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Watertown Fire Rescue dispatched to field fire
WATERTOWN,, S.D.–Watertown Fire Rescue was called out Sunday afternoon to a controlled burn that got out of control. The call came in around 5 p.m. of a field on fire north of Watertown in the area of 167th Street and 455th Avenue. That’s where a landowner burning brush and...
SD Department of Corrections announces offender death
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - State prison offender Brian Gibbons has died, according to a release shared by the Department of Corrections on Tuesday. Gibbons, 47, passed away at a Sioux Falls hospital on Monday. He was serving a sentence for First-Degree Robbery from Brookings County at the...
April 15-21 list includes track, softball, baseball and tennis players
Cold weather definitely messed with a number of area high school athletic events last week, but there were still enough to put together a Top Performers List for April 15-22. Breanna Jochim, Herreid-Selby Area —Jochim won the girls' 100 (12.87) and 200-meter (26.71) dashes along with the long jump (16-2) in the Sully Butts Charger Invite.
SDHSAA revises state's Class 11AAA and 11AA schedules for this fall
PIERRE — Hold on a second. The 2024 Class 11AAA and 11AA high school football schedules released by the South Dakota High School Activities Association last week have been revised. That includes the schedules for area Class 11AA teams Watertown and Aberdeen Central. Since the Rushmore Bowl in Rapid...
Real estate taxes due April 30 for Codington County property owners
Codington County property owners have until April 30 to pay the 2023 first-half real estate or mobile home taxes due in 2024. Failure to do so will incur a penalty of 10% interest added to delinquent payment. The 2023 taxes can be paid between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday...
Prescribed burn today at Cattail Crossing Golf Course
WATERTOWN, S.D.–If you see smoke coming from the area of Cattail Crossing Golf Course in Watertown today, don’t be alarmed. Fire officials will be conducting a prescribed burn from late this morning into the afternoon. The objectives of the prescribed burn are:. 1. Vegetation Height Reduction: The prescribed...
Blioux River Ranch receives South Dakota Leopold Conservation Award
Father and son, Barry and Eli Little prioritize soil health on their 1,600 acres of cropland and 800 acres of pastures at Blioux River Ranch near Castlewood, South Dakota. A variety of conservation practices have produced environmental and economic benefits through better crop yields, and less fertilizer and herbicide usage and expense. They have also demonstrated that grazing livestock can enhance wildlife habitat.
Arrows and Golden Eagles' high school and middle school teams compete in added meet
ABERDEEN — Watertown and Aberdeen Central's track and field teams didn't get to compete last Friday in the Watoma Relays in Watertown, but made up for it with a combined high school-middle school dual on Monday. The 60th Watoma Relays meet was called off because of cold weather on...
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