Staff surprises Mayor Paul TenHaken with emotional honor

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — A surprise for outgoing Mayor Paul Tenhaken on Monday afternoon, compliments of the people who work for him. While the mayor was at Keloland Studios for an interview, a group of city employees was waiting for him to come back. They invited us to be a part of the moment.

City employees had gathered in the media room at City Hall. The mayor thought he was going to give an award; instead, his employees were there to give him one. When he walked through the door, dozens of people he had honored over his two terms in office all began clapping.

“They got me, I’m pretty hard to surprise, but they got me, man, but in totally the best way,” TenHaken told us…

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