Mellette House

Terrry Redlin Center

Watertown is the home of Terry Redlin, the award-winning artist that is famously known for his outdoor and wildlife themed paintings. Watertown houses the Terry Redlin Center which is popular tourist site right off I-29.

Downtown

Watertown’s historic downtown has everything you need including delicious local restaurants, unique shopping, beautiful art, and much more. Visit downtown Watertown to enjoy the many amenities and discover the unique history!

WFR Responds to early morning house fire

Watertown Fire Rescue crews were called to a report of a house fire at 44435 US Highway 212 west of Watertown at 2:40am on 4/10/2018. The homeowner reports to waking up to smoke in the bedroom and fire in the hallway of the house. Both occupants were able...

Watertown Fire Rescue responds to Carbon Monoxide leak.

At 00:06, on 4/9/18; Watertown Fire Rescue responded to 1906 11th Ave SW for a report of Carbon Monoxide detected in a residence. Upon arrival Carbon Monoxide was detected with monitoring equipment. The residents were advised not to stay in the residence ...

WFR responds to 3rd fire call in 24 hour shift

WFR was called to a 3rd fire in 24 hour shift. This fire call came in just before 5 am for a fire in the wall at Terex- FGI manufacture plant at 2813 Piper Ave on Mar 20, 2018. Crews found heavy smoke coming from the building and quickly made entry and ex...

WFR responds to structure fire

WFR was called to another structure on fire at 600 1/2 S Maple St just after 330 pm on Mar 19, 2018. Upon arrival, crews found heavy smoke coming from the roof and roof vents. Crews quickly attacked the interior fire and extinguished the fire before it co...

WFR responds to house fire

Watertown Fire Rescue crews responded to a house fire just after 12:30 pm at 403 Herzog Drive today, 3/19/2018. Upon arrival crews found heavy smoke and fire coming from the attached 2 stall garage of the residence. Crews made an aggressive attack of the ...

Digging Deadline For Digging In City Streets

Every October, the Watertown Street Department asks contractors to discontinue digging in city streets due to the seasonal closure of the asphalt hot mix plant.

Every October, the Watertown Street Department asks contractors to discontinue digging in city streets due to the seasonal closure of the asphalt hot mix plant.

Starting Oct. 25th, 2017 through May 1st, 2018, only in an emergency situation (such as water s...

Drug Arrest Report 04.09.18 to 04.15.18

Here is the Drug Arrest Report from 04.09.18 to 04.15.18.  

Felony Drug Arrest & Fraud

On 4-9-18 at approximately 1230pm the Watertown Police Department received a call from a local business regarding possible stolen credit cards.

Officers made contact with Leeveland Thelusma and Silas Wilson. Both parties are from New Jersey. Through invest...

Felony drug arrest

On 4-10-18 at approximately 3:45 pm, Officers received information that Jason Hansen was at his residence in Watertown. Officers have been trying to make contact with Jason regarding some warrants.

Contact was made with Jason inside the residence. While ma...

Felony drug arrest #2

On 04/12/2018 at approximately 0202 hours, a Watertown Police Department officer conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle in the 200 block of 5th Street Southeast for a traffic violation. During the traffic stop, the 37 year old male driver, Brad Hall, was f...

Felony drug arrest

On 04/11/2018 at approximately 9:26 pm, an officer conducted a traffic stop in the 1100 block of Skyline Drive for an equipment violation. The vehicle did not come a stop immediately upon the officer activating the emergency lights but stopped after appro...

Drug Arrest Report 04.02.18 to 04.09.18

Please see the drug arrest report for 04.02.18 to 04.09.18  Drug Arrest Report

Watertown PD Traffic Safety Team Announces Enforcement Locations

The Watertown Police Department announces that they will increase traffic enforcement throughout the community in the coming months. The areas to be covered during the Month of April are listed below:HWY 212 & 19th ST SE1st AVE NE & 13th ST NE14th...

Drug Arrest Report 03.26.18 to 04.01.18

Please see the drug arrest report for 03.26.18 to 04.01.18  Drug Arrest Report

Drug Arrest Report 03.18.18 to 03.25.18

Please see the attached report of drug arrests from the previous week.  Please be advised this should be considered a partial list.  There are times when charges are referred or the investigations are still ongoing.

Read on...

IRS Scam

The Watertown Police Department would like to alert the community of an ongoing phone scam that has been occurring in Watertown again. There have been reports of individuals calling and leaving messages claiming to be from the IRS. They leave a phone numb...

Partnering with Local Media

In an effort to help raise community awareness regarding illegal drugs in the community, the Watertown Police Department is partnering with local media. A report will be generated each week detailing drug arrests for that week. The report will include a s...

Drug take Back Collection Site

The Watertown Police Department is pleased to announce that we are implementing another program in the fight against drug abuse and the increasing drug epidemic. A permanent drug take back vault has been installed in the Police Department’s lobb...

The Week of Monday, April 16, 2018 Recycle Route B is Collected and Ordering Containers

Public Service
Announcement

Watertown SanitationDepartment

Recycle Update & Aluminum

The week of Monday, April 16, 2018 Recycle Route B is
collected.  RecycleRoute B is south of 3rd Ave N.  For Single Stream recy...

Free Residential Dumping Weeks at Watertown Regional Landfill Starts On April 16

Watertown Regional Landfill

 and Solid Waste Collection

Free Landfill Weeks Spring 2018

The Watertown Regional Landfill will provide free residential dumping (garbage, trees, yard waste, e-waste, white goods, and cardboard) for City of Watertown res...

City Of Watertown Load Limits

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

During the spring thaw, our roads are susceptible to damage by overweight vehicles. Therefore, the City of Watertown will be implementing a roadway weight restriction beginning March 19^th, 2018.

The maximum load limit shall be (7) seve...

Temporary Sump Pump Variance - Ended

The temporary variance period for sump pumps to discharge clear water to the sanitary sewer ended April 15th. Sump pump water must be directed to your yard or another acceptable location and not to the sanitary sewer. Removing sump pump water from the san...