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Watertown man convicted for role in 2024 officer-involved shooting

By Roger Whittle 01/30/2026

A Watertown man has been convicted of three charges in connection with an officer involved shooting that occurred Dec. 5,…

Ted “TJ” Hurkes was sentenced to 50 years in the state penitentiary by Judge Carmen Means on Thursday, January 15….

More than 50 people were victimized by a former driver’s license examiner accused of using driver’s license photographs and personal…

Deuel County Sheriff Cory Borg is among those selected by South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley for a commission to…

A traffic stop on Interstate 90 ended with South Dakota state troopers seizing more than 200 pounds of methamphetamine —…

By Roger Whittle 06/05/2025

Kendon Koep and Kaitlyn Schmeling of the Watertown Police Department were among 36 students who graduated on Friday, June 5,…

PIERRE, S.D.—South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announced that a former Watertown woman has been indicted on one count of…

By The Dakota Scout Staff Within a week of being sworn into office, South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden became the…

By Roger Whittle 01/08/2025

A Watertown man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading no contest to first-degree rape of an…