The City of North Sioux City has recently upgraded to a new accounting software system. As a result, there are some changes that residents need to know about.

Five members of the Dakota Valley high school band attended the 25th Annual Quad State Honor Band Festival at the University of South Dakota on Feb. 2 and Feb.

Members of the Dakota Valley speech and debate team were in Yankton on Jan. 26 and 27 for the Lewis and Clark Invitational. The Panthers faced competition from Sioux Falls, Watertown, Brookings, Mitchell, Huron, Beresford and other areas of South Dakota.

The Panther boys basketball team played Elk Point-Jefferson on Thursday, Feb. 1 at home.

The 7th week of competition for Dakota Valley Esports was a busy one. To prepare for it, an open lab night was hosted with team bonding over pizza, pop and free play on Friday, Jan.

Effective Jan. 23, 2024, Union County took over policing in the City of Alcester. A contract was provided to the Union County Board of County Commissioners at their meeting on Jan. 23. According to the contract, the Union County Sheriff’s Office will provide 30 hours per week of law enforcement service to the City of Alcester. In order to compensate for this, the City of Alcester agreed to pay $100,000 annually to the county for five years. The City of Alcester also transferred ownership of their 2019 Dodge Charger PO Sedan and full access to the office space within the current police building at no cost to the Union County Sheriff’s Department.

The Center for Neurosciences, Orthopaedics, & Spine (CNOS), celebrates its 25th anniversary as a beacon of excellence in healthcare. Since its inception, CNOS has provided exceptional and personalized medical services to the Siouxland community and beyond.

It was a successful day of theater for the Elk Point-Jefferson Huskies as they took in high scores at the regional competition on Tuesday, Jan. 23 to advance to state. Also competing that day were: Beresford, Vermillion and Dakota Valley.

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.

The first readings of Ordinances Nos. 202401 – Water Rate Increase and 2024-02 – Sewer Rate Increase were held Jan. 16 at the Dakota Dunes Community Improvement District Board of Supervisors meeting.