Watertown Public Opinion

Watertown Public Opinion

Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner	USA Today Co.
Founded	March 27, 1887
Language	English
Headquarters	120 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]

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.

External links

• Official website