Farm and Food File: Hanging it up after 33 years
Journalism has many traditions. One of the oldest is adding “-30-” after the last paragraph of a just-completed story to…
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Watertown native, Minneapolis journalist Doug Grow dies as 78
Doug Grow, a 1966 graduate of Watertown High School, spent much of his youth delivering issues of the Minneapolis Tribune…
Doug Allen column: Artificial intelligence draining us of actual intelligence
There’s been a lot in the news lately about further consolidation in the news media. You may know the names:…
Becoming South Shore
Ahead of South Shore’s 125th Anniversary, The Watertown Current is pleased to publish a special section on the community’s history. …
‘Little Chicago’: South Shore’s business history
Ahead of South Shore’s 125th Anniversary, the Current is pleased to publish a special section on the community’s history. The…
‘Hurrah for the South Shore oil fields’
Ahead of South Shore’s 125th Anniversary, the Current is pleased to publish a special section on the community’s history. The…
Community Foundation grant will digitize last batch of PO archives
While the Watertown Public Opinion had morphed into just a shadow of its former self, the newspaper’s archives remain the…
Doug Allen column: Why I write
I know many people don’t like to write (though it’s estimated that every year people send 8 trillion text messages!),…
S.D. media landscape shifts as newspapers sold, two launch, one closes
The ever-changing landscape of South Dakota’s traditional and new media industry evolved further in the past few months, with newspapers…
Former Mitchell Legion baseball coach sues S.D. American Legion in aftermath of 2023 rape case
MITCHELL – Longtime Mitchell baseball coach Luke Norden has filed suit against the South Dakota American Legion and one of…
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