SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) — Long-time Sioux Falls political figure Kermit Staggers is in hospice care.
He is a former state legislator, city councilor, and mayoral candidate.
City Councilor Theresa Stehly says Staggers is a great example of what a public servant should be.
“Kermit has been a friend to me and a mentor for the past 13 years,” Stehly told KELO.com News. “He loved the citizens and the citizens loved him.”
Stehly posted the news on Facebook this afternoon.
(Liz Ryan, KELO.com News, contributed to this report.)