KELO.com News’ ‘Person of the Year for 2020’: Mayor Paul TenHaken

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) — A number of people in the state and region had a major impact on 2020.

But the person the KELO.com News Team thought had the greatest impact last year was Sioux Falls Mayor Paul Tenhaken.

Sioux Falls mayors had faced civil unrest before.

Sioux Falls mayors had faced great economic uncertainty.

And Sioux Falls mayors had faced a pandemic.

But none of them faced all three difficult situations at the same time in the same year.

Under his watch, Mayor TenHaken navigated the city through the politics of the coronavirus, which also caused a bump in the city’s usually robust economy.

And he had to quell a property damaging riot that sprang from a peaceful rally in response to the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

For dealing with such unprecedented problems all at once, Mayor Paul TenHaken is KELO.com News’ “Person of the Year for 2020.”