Doug Allen column: With all they know about us, are we really free?
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Perry Haan column: The scammer industry keeps growing
Have you ever received a text or email from a Nigerian prince claiming to have millions of dollars trapped in…
One arrested following stolen firearm investigation
A 19-year-old Watertown man has been arrested on several firearm and drug charges following an investigation by Watertown Police involving…
Watertown Police arrest man following drug investigation
Dirk Leadabrand On Wednesday, March 4, the Watertown Police Department executed a search warrant at the home of 55-year-old Dirk…
WPD arrest two in relation to organized theft
At approximately 10:50 a.m. on Thursday, February 19, Watertown Police Department received information from a business in southeast Watertown. WPD…
Doug Allen: Focus crime-fighting efforts where they’re needed
South Dakota’s collaboration with ICE, code named Operation Prairie Thunder, according to some reports has drawn a number of positive…
Hurkes sentenced on state charges
Ted “TJ” Hurkes was sentenced to 50 years in the state penitentiary by Judge Carmen Means on Thursday, January 15….
Driver’s license examiner facing 85 sex crime charges accused of victimizing 50
More than 50 people were victimized by a former driver’s license examiner accused of using driver’s license photographs and personal…
Improving open records law in S.D. an uphill battle for advocates
In 2020, a bill was filed in South Dakota that would have spelled out extensive rules for how police body…
Judges uphold prison sentences of men who kidnapped FBI specialist at gunpoint
Two drug dealers who abducted an FBI employee on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation will continue to serve out their…
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