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.

Northeast Radio SD News – South Dakota - South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley says federal and state authorities are asking for the public’s assistance in locating Benjermin Kelley, also known as Benjamin Kelley, a non‑compliant sex offender whose whereabouts have been unknown for nearly two decades.

Northeast Radio SD News – Brookings County, SD - Two people were taken to the Brookings Emergency Room Friday night after a motorcycle collided with a deer west of Volga, according to the Brookings County Sheriff’s Office.

Northeast Radio SD News – Watertown, SD - As Professional Hearing Services celebrates its landmark 40th anniversary of serving Northeast South Dakota this month, lead audiologist Dr. Todd Decker is using the milestone to share an urgent message with the community: hearing health is fundamentally brain health.

Northeast Radio SD News – Watertown, SD - Marco’s Pizza has closed its Watertown location, according to multiple public social media posts from employees and customers reacting to the sudden shutdown.

Northeast Radio SD News – Day County, SD - Authorities have released the names of those involved in a pedestrian crash that killed a Rochester, Minnesota man west of Pierpont.

Northeast Radio SD News – Watertown, SD - The Watertown City Council will hold a second reading Monday on Ordinance No. 26‑18, which updates the city’s residential building standards from the 2018 International Residential Code (IRC) to the 2024 edition.

Northeast Radio SD News – Watertown, SD - The Watertown City Council will take final action Monday on Ordinance No. 26‑19, which updates the city’s building regulations from the 2018 International Building Code (IBC) to the 2024 edition.

Northeast Radio SD News – Watertown, SD - The Watertown City Council will hold a second reading Monday on Ordinance No. 26‑20, which updates the city’s fire code from the 2018 International Fire Code (IFC) to the 2024 edition.

Northeast Radio SD News – Watertown, SD - The Watertown City Council will consider updates to the city’s zoning definitions on Monday as part of the first reading of Ordinance No. 26‑28, a text amendment to Chapter 21.90 Definitions.

Northeast Radio SD News – Watertown, SD - The Watertown City Council will take up a series of zoning text amendments Monday night that update the city’s Summary of District Regulations to reflect two newly created zoning districts: the CD Campus District and the R‑3S Congregate Living Residential District.

Northeast Radio SD News – Watertown, SD - A major zoning update aimed at supporting future medical and educational campus development will go before the Watertown City Council Monday night for its first reading.

Northeast Radio SD News – Watertown, SD - A proposal to rezone a long‑established hotel property on the city’s southeast side will come before the Watertown City Council Monday night for its first reading.