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  • A community issues and answering program that focuses on the city and people of the Sioux Empire.
    2025 Midwest Communications Inc.
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  • Air Disaster in Sioux Falls? We Have an Emergency Plan....Regan Smith, Sioux Falls Emergency Management Director

    Air Disaster in Sioux Falls? We Have an Emergency Plan....Regan Smith, Sioux Falls Emergency Management Director
    Feb 1 2025

    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 major emergencies.

    Division Highlights

    Our division works with local public safety and public health agencies to keep our city safe and prepared. Here’s what we do:

    • We plan and prepare for all kinds of emergencies, natural and man-made.
    • We conduct training exercises and practice drills.
    • We provide extra support that enhances the City’s readiness.

    We also manage the Emergency Operations Center (EOC). It is a key facility for coordinating efforts during and after a disaster. The EOC includes a team of dedicated professionals and representatives from City public safety agencies. Our efforts have earned us StormReady recognition from the National Weather Service.

    The City of Sioux Falls Public Safety Campus is a $55 million investment that spans 42 acres. It is a state-of-the-art hub for law enforcement, fire rescue, and emergency services. At the core of this venture is a dedication to safety, innovation, and the growth of our public safety team.

    The campus offers a top-of-the-line training environment with settings for creating lifelike scenarios. Officers and firefighters will gain hands-on experience to prepare for real-world challenges. The campus also provides opportunities for collaboration between different departments and partners.

    The investment made in this campus will serve our community now and well into the future.

    Campus Details

    The City of Sioux Falls Public Safety Campus offers 100,000 square feet of training facilities and structures. The Police Department, Fire Rescue, Emergency Management, and Metro Communications will all use the space. Some features of the campus include:

    • 911 emergency communications
    • Metro Communications dispatch facility
    • Emergency Operations Center
    • Chief Matt Burns Range
    • Tactical structures creating dynamic training opportunities for police and fire rescue
    • Emergency vehicle operations course
    • Defensive tactics mat room with use of force training simulator
    • EMS simulation lab
    • Outdoor and indoor classrooms
    • Apparatus storage and personal protective equipment care and maintenance building

    From cadets to experienced public safety workers, the campus offers training for all skill levels. The same applies to first responders from across the region who will also use the campus.

    Wireless Emergency Alerts

    Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEAs) are short emergency alerts authorities can send to any WEA-enabled mobile device in a locally targeted area. Alerting Authorities who are authorized to send WEAs include state, local, tribal public safety officials, the National Weather Service, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the President of the United States.

    • WEAs look like text messages but are designed to get your attention with a unique sound and vibration repeated twice.
    • WEAs are not affected by network congestion and will not disrupt texts, calls or in progress data sessions.
    • People are not charged for receiving WEAs, and there is no need to subscribe.

    WEAs are sent through FEMA’s Integrated Public Alert and Warning System. If you are not receiving WEAs here are some tips to troubleshoot your mobile device:

    • Check the notification settings on your mobile device.
    • Older phones may not be WEA capable, and some cell phone models require you to enable WEAs.
    • Check with your wireless provider to see if they can resolve the issue.

    City Emergency Alert Signup

    Stay safe, informed, and ready—sign up for emergency alerts from the City of Sioux Falls.

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    30 min
  • The Nine...Leaving A Hutterite Home

    The Nine...Leaving A Hutterite Home
    Jan 19 2025
    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 Dakota. Cindy, Rodney, Junia, Karen, Darlene, and Sheryl left a colony in Manitoba, Canada.[3] Five years after leaving their respective Hutterite colonies, they wrote the first book, Hutterites: Our Story To Freedom. They self-published their book through Risen Son Publishing in 2013. In 2014 they published their second book, Since We Told the Truth: Our Life Can Never Be the Same.[3] Books[edit] Hutterites: Our Story to Freedom is written in testimony form and style, featuring a chapter by each of The Nine.[4] They write their own personal accounts and their view of the religion and culture of the Hutterites. While every chapter is unique to the individual author, there is a consistent pattern of their dissatisfaction with the Hutterite religion. The Nine explain current Hutterite customs and beliefs and declare that Hutterite beliefs directly contradict Christian, biblical teachings. They offer personal testimonies as evidence to expose the Hutterite system as controlling and oppressive to its members. The Nine bring to light corrupt practices of heavy-handed control by leadership, nepotism, sexism, deceptive religious teaching, and a lack of personal and formal education.[5] Reception[edit] The book Hutterites generated widespread controversy.[3][6] While many readers welcomed and praised the rare opportunity to hear what life is like inside a Hutterite colony, the books also produced angry protests, mostly from Hutterites.[3] Many Hutterites saw the books as sensationalizing Hutterite life for profit and claimed the book was lopsided in its perspective.[6] In an interview in 2014, one of the nine was quoted: "We love the Hutterite people, we see how things are being done wrong on the colony, how it is oppressive. We didn't write this out of bitterness or anger or unforgiveness." They have responded to the criticism by stating their stories are accurate and irrefutable.[6] The Nine point out that many other former Hutterites agree with their conclusions. They also explain their motivation for writing the two books as an avenue to help others.[3] The second book Since We Told the Truth explains many of the controversies surrounding the first book to silence the criticism. They wrote that their reasons for exposing the abuses were to influence change in the colonies and is motivated by a love for truth and justice. However, some of the accusations against The Nine continue to occasionally arise.[7] Influence[edit] The two books offer an uncommon and candid glimpse into Hutterite life from a firsthand perspective.[8] Until the release of Hutterites, firsthand accounts of the Hutterite lifestyle had been largely limited to those written by current Hutterite members, or by ones who had left the colony at an early age.[9] According to The Nine, this had previously resulted in an idyllic and deceptive picture of Hutterite life being presented to society.[3] With the release of the two books the entire perception of Hutterite life is being challenged.[7] The Nine continue to spread their message through book events, presentations, interviews on television, radio, and print, speaking at various churches, and producing Christian teaching videos available online.[10][11] Further reading[edit] The Nine. Hutterites: Our Story to Freedom (2013) ISBN 978-0-9895184-0-6— Since We Told The Truth: Life Can Never Be the Same (2014) ISBN 978-0-9895184-2-0 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    29 min
  • The News of 2024 into 2025 with News Director Tom Rooney

    The News of 2024 into 2025 with News Director Tom Rooney
    Jan 13 2025

    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.

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    30 min

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