The Elk Point-Jefferson School Board will continue to be represented by Sabrina Sayler and Noelle Jacobs. An election was held on April 11 with three candidates vying for two open positions on the school board. Incumbents Sayler and Jacobs were challenged by Dennis Stabe. The votes were Jacobs 129; Sayler 144; and Stabe 81.

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The season is underway for 1,590 student athletes participating in the South Dakota State High School Target League (SDSHSCTL) this spring. Those athletes are competing on 71 high school teams across the state, supported by over 400 coaches, team staff and other volunteers.

South Dakota has declared April 17-21 as Severe Weather Awareness Week. In order to observe this, Union County will be conducting siren tests in all municipalities at 1:45 p.m.

Elk Point-Jefferson’s 6th-12th grade special education teacher Cassandra Schmith won a free communication poster April 4. Dustin Rhoades, owner of Ability Tech, presented her with the poster along with his son, Kayden. She won the poster through a nomination as part of Ability’s Tech We All Have A Voice mission.

After three years of research, a group of BHSU students and faculty studying how environmental factors in_uence the development of neurological disease have had their findings published in the peer-reviewed scientific journal PLOS ONE.

April 6 saw the varying weather conditions of winds, sun, rain and calm as the Huskies made the short drive to compete in the Vermillion Booster Invite. Thirteen teams were involved in the meet, including Beresford, Canton, Dakota Valley, Elk Point-Jefferson, Gayville-Volin, Hinton, Lennox, Madison, Milbank, South Sioux City, Tea Area, Vermillion and West Central.

To commemorate National Safe Digging month, the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission reminds South Dakotans that calling 811 is an important step in preparing to start outdoor projects they have planned this spring.

Governor Kristi Noem has proclaimed April as Child Abuse Prevention Month to help bring an end to abuse and neglect in South Dakota. The Department of Social Services (DSS) is working to enhance awareness and offer tools for prevention.

The South Dakota National Guard promoted Deborah Bartunek of Rapid City, to the rank of brigadier general during a ceremony at Joint Force Headquarters on April 1, 2023. Brig. Gen. Bartunek is the first female general officer for the South Dakota National Guard.