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Lady Panthers start season with back-to-back wins

The Panther softball team started their 2024 season off with back-toback wins versus Canton and Elk Point-Jefferson. Dakota Valley played both games at home. They defeated the C-Hawks on March 28 by a score of 19-4 and then took down the Huskies, 18-9, on March 29.
USD Chamber performs at St. Paul Church

On March 5, guests were captivated by familiar and new melodies at a concert held at St. Paul Lutheran Church of rural Elk Point. The USD Chambers, directed by Dr. David Holdhusen, is the college’s premier vocal ensemble.
Elk Point-Jefferson Huskies open season with win, loss

The Elk Point-Jefferson Huskies opened their softball season at home against Lennox on March 28. The Huskies defeated the Orioles through the run rule 18-3.
DV Esports participates in first state tournament

By Kelly Riibetimes2reporter@gmail.com
Huskies begin track season with record breaking speeds

The Dan Lennon Invite at the University of South Dakota opened this year’s track season for the Elk Point-Jefferson Huskies on March 19. The Huskies started off well as sophomore Lauren McDermott broke a school record in the 60 meter hurdles with a 9.60 second finish.

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EPJ attends SDMEA Freshmen Festival

The South Dakota Music Education Association held their Freshmen Festival on Tuesday, November 12, 2024. Elk Point-Jefferson’s Veronika Norby was nominated and attended the day-long festival in Salem, South Dakota.

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The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane Tech Day and dress rehearsals

The cast and crew for Dakota Valley’s dramatic rendition of The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane has been working hard the past few weeks. Opening night for the play is set for Friday, November 15 at 7 pm. A second, and final, show will happen on Saturday, November 16, 2024. Both shows will take place in the Performing Arts Center (PAC) of the DV middle school.

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Brown runs 24 hours for local flood relief

Katy Brown, of Jefferson, lives with a family of runners. Her two sons, Jack and Cole, were both 2024 cross country state medalists for Dakota Valley. The two can be seen often jogging throughout the local area. Her husband, Shawn, has run marathons, and Brown herself stays active by running. In late October, she decided to put the good habit to even better use in order to help a flood victim…

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Fluellen, former Detroit Lion, speaks at local schools

More than just an election was happening in Union County on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. Local schools, Dakota Valley and Elk Point-Jefferson, both welcomed a guest speaker in retired professional football player Andre Fluellen. He spoke at DV in the morning and EPJ later that day.

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Dakota Valley Panther football season recap

The Panther varsity football season came to an end on Thursday, October 31, 2024. Dakota Valley had a strong season and advanced to postseason play as the #7 in Class 11A for South Dakota. A loss to Dell Rapids in the 1st round of playoffs ended DV’s bid to make it to the state finals on November 16, 2024.

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Sioux City Metros dominate Boji

After a sweep performance on the road to Waterloo, Sioux City Metros outplayed the newest team to the Midwest High School Hockey League, Boji Mammoths. Numerous teammates contributed to the barrage of points. Heelan’s Karson Fitch (Sr.), South Sioux City Ryan Hedquist (Sr.), and DV’s Jax Trosper (Jr.) led the way with hat tricks. Goaltender Cameron Patrick, Sergeant Bluff (Jr), added a shutout to…

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Heelan Crusaders crowned Iowa Class 4A volleyball state champions

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Union County election results 2024

Voter turnout was a common theme reported on across the nation for Election Day, on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. And in Union County, there was no exception. Per the South Dakota Secretary of State’s election result website, there were 436,478 cast out of the 624,186 registered voters in South Dakota. This amounted to an almost 70 percent voter turnout in the Mount Rushmore state. For Union County…

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Annual Christmas at the Homestead

Vehicles filled the parking lot and extended out to the street as volunteer parking attendant Tom Jacobs directed traffic for the annual Christmas at the Homestead. The event ran from noon to 4 pm on Saturday, November 9, 2024, at the Adams Homestead and Nature Preserve. Rainy drizzle and cooler temperatures did not deter the crowd and it was a well attended event in McCook Lake.

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Jefferson gives green light to repairs on old gym

On November 4, 2024, the Jefferson City Council convened for its regular meeting at 7:00 p.m. at Jefferson City Hall. The session was attended by council members Paddy Rigg, Tony Boulware, Jason Casper, John Lokhorst, and Michael Stokely, along with Tom Johnson, Sabrina LaFleur- Sayler, Michealeen Roark, and Dustin Sharkey.

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