Watertown Public Opinion

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Watertown Public Opinion
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner Gannett
FoundedMarch 27, 1887
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters120 Third Avenue NW, Watertown, South Dakota 57201 United States
Circulation 9,336(as of 2015) [1]
Website thepublicopinion.com

The Watertown Public Opinion is a newspaper published in Watertown, South Dakota, United States, serving eastern South Dakota and western Minnesota. It is fourth largest newspaper in South Dakota and publishes Tuesday through Saturday. [2]

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History

The Watertown Public Opinion was founded in 1887, two years before South Dakota statehood. [3] The Public Opinion in its first 110 years had a succession of local owners, including Stitzel X. Way, [4] whose family ran it for 94 years before selling to Kenosha, Wisconsin-based United Communications Corporation (UCC) on March 1, 2002. [5]

In 2016, it was sold by United Communications to Schurz Communications out of South Bend, IN. [6] It was sold again in 2019 to GateHouse Media. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "2015 South Dakota Newspaper Directory". South Dakota Newspaper Association. December 16, 2014. Archived from the original on March 3, 2023. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Watertown Public Opinion". Muck Rack. May 29, 2025. Retrieved May 30, 2025.
  3. ↑ Henderson, Kristen (March 20, 2025). "Newspaper Digitizing Project Gets Another Community Foundation Boost". Watertown Area Community Foundation. Retrieved May 30, 2025.
  4. ↑ Dockter, Taya M. (2003). "Vera Way Marghab". South Dakota History. 33 (1). South Dakota State Historical Society.
  5. ↑ "Family sells Watertown Public Opinion". Rapid City Journal. January 7, 2002. Retrieved May 30, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Watertown newspaper subject to purchase by Schurz Communications - Schurz Communications Inc". September 1, 2016. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
  7. ↑ Staff reports. "GateHouse buys Schurz publishing division, including Public Opinion". Watertown Public Opinion. Retrieved February 2, 2019.


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