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Here are links to my news stories on keloland.com. When you follow the links, just push the play button on the video player on the right side of the screen to watch the video. It takes Windows Media Player. I have not had good luck playing the videos on Apple computers.


3-2-07 -- BLIZZARD CHANGES PLOWING PROCESS -- A plow driver explains how plowing in a blizzard is different than a normal storm.


3-2-07 -- KIDS HELP SHOVEL -- In a "side-street" neighborhood a group of kids are helping with the snow removal effort


3-1-07 -- STORM MEANS LONGER SPRING BREAK -- College kids got out of school early because of the blizzard, and they hope they don't spend the first few days of break in the dorms.


2-28-07 -- WRESTLER RAPE TRIAL BEGINS -- The juvenile trial for the former state champion wrestler charged with rape begins.


2-26-07 -- JAILHOUSE SNITCH HELPING INVESTIGATORS -- Informant who testified on one case is also helping investigators with a 1971 cold case.

2-19-07 -- LOCAL VIEW ON PRESIDENTIAL RACE -- Local voters see 2008 race as wide open.


2-16-07 -- MIRACLE ON 41ST STREET -- Man has heart attack while driving, and officer saves his life with portable defibrillator.


2-15-07 -- MURDERER GETS LIFE SENTENCE -- Brian Leingang gets life for strangling his wife and infant son.


2-15-07 -- ONLINE INFORMATION -- I investigate myself online to show how easy it is for find personal information.


2-14-07 -- HEARTS FROM THE HEART -- Husband gives wife of 52 years a box of candy each Valentine's Day. And she's kept every one.


2-13-07 -- SLOW MERGING CAUSES ACCIDENTS -- A bunch of accidents on the Interstate early Monday morning.


2-9-07 -- JURY CONSIDERS INSANITY DEFENSE -- Brian Leingang says he strangled his family to get them to heaven, and the devil tricked him. Jurors must decide if he was insane.


1-8-07 -- PRO-LIFE GROUP CLAIMS FRAUD -- The group in favor of the abortion ban is claiming the other side used fraudulent signatures on its petitions.


1-5-07 -- SUTTON'S LAWYER'S PLAN LEGAL ACTION -- Sen. Dan Sutton's lawyers plan a lawsuit if the Senate goes forward with expulsion procedures.


1-4-07 -- NEARMAN SENTENCED FOR DRUNKEN BOAT ACCIDENT -- Justin Nearman got a light prison sentence for killing another man while driving his boat drunk.


1-3-07 -- ROGER HUNT CALLS INVESTIGATION POLITICAL -- Roger Hunt thinks his campaign finance controversy is being investigated for political reasons.


12-22-06 -- RAPE CASE MOVED TO JUVENILE COURT -- Coaches and administrators testified in favor of Jerome Hunt, who is charged with rape for alleged hazing.


12-20-06 -- IMMMIGRANTS AWAIT DEPORTATION HEARINGS -- The illegal immigrants arrested in the Swift Plant raid are awaiting deportation hearings.


12-13-06 -- WORTHINGTON REACTION TO IMMIGRATION SWEEP -- City leaders want immigration reform from Congress.


12-11-06 -- PROSTITUTION CASE BEGAN ONLINE -- An Omaha call girl sets up her schedule online. That's how Sioux Falls police got her to offer sex for money.


12-8-06 -- 3D MONTH AIMS TO CURB DRUNK DRIVING -- The highway patrol is increasing patrols during December to try and cut down on drunks.


12-7-06 -- FRISBEE CAUSES DORM FLOOD -- A freshman is in trouble for playing frisbee after a high toss set off the sprinkler system and caused a lot of damage.


12-6-06 -- NEW INFO IN WRESTLER RAPE CASE -- He's charged with rape, but Jerome Hunt is actually accused of sticking his finger in other wrestler's butts as a hazing technique.


12-5-06 -- MULDER GUILTY IN DRIVE-BY TRIAL -- Rick Mulder is guilty of making a silencer for someone to drive by and shoot up his ex's house.


12-4-06 -- HIRED DRIVE-BY SHOOTING TRIAL -- A man faces weapons charges for hiring someone to drive by and shoot up his ex-girlfriend's house.


11-27-06 -- YOUTUBE VIDEOS TEACH TO PICK LOCKS -- People can learn how to pick home door locks on youtube.com.


11-30-06 -- STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT METH -- We sit in on the US Attorneys teaching kids about meth.


11-29-06 -- A FATHER'S THANKS -- A man who lived to see his daughters graduate because of a heart transplant from a boy who died on his own graduation night.


11-29-06 -- NATIONAL METH AWARENESS DAY -- US Attorneys are educating kids on meth.


11-28-06 -- POLICE CHIEF NOT GUILTY OF STALKING -- The jury did not believe the crude comments Ronnie Thallas made to a woman were enough to constitute stalking.


