WEL-Life at Elk Point Assisted Living announced that Pinnacle Quality Insight presented them with a 2023 Customer Experience Award, with honors in the categories of Overall Satisfaction, Personal Care and Quality of Food. Qualifying for the Pinnacle Customer Experience Award means that WEL-Life at Elk Point has placed in the top 15 percent of care providers nationwide across a 12-month average.

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Jan Bennett, a deputy with the Union County Treasurer’s Office, turned in her resignation for retirement to the Union County Board of County Commissioners Feb. 7.

The Jefferson City Council had discussions on two properties that have been demolished and are in the process of being demolished within city limits. The first property was a house at 503 Main Street.

Heather Watterson has been training with Elk Point-Jefferson’s longtime business manager Terri Chicoine and has taken over the position in a smooth transition. The Wynott, NE native was officially hired by the school district in December 2022.

It was a fun and exciting night for the Dakota Valley varsity wrestlers on Tuesday, Feb. 7 as they hosted conference rival Elk-Point Jefferson for a home dual. In addition to great matches, it was also DV’s senior night and the annual youth wrestling dual between the Panthers and the Huskies for wrestlers ranging in grades junior kindergarten to 6th. Approximately 20 members of the Panther Youth Wrestling club came out to cheer on the high schoolers and wrestle for the crowd after the high school dual finished.

A game hasn’t been played yet by the newly SDHSAA-sanctioned softball teams, but the South Dakota High School Activities Association board of directors spent some time on Wednesday ensuring that there were rules in place for the proper stoppage of play.

The South Dakota High School Activities Association (SDHSAA) is embarking on a two-fold mission to study its classification system as well as the calendar it uses for scheduling high school activities.

One week after defeating a bill designed to change the de_nition of a legal newspaper, the Senate Local Government Committee disposed of legislation that would lift the requirement that a newspaper be in business for one year before it is eligible to publish public notices.

Members of the Union County Republican Party gathered last week to elect their Executive Board in Elk Point. Officers elected were Dan Lederman of Dakota Dunes for County Chair, Mary Shuey of Wynstone for County Vice Chair, Mike Dailey of Jefferson for County GOP Treasurer, Jerry Miller of Burbank for County GOP Secretar y and Dirk and Bonnie Lohry of McCook Lake for State Committeeman and State Committeewoman.