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Nonprofits in shock as White House looks to halt grant funding

Jan 28, 2025 | yahoo.com | Tom Hanson

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Tuesday, the federal government tried to pause all federal grants and loans. However, a federal judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration freeze that had local nonprofits and small businesses looking for answers. The White House freeze will put trillions of dollars in limbo, affecting everything from health care research to money for charities. Small businesses and state government programs are bracing to temporarily go without government funds.
KELOLAND weighs in on Ten Commandments in classrooms

Jan 24, 2025 | yahoo.com | Tom Hanson

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — A South Dakota Senator wants to require every classroom in South Dakota to display the Ten Commandments. Republican John Carley’s bill passed with a 4-3 vote in a Senate Education hearing yesterday morning. The bill was supposed to be heard by the full Senate This afternoon, but it was deferred to Monday. Senate Bill 51 would require school districts to display the Ten Commandments in each classroom in each school.
Thune says cabinet confirmation process ‘thorough’

Nov 15, 2024 | yahoo.com | Tom Hanson

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — It’s been a whirlwind two days, but John Thune is out of Washington, D.C. and back home“Always good to be in South Dakota, where I would always rather be, but it was an eventful week in Washington and we got a lot of work ahead of us,” Thune said Friday in the KELOLAND Media Group studio. His new job as U.S. Senate Majority Leader will be demanding.
Noem’s job as Secretary of Homeland Security

Nov 12, 2024 | yahoo.com | Tom Hanson

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Noem was first floated as a possible running mate for Trump, but her admission of killing a dog she considered “untrainable” knocked her out of consideration for the vice presidential role. Many still suspected her loyalty to President-Elect Trump would lead to something else. “I love being the Governor of South Dakota, and President Trump knows I will help him however I can,” she told News Nation on Monday.
Mount Vernon man admits to killing 3-year-old boy

Sep 11, 2024 | yahoo.com | Tom Hanson

Tom HansonSeptember 11, 2024 at 7:20 PM·1 min readSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — 35-year-old Shawn Delancey was charged with murder, manslaughter, and child abuse in the death of the little boy in March of 2023. Today, Delancey agreed to a plea deal in a Davison County courtroom. He pleaded guilty to 2nd-degree manslaughter and child abuse. A murder charge was dropped. In March 2023, at his home in Mt. Vernon, Delancey was babysitting 3-year-old Mahlon Pollard, also known as May.
BBB says investment scammers use social media

Sep 5, 2024 | yahoo.com | Tom Hanson

Tom HansonSeptember 5, 2024 at 6:10 PM·2 min readSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The Better Business Bureau just released the results of a new study that shows investment scams are exploding in the U.S., including KELOLAND. Scammers have stolen more than $11 billion in the last four years using such tactics. The scammers often target more mature people with larger sums of money to invest.
Lawmaker: ‘Deep dive’ audit needed in state fraud

Aug 30, 2024 | yahoo.com | Tom Hanson

Tom HansonAugust 30, 2024 at 6:16 PM·2 min readSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The South Dakota Attorney General’s office has confirmed that DCI agents are looking into a state Department of Revenue criminal matter apparently involving fraudulent vehicle titles. In a statement, Marty Jackley said, “The criminal matter was reported by the Department of Revenue and is separate from the previous fraudulent title investigation.
ICE's SmartLINK app tracks migrants by the thousands. Does it work?

Jun 13, 2024 | cbsnews.com | Tom Hanson |Laura Geller |Josh Pena |John Kelly |Aaron Munoz |Jose Sanchez | +2 more

Inside look at ICE's SmartLINK app On an April day in 2022, a Venezuelan migrant stood on the banks of the powerful Rio Grande. He could see his future directly in front of him as he cautiously waded into the currents. With each step, his 6-foot-4-inch frame began to disappear beneath the murky green water. "The water was up to my neck," he said. "I held my backpack over my head and my feet could barely touch the ground. … I was afraid that I would be swept away.
Teens struggle to identify misinformation about Israel-Hamas conflict - the world's second "social media war"

Dec 19, 2023 | cbsnews.com | Tom Hanson |Laura Geller |Alexis Guerrero |Aaron Munoz |Michael Botsford

Misinformation spreads on Israel-Hamas war Decimated neighborhoods. Injured children. Terrorized festivalgoers running for their lives. Since the brutal war between Israel and Hamas began nearly three months ago, Maddy Miller, a 17-year-old high school senior in Dallas, Texas, has been trying to make sense of the horrific scenes unfolding daily on her phone. "I'll just open TikTok or Instagram and it's like,'here's a clip from inside Israel or inside Palestine,'" Miller said.
How NYPD is stepping up security for Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

Nov 23, 2023 | cbsnews.com | Tom Hanson |Kerry Breen

More security for the Thanksgiving Day Parade The New York Police Department is stepping up security along the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade route this year, in part because of increased terrorist concerns across New York state because of the Israel-Hamas war. "CBS Mornings" was able to take a behind-the-scenes look at the NYPD's joint command center for the parade, which is expected to draw millions of spectators.