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Impaired driving numbers spur WPD action
The Watertown Police Department issues an annual report each year jam-packed with statistics from the previous year. This year’s report,…
Car crash shuts down power for several Watertown businesses
Several businesses in near east U.S. Highway 212 were without electricity Sunday morning, Feb. 16, after a drunken driver crashed…
Get home safe NYE
The Watertown Police Department is participating in the “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” public safety campaign this new year’s…
South Dakota Supreme Court upholds state revocation of driver’s commercial license in DUI case
A driver who holds a commercial driver’s license must submit to a blood draw or chemical analysis even if that…
Driver arrested for DUI after crashing into house
Watertown residents had an abrupt awakening in the early morning hours of Saturday, October 26. At about 2:21 a.m., a…
Highway Patrol conducting sobriety checkpoints during October
The South Dakota Highway Patrol will conduct sobriety checkpoints in Codington County and 13 other counties throughout October. The checkpoints…
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