11-27-06 -- POLICE CHIEF ON TRIAL FOR STALKING -- Ronnie Thallas begins trial for stalking for supposedly bothering a lady he was helping investigate a case.


11-20-06 -- STATE HAS NEVER PROSECUTED LATE FILERS -- Late campaign finance report filers in South Dakota has never been prosecuted. Roger Hunt still has not filed his report.


11-17-06 -- KILLER MOVES INTO NEW HOME -- Robert Kulhavy, free on parole, moved into his new home with his sister 20 years after raping and killing a woman.


11-16-06 -- OFFICERS LEARN MORE ABOUT MOTORCYCLE GANGS -- With the Sturgis Rally gang shootings fresh in officers' minds, they learned about the gangs at a conference.


11-15-06 -- KILLER WILL MOVE INTO NEIGHBORHOOD WITH KIDS -- A neighborhood is upset that a convicted killer is moving in.


11-14-06 -- SUTTON DODGES SPECIAL SESSION -- Senator Dan Sutton resigns from current term to avoid page scandal special session, but doesn't resign from term that starts in January.


11-13-06-- RULES FOR SPECIAL SESSION -- State senate releases rules for special session that will investigate whether Senator Dan Sutton sexually groped a page.


11-13-06-- A MOTHER'S MESSAGE -- Eye on KELOLAND about a mother who lost her son to a drunk driving accident. She hopes her message can save lives.


11-10-06-- CANADIAN SCAM -- A new kind of scam targets a Sioux Falls business and customers across the country looking for a good deal on a loan.


11-8-06-- VOTERS REJECT TRAIN EXPANSION -- Brookings voters reject a ballot measure intended to make them safer because they don't want the trains there at all.


11-7-06-- FEW ELECTION PROBLEMS -- These were the few things that went wrong in South Dakota during the election process


11-6-06-- FINANCE REPORT IMPROPERLY FILED -- Roger Hunt filed the campaign finance report, and the Secretary of State says it does not comply with the law.


11-3-06-- HUNT DISPUTES LAW -- Roger Hunt filed his campaign finance report, but it did not have the names of contributors that the Secretary of State says should be on there.


11-3-06-- "VOTE NO" WANTS MONEY RETURNED; DONORS NAMED -- The group against the abortion ban wants "Vote Yes To Life" to give back controversial donations, and the donors to be named.


11-2-06-- ABORTION CAMPAIGN FINANCE SCANDAL -- Rep. Roger Hunt, who wrote the abortion ban bill, created a corporation to anonymously donate money to the "Vote Yes For Life" campaign, and he did not file a campaign finance report.


11-1-06-- MARRIAGE AMENDMENT -- South Dakota voters will decide whether to change the state constitution to ban gay marriage.


10-31-06-- MEDICAL MARIJUANA -- South Dakota will become the first state to reject a medical marijuana measure on the ballot.


10-30-06-- VOTING TWICE IS POSSIBLE -- I found a loophole where voters can vote twice if they are willing to do a little jail time.


10-27-06-- PLANT EXPANSION ON HOLD; POSSIBLY CANCELED -- The John Morrell meat processing plant expansion might never happen, and that would affect the local economy.


10-25-06-- 7 AND 10-YEAR-OLDS WRECK HOUSE -- Two young brothers completely trashed their neighbor's house in a short amount of time, causing $50K in damage.


10-24-06-- SPECIAL SESSION CALLED TO INVESTIGATE PAGE SCANDAL -- The governor agrees the Senate should investigate whether a senator groped a page.


10-23-06-- SCAM ARTIST GUILTY AGAIN -- An insurance agent scam artist pleads guilty to wronging an old lady i found after his sentencing for other scams.


10-20-06-- MEDICAL MARIJUANA -- Local law enforcement doesn't seem too excited about medical marijuana being on the ballot.


10-16-06 -- POLICE SEARCH FOR HAWARDEN MURDER SUSPECTS -- Two young men are dead after a small-town shooting.


10-10-06 -- HARVESTING A FRIEND'S LAST CROP -- After a friend died of Leukemia, a group of farmers got together to harvest the last soybeans he ever planted.


10-9-06 -- HOMES BURGLARIZED WHILE OWNERS SLEEP -- A strange string of break-ins... the burglary went in while the victims were home sleeping.


10-6-06 -- THUNE DENOUNCES FOLEY SCANDAL -- SD Senator John Thune had to give some money back after the Mark Foley page scandal... money he got from Foley.


10-3-06 -- MAN CRIES DOUBLE-JEOPARDY -- A man convicted of attempted murder claimed to the state Supreme Court that he was convicted of two crimes for the same act.


10-3-06 -- FAMILY SUES FIRE DEPARTMENT -- State Supreme Court hears case of family suing fire department for not being prepared.


10-2-06 -- JANKLOW ARGUES SUPREME COURT CASE -- The former governor Bill Janklow is back in the public's eye as an attorney.


9-28-06 -- SD UNDERAGE DRINKING RATE AMONG HIGHEST -- A national survey shows kids in South Dakota drink more often than nearly every other state.


