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Radio station under fire for photo used in story about terrorist threat arrest

Subject of news article accused of attempting to burn down apartment by setting Bible on fire

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Jonathan Ellis
Dec 19, 2025
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A local radio station got more than it bargained this week when it used a stock photograph in a story it published online about a Sioux Falls man arrested on charges of making a terroristic threat.

“Sioux Falls man is charged with making a terrorist threat,” read the KELO Radio article Dec. 17. Below the headline was a photo of a police officer leading a handcuffed Caucasian man to a police car.

Problem is, Sioux Falls police had arrested Mohamed Mansarry, who is very clearly not Caucasian.

Richmond Lake dam replacement will mark historic past

Shannon Marvel
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Dec 18
Richmond Lake dam replacement will mark historic past

The spillway at Brown County’s Richmond Lake is considered a high-hazard structure and is expected to be replaced starting next year.

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