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Dial wins technical drafting competition

Caden Dial, a senior at Dakota Valley High School, competed in the Technical Drafting competition at the South Dakota SkillsUSA State Conference out in Rapid City this past week. The competition was held at Western Dakota Tech. Dial has won this competition now for two years. By winning this competition, Dial will be headed to the national championships in Atlanta this summer. Technical Drafting is a competition where competitors are given a model and have to replicate it within a drafting software. Dial uses Inventor which is a 3D mechanical drafting software. He created the model, and then imported that into a drawing with all appropriate dimensions and tolerances.
Bruns has incredible high school sports career

Isaac Bruns, of Wynstone in Jefferson, SD, is having an incredible senior year of high school. This past March he helped lead the Dakota Valley varsity boys basketball team to back-to-back state championships and two consecutive undefeated seasons. While these feats alone are memorable and amazing, Bruns also recently received an honor never held before by a DV student athlete. He was named the 2022-23 Gatorade Player of the Year from South Dakota for basketball.
Girls finish 6th, boys 9th at Titan Invite

On Tuesday, April 11 the Elk Point-Jefferson Huskies Track teams participated in the Titan Track Invitational. This event took place at two facilities, with throws and horizontal jumps taking place in Vermillion, and the running events and vertical jumps taking place at the home facility in Tea Area.
The story behind the four-season garage

During the summer of 2020 one Elk Point-Jefferson student spent her time outdoors not playing sports, but painting. Not just any type of painting, but a four seasons tree on a garage.
North Sioux City EMS holds simulation training

The North Sioux City Fire and Ambulance departments held a training at the North Sioux City Community Center April 5 from 6 to 10 p.m. There were 18 in attendance for the four-hour training, including EMTs, paramedics, firefighters and individuals who were interested.

North High School Rotary Club Student of the Month for January

Yeni Condon, a senior at North High School, has been selected as the January 2024 Rotary Club Student of the Month. She was honored during the Rotary Club meeting on Monday, Jan. 15 at the MidAmerican Energy Community Room.