Watertown Current

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.

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.