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Northeast Radio SD News – Watertown, SD - The Watertown City Council on Monday held the first reading of Ordinance No. 26‑25, a major zoning text amendment that would create an entirely new zoning classification: the CD Campus District. The proposal is designed to support large medical and educational institutions whose land‑use needs don’t fit neatly into existing zoning categories.

Northeast Radio SD News – Watertown, SD - The Watertown City Council on Monday held the first reading of Ordinance No. 26‑24, a proposal to rezone the Super 8 Motel property at 503 14th Avenue SE from I‑1 Light Industrial District to C‑3 Highway Commercial District — a change city staff says will finally bring the long‑standing hotel into full compliance with modern zoning rules.

Northeast Radio SD News – Watertown, SD - South Forty Specialties has announced the acquisition of Roy’s Sport Shop, bringing one of Watertown’s most recognizable and longstanding businesses under the South Forty brand while expanding opportunities for team apparel, custom products, and local service.

Northeast Radio SD News – Watertown, SD - Leadership from Crenlo Engineered Cabs spent Monday highlighting the company’s growing footprint in Watertown — first during a facility tour with Gov. Larry Rhoden and First Lady Sandy Rhoden, and later at the Watertown City Council meeting, where executives outlined expansion plans, workforce needs, and a desire for deeper partnership with the city.

Northeast Radio SD News – Brookings County, SD - Multiple Brookings County fire crews responded Monday afternoon to a grass fire along Interstate 29 near mile marker 145.

Northeast Radio SD News – Watertown, SD - An 18-year-old Watertown man escaped injury Monday night after his vehicle was rear‑ended in an alcohol‑related crash that sent another driver to the hospital.

Northeast Radio SD News – Watertown, SD - The City Council on Monday night held the first reading of Ordinance No. 26‑23, a measure that supplements the city’s 2026 budget and authorizes several internal line‑item transfers across the General Fund, Capital Improvement Fund, and Solid Waste Fund.

Northeast Radio SD News – Watertown, SD - The City Council voted Monday night to re‑elect Councilman Kyle Peters as Deputy Mayor, concluding a two‑candidate contest that featured formal nominations, short candidate statements, and a rare secret‑ballot vote inside City Hall.

Northeast Radio SD News – Watertown, SD - Two of the community’s leading tourism and event‑industry professionals urged the City Council Monday night to take stronger action to stabilize and invest in the Watertown Event Center, warning that the facility’s economic impact is being undermined by aging infrastructure, unclear oversight, and a troubled management transition.

Northeast Radio SD News – South Dakota - A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction preventing South Dakota officials from enforcing a new state law that criminalizes the advertising of abortion-inducing drugs against a national reproductive health organization and a former state lawmaker.