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The Pittsburgh Penguins face the Buffalo Sabres Thursday at KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York. Puck drop is set for 7 p.m.

Wilmot's Grayson TeKrony is pressured by Great Plains Lutheran's Ezra Schaffer during their high school boys basketball game on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026, in the GPLHS gym in Watertown. The host Panthers ...

Watertown's Cole Hansen and Kaden Decker among 13 area high school football players to make their college choices known.

It may be cold outside, but Watertown Regional Airport (ATY) is staying busy. The facility recorded 946 passenger people who boarded an airplane in January, including 433 flights to Denver (DEN) and ...

Northeastern South Dakota took center state Feb. 3 with high school boys basketball matchups featuring four of the top Class ...

Senior standout Sam DeGroot scores two of his 20 points in No. 1 Class AA Sioux Falls Lincoln's boys basketball win over No.

State Rep. Kent Roe, R-Hayti, who drafted the legislation, urged the committee to green-light the tax break on the premise that the state would reap a bounty of benefits—from "immense" property tax ...

UPDATE: No. 1 Sioux Falls Lincoln visits No. 3 Watertown in Class AA and No. 1 De Smet visits No. 2 Castlewood in Class B boys basketball showdowns on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. De Smet is the new No.

Ten area high school standouts are candidates for the Watertown Public Opinion-Aberdeen News Athlete of the Week for Jan.

Winners in Knights of Columbus District 5 Free Throw Championship could advance to state competition on March 1.

One person transported to the hospital after a five-vehicle incident on Friday night in Watertown. Around 11:30 p.m. Jan. 30, Watertown Fire Rescue was dispatched to a five-vehicle traffic incident ...