It was a full gymnasium, in Sioux Falls, on Thursday, Jan. 25 for the boys basketball match-up between Dakota Valley and the Sioux Falls Christian Chargers.

Senior Jaxson Wingert achieved 1,000 career points for DV high school basketball on Thursday, Jan. 25. The milestone came in the Panther’s away game versus Sioux Falls Christian. Play was stopped by the officials and scorer’s table in order to acknowledge the achievement. Those in attendance clapped and cheered for Wingert who is a leader on the boys’ basketball team.

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The Panther girls basketball team faced off against the Chargers of Sioux Falls Christian on Thursday, Jan. 25. Dakota Valley scored first with a behind the arc shot from Ella Otten. The Chargers applied a full court press right away, but DV handled it well and earned some quick hoops. The score would be tied at 13 at the end of the 1st.

The Panther Esports program competed in their 6th week of the season and saw many victories. Currently DV is ranked high in the state across a multitude of games.

Jackson Boonstra, a junior at Dakota Valley, earned his 150th career wrestling win on Saturday, Jan. 27. The achievement came in Brookings, SD at the Les Tlustos Wrestling Tournament. It was an outstanding day for Boonstra who went undefeated at the tourney. He was named the champion for the 144 pound weight class after garnering a pin and three major decision victories.

A busy week was had by the Panther wrestling team as they had 3 events in 5 days. First up was a DAK XII triangular in Lennox on Tuesday, Jan. 23 with DV wrestling the Orioles and the Tea Area Titans.

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UnityPoint Health – Sioux City newest healthcare facility, UnityPoint Clinic – Dakota Dunes, is officially open. The clinic is located at 350 Gold Circle Drive, adjacent to P’s Pizza House.

A typographical error was noticed at the beginning of the North Sioux City City Council meeting in which the meeting date stated Jan. 8 instead of Jan. 22. After a brief discussion on open meeting laws and the advice of City Attorney Darrell Jesse, the council approved the agenda with an amendment to the date to reflect Jan. 22. Since the council had approved moving the meeting dates and had posted the changes in their legal minutes, Jesse felt the typographical error wasn’t enough to violate South Dakota Open Meeting Laws.