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1 month ago | 
watertowncurrent.com | Roger Whittle
Area children will have a chance to learn more about finances, thanks to the Watertown Regional Library’s recent grant award from the American Library Association and the FINRA Investor Education Foundation. Watertown’s library was one of 300 across the country to be awarded the Thinking Money for Kids grant.
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2 months ago | 
itchanneloxygen.com | Roger Whittle
IT Channel Oxygen asked me to write 500 words about AI and robotics, so here are ten thoughts which are not from ChatGPT (!) and which may well prove to be very wrong in due course!• HISTORY shows that new technology has always led to GDP growth: the printing press, steam engine, automobile, TV, telephone, Internet, to name but a few.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
aberdeeninsider.com | Roger Whittle
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
thedakotascout.com | Roger Whittle |Watertown Current
For anyone who has spent a winter in northeastern South Dakota, the term “Wind Chill Warning” has become all too familiar. Beginning Oct. 1, however, the National Weather Service (NWS) has changed the lingo when it comes to cold weather announcements, dumping the term “wind chill.”A “Wind Chill Watch” will now be called an “Extreme Cold Watch,” and a “Wind Chill Warning” is now an “Extreme Cold Warning.” They will be issued when dangerously cold air, with or without wind, is in the forecast.
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
thedakotascout.com | Roger Whittle |Watertown Current
A young Watertown family has seen their life change from a Russian nightmare into an American dream. Maks and Tatiana Krasnyak and their 6-year-old daughter, Zhenya, are approached their one-year anniversary of moving to Watertown. Their journey here from their home in Ukraine has been long, dangerous and difficult, but it has turned into a story of joy and high hopes for a bright future.
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
mykxlg.com | Roger Whittle
Brad Johnson of Watertown was elected president of the board of directors for the South Dakota Wildlife Federation during the group’s meeting last weekend. Johnson replaces outgoing President Zachery Hunke, also of Watertown. Hunke will retain a spot on the board as immediate past-president. Johnson has been a vice-president of the S.D. Wildlife Federation and was recently appointed to the board of the National Wildlife Federation.
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
mykxlg.com | Roger Whittle
The South Dakota Unified Judicial System is warning the public about a phone or email scam in which individuals pose as law enforcement and falsely claim that the recipient has missed jury duty, owes fines and will be arrested if they don’t pay. The scam, which claims people are in imminent danger of arrest for missing jury duty, is designed to create panic and pressure victims into providing personal information or making immediate payments to avoid arrest.
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
mykxlg.com | Roger Whittle
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is accepting offers for more than 2.2 million acres from agricultural producers and private landowners through this year’s Grassland, General, and Continuous Conservation Reserve Program signups administered by USDA’s Farm Service Agency. With these accepted acres, enrollment is near the 27 million CRP acreage cap.
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
mykxlg.com | Roger Whittle
The South Dakota Unified Judicial System has launched a new ePay website for people to pay their court fees, fines, costs and restitution online. UJS designed the new payment website to provide a more user-friendly interface, making it easier and faster for individuals to locate their court cases and make a payment. The new payment portal allows users to search for criminal and traffic cases with outstanding financial balances by simply entering their last name and date of birth.
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
mykxlg.com | Roger Whittle
A Sunday night at the races is always fun for children, but last week, that fun went to another level. Kids in the crowd at Casino Speedway were invited to come down to the area in front of the stands during intermission and compete in a water fight against the drivers and flagman. Sandy Struss of Owl Clean it sponsored the event. Your browser does not support the audio element.
