To start off the year for 2025, the Dakota Dunes Community Improvement District (CID) welcomed Katelyn Irby into the fold as their finance officer. She has been at this role now for over six weeks, but was already a familiar face to many in the community.

Beginning on Monday, Feb. 24, 2025, a repair project is planned for two bridges over Interstate 29 at exits 9 and 15 near Jefferson and Elk Point. Work is set to begin at exit 9, and it is projected to start at exit 15 by late April. The project will include joint replacement, bearing replacement, abutment repair, box girder end repair, approach cold milling, asphalt concrete resurfacing, and guardrail resetting.

It was a surreal 2 days of competition for the Dakota Valley esports program as they traveled to Aberdeen for the 1st state tournament sanctioned by South Dakota High School Activities Association. A Panther send-off occurred for the state qualifiers on Thursday, February 13, 2025 in the high school. Junior Owen Norby and senior Owen Oberg gave remarks to the crowd on behalf of the DV esports team.

It was a low scoring affair to start the 1st quarter of the Dakota Valley’s boys basketball game, at Vermillion, on February 11, 2025. The score was 0-3 after almost 4 minutes of play.

Stifel Financial Corp. today announced that Kletschke Wealth Management Group of its Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated broker-dealer subsidiary has been named to Forbes’ 2025 Best-in-State Wealth Management Teams list.

Debate students from Dakota Valley traveled up north to Harrisburg on Saturday, February 15, 2025. The Panthers were there to take part in the Rushmore Challenge NIETOC Qualifier. Many schools from South Dakota were also in attendance. Dakota Valley had 3 teams competing in the junior varsity public forum debate category.

The Panthers hosted a big crowd on Tuesday, February 11, 2025 for the wrestling team’s home dual versus Elk Point-Jefferson. In addition to the high school roster, the Panther youth wrestling club also joined in on some competition versus the younger Huskies.

An intense week was on-hand for the Panther girls team which made for exciting basketball. It began with Cameryn Sommervold making a hook shot from the lane to take the score to 2-3 against Vermillion on Tuesday, February 11, 2025. The Panthers were in Tanager territory for a tough regional match-up.

Close to 300 young wrestlers met at Dakota Valley on Saturday, February 15, 2025 for the annual youth tournament hosted by the Panther Wrestling Club. There were approximately 30 DV wrestlers who hit the mats in hopes of securing a 1st place chain. Medals were also awarded to wrestlers who placed 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th in their brackets.