9-27-06 -- TOILET EXPLODES -- Woman's toilet explodes... turns out there was a product recall she didnt' know about.


9-26-06 -- JUROR QUESTION DEBATE -- It will be difficult to prepare jury questions for Daphne Wright's murder trial.


9-22-06 -- IOWA RAPE -- A 17-year-old in George, Iowa, is accused of raping up to four teenage girls.


9-20-06-- MITCHELL MURDER CASE -- Police say a man shot his roommate in the leg. But the guy died, so now it's a murder case.


9-19-06-- INVESTIGATING ONLINE PREDATORS -- Sioux Falls investigators are training for new ways to catch bad guys online.


9-13-06-- DEAF MURDER INTERROGATION -- Deaf murder suspect Daphne Wright changes her story several times in this police interview after Darlene VanderGiesen disappeared.


9-12-06-- DEAF MURDER SUSPECT ALIBI -- A first look at what deaf murder suspect Daphne Wright may claim when her trial begins.


9-12-06-- CONVERTING CARS TO E85 -- Eye on KELOLAND about pushing EPA approval for kits converting regular cars to run on e85 fuel.


9-5-06-- REASONS FOR EXECUTION DELAY -- S.D. Gov. Mike Rounds expands on his reasons for delaying the execution of Elijah Page.


8-30-06-- WHY NOT DELAY EXECUTION EARLIER? -- Governor and Attorney General contradict each other in explaining how long state knew about execution law problems.


8-30-06-- SHOOTING FOR HIRE SUSPECT CHARGED -- A man is charged with hiring someone to shoot out all the windows at his ex-girlfriend's house.


8-28-06-- DETAILS OF KILLER'S ABUSIVE UPBRINGING -- A former foster parent thinks Elijah Page's abusive upbringing led to him becoming a killer.

8-27-06-- PAGE EXECUTION SCHEDULED -- State announces Elijah Page will die; first South Dakota execution in 60 years.


8-17-06-- LAST EXECUTION IN SD -- Only one man ever got the chair in S.D. Find out how it went down.


8-10-06-- HELLS ANGELS GO TO COURT -- After the biker gang shootout in Sturgis, the two Hells Angels members appeared in court.


8-9-06-- MOTORCYCLE GANG SHOOTOUT -- Hells Angels and Outlaws motorcycle gang members fired at each other at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.


8-3-06-- NURSING HOME ATTACKS 3 -- A nursing home rep defends how they prepare workers for possible violence.


8-2-06-- NURSING HOME ATTACKS 2 -- The main story about two nurses getting attacked by the same resident, resulting in brain damage.


8-2-06-- NURSING HOME ATTACKS 1 -- Look what happened to two nurses after they were attacked by the same nursing home resident. Not many people believe them.


7-20-06-- FIRE DEPARTMENTS ON CALL -- Because of the severe drought, fire departments are all on call to go out west and help fight wildfires.


7-19-06-- E85 CAR CONVERTERS -- A guy in S.D. is modifying people's cars so they run on the cheaper e85 fuel.


7-19-06-- E85 CAR CONVERTERS -- A guy in S.D. is modifying people's cars so they run on the cheaper e85 fuel.


7-3-06-- 11TH STREET VIOLENCE -- We caught acts of violence on tape around one Sioux Falls neighborhood over a weekend.


6-27-06-- SHERIFF WANTS MONEY -- Minnehaha County Sheriff asks for more money to get more officers.


6-8-06-- VANDALISMS RISE -- After school gets out, vandalism on parked cars rise greatly.


6-6-06-- JUDGE ELECTION -- A rare election with multiple candidates for circuit judge.


6-5-06--FAKE TEACHER GOES TO PRISON -- A special ed teacher who forged her teaching certificate got a harsh prison sentence.


5-25-06-- MEAN GENE LAWSUIT -- Mean Gene Okerlund is sued over his nickname after splitting with the company that owns Mean Gene's Burgers.


5-16-06-- ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION -- A local Hispanic business owner talks about President Bush's immigration ideas.


5-10-06-- PROSECUTING LLEGAL IMMIGRANTS -- A prosecutor explains why they can't just deport illegal immigrants when they commit crimes.


5-3-06-- RED-HANDED KILLLER -- A killer caught on tape covered in blood is sentenced to life in prison.


4-25-06-- CLERK CHARGED AFTER DEATH -- A convenience store clerk is charged for selling beer to a teen who died in a crash.


4-24-06-- DOCTOR WRITES PHONEY PRESCRIPTIONS -- A doc gets a light sentence for writing fake prescriptions for OxyContin.


4-11-06-- GARRETSON SCHOOL VOTE -- School district has vote to see if taxes will be raised or teachers will be cut.


3-29-06-- VANDERGIESEN'S BODY FOUND -- Dismembered deaf woman Darlene VanderGiesen's upper body found in a Minnesota ditch.


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