For weeks Dakota Valley students in 4th through 8th grade have been gathering donations for Embassy Care & Rehab Center in Sergeant Bluff, IA. It was a community service project that brought a lot of holiday cheer to all.

The North Sioux City Parks and Recreation held its annual Christmas Lighting Contest Dec. 12. Residents of McCook Lake and North Sioux City were able to register their homes for the contest. Awards were given for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place and the newest award, the Griswold Award for the most overindulgence of Christmas decorations.

The proposed rate increases for water at the November meeting of the Dakota Dunes Community Improvement District (CID) Board of Supervisors was approved at the Dec. 19 meeting.

The North Sioux City City Council was presented with six ordinances and seven resolutions at their last meeting of 2022 on Dec. 19.

Union County’s elected officials were approved for a raise at the Union County Board of County Commission meeting Dec. 13. As of next year, elected officials will see an increase of $2 per hour, except Union County State’s Attorney Jerry Miller who is receiving a $7,000 raise.

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Caden Dial, member of North Sioux City RoboKodas Robotics Club, travelled to Speedway, IN to compete at the Speedway VEX Signature Robotics Event. Seventyeight teams competed, representing 12 states and 2 countries. 77000X RoboKodas and 8349A Anomoly from Kentucky, formed the 9th ranked alliance and was defeated in the quarter finals.

Minnesota State University, Mankato Minnesota State University, Mankato awarded 2,193 degrees to 1,936 students at the end of the fall 2022 semester, at commencement ceremonies Saturday, Dec. 10 in Taylor Center’s Bresnan Arena on the Minnesota State Mankato campus.

The first home game for the Dakota Valley girls basketball team was versus the Beresford Watchdogs on Tuesday, Dec. 13. It was a close contest with the Panthers digging deep in the 2nd half to come back from 10 points down at the half. However, they would fall short as the game buzzer sounded.

The Sioux City Metro Hockey teams travelled to Fremont, NE, on Friday, Dec. 16. Dakota Valley’s Junior Grant Harder scored in both the first and third periods. DV Sophomore Blaze Bauer added an assist in the second. The varsity team would end the game with a 6-0 win over the Flyers. Despite 2 goals by Dakota Valley Freshman Noah Graham in the second period, the Metro Junior Varsity lost 4-6.