Northeast Radio SD News – Watertown, SD - Early results from the South Dakota Republican gubernatorial runoff show Larry Rhoden holding a substantial lead statewide as counties continue reporting precinct totals.

Northeast Radio SD News – Watertown, SD - The Watertown Area Chamber of Commerce is gearing up for its second annual “Limitless: Women Rising Together” conference, a half-day leadership event dedicated to empowering, connecting, and elevating women in both their personal and professional lives.

Northeast Radio SD News – Castlewood, SD - Emergency crews responded Saturday afternoon after nearly a dozen 911 callers reported multiple small grass fires burning along the south ditch of SD Highway 22, stretching from east of Castlewood near 460th Avenue to Interstate 29.

Northeast Radio SD News – Watertown, SD - The City of Watertown Public Works Department is advising drivers of upcoming traffic changes tied to the 2026 street construction projects.

Northeast Radio SD News – Elkton, SD - The Brookings County Sheriff’s Office says a kitchen grease fire prompted a response Monday night at a residence near the intersection of 486th Avenue and 209th Street.

Northeast Radio SD News – Watertown, SD - The South Dakota Departments of Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) and Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR) are reminding landowners that enrollment for the state’s prairie dog control programs closes August 15.

Northeast Radio SD News – Watertown, SD - The Watertown Planning Commission on Thursday unanimously approved Resolution No. 2026‑33, clearing the way for the vacation of a 14‑foot‑wide unimproved alley in Block 7 of Davlin’s Addition, located between 7th and 8th Street SE and bounded by 9th and 10th Avenue SE.

Northeast Radio SD News – Watertown, SD - The Watertown Planning Commission on Thursday approved both the annexation and R‑1 zoning designation for a 13,558‑square‑foot portion of land located south of 2700 13th Avenue NE, allowing the property owner to construct a conforming accessory structure.

Northeast Radio SD News – Watertown, SD - The Watertown Board of Adjustment on Thursday approved a front yard setback variance allowing a garage expansion at 224 8th Street SE, located in the R‑2A Single Family Attached Residential District.

Northeast Radio SD News – Watertown, SD - The Watertown Board of Adjustment voted Thursday to approve a conditional use request allowing storage units and an office within an existing structure at 15 11th Street NE, located in the R‑3 Multi‑Family Residential District.

Northeast Radio SD News – Watertown, SD - Codington County is nearing its June absentee turnout as voters prepare for Tuesday’s statewide Republican gubernatorial runoff election.

Northeast Radio SD News – Watertown, SD - The Watertown Rotary Club celebrated its largest turnout yet for the annual Kayak Around Kampeska event this weekend, drawing more than 50 kayakers and paddle‑boarders from at least five zip codes to Lake Kampeska for the 13‑ to 14‑mile paddle around the shoreline.

Northeast Radio SD News – Clark County, SD - The South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT) will begin multiple asphalt surface treatment projects on Monday, July 27, with Clark County among the locations slated for chip seal work across central and eastern South Dakota.

Northeast Radio SD News – Watertown, SD - The South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation (DLR) will host its next Workforce Knowledge Series Session on Thursday, Aug. 13, focusing on cybersecurity practices that help businesses safeguard employee information.

Northeast Radio SD News – Twin Cities, MN - Four Twin Cities men have pleaded guilty to defrauding Minnesota’s Housing Stabilization Services (HSS) program out of approximately $2.2 million, a scheme federal prosecutors say was concealed using artificial intelligence to fabricate records.

Twenty-seven years ago, the federal government reached a startling conclusion about one of South Dakota’s most unusual watersheds.

Northeast Radio SD News – South Dakota - South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has released a draft ballot explanation for a proposed initiated measure that would allow exceptions for the direct sale of homemade dairy products. Brenda Anderson of Custer submitted the proposal.

Northeast Radio SD News – National News - Del Rio, TX - Eleven people have been indicted in federal court for their alleged roles in a human smuggling operation that resulted in seven migrants being found dead inside a sealed shipping container in May, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

Northeast Radio SD News – Watertown, SD - Visitors to Lions Park now have access to free fishing poles thanks to a donation from Fishing for Life and a new partnership between the Watertown Police Department and Watertown Park and Recreation.

Northeast Radio SD News – Watertown, SD - A Watertown man was arrested Thursday morning following a stolen vehicle investigation in southeast Watertown, according to a media release from the Watertown Police Department.