Staff from the office of U.S. Senator Mike Rounds will be conducting outreach in the community of Elk Point to assist residents with any issues they may have with federal agencies.

South Dakota is paying a bonus to members of the Armed Forces who were legal residents of the state for no less than six months before their period of active duty and who served, or are serving, on active duty during one or more of the following periods.

The holiday season is right around the corner and it comes with great news. According to a Gallup survey, 74 percent of holiday shoppers said they expect to pay about the same amount or more on holiday gifts this year compared to last.

There are two new faces at the North Sioux City Fire Hall that are joining the Dakota Valley Emergency Services District to better ensure the welfare of the residents in the area. Nathan Luey and Jerry Webber have recently been hired as fulltime paramedics to complete the paramedic staff.

Two people spoke at a public hearing on the first reading of Ordinance 2023-003 for changes to the ordinances in Union County. Mitch Peterson and Andrew Cronin spoke to the Union County Board of County Commissioners Nov. 14 at their meeting. Peterson spoke on raising the capacity of people at an event to 200 and Cronin touched on other various matters.

Encyclopedia Britannica defines Thanksgiving as an “annual national holiday in the United States and Canada celebrating the harvest and other blessings of the past year.” It is the perfect time to give thanks and be gracious.

Pupils at Dakota Valley filled the Performing Arts Center on Thursday, Nov. 9 to listen to guest speaker Wesley Fluellen reflect on his childhood, professional basketball achievements and the importance of choosing to be successful. Teachers and staff were also in attendance for this speaking engagement put on by SportsWorld.org that has the motto of “encouraging positive choices”.

After a four-year hiatus, St. Paul Lutheran’s annual Lutefisk and Meatball dinner is back.

In the last week, the Union County Sheriff’s Office has received multiple phone calls from Union County residents informing them of a new scam in the area. Residents are receiving phone calls from individuals claiming to be from the Union County Sheriff’s Office, sometime even utilizing some of the deputies’ names.

It was 2017 when Tony Gonsor, a 74-year-old Vietnam veteran and Custer, SD, resident, took charge of the community’s veterans honor guard, presenting military honors at funerals and on holidays such as Memorial Day and Veterans Day.