) talks with Jack Kolbeck of Sioux Falls about his views of the upcoming 2025 South Dakota Legislature. from Wikipedia : Jack Kolbeck is an American politician serving as a former member of the South Dakota Senate from the 13th district. Elected in 2016, he assumed office on January 10, 2017.[1] Background[edit] Kolbeck was