South Dakota State University Extension 4-H is pleased to announce the youth chosen as State 4-H Ambassadors for the coming year. The State 4-H Ambassador program provides leadership and mentoring opportunities as participants support 4-H and serve as positive role models.

By Kelly Riibe times2reporter@gmail.com Centerville, South Dakota was the neutral location for Dakota Valley’s SODAK 16 qualifying volleyball match versus the Hanson Beavers on Tuesday, November 12. Junior Sammy Kimbell was the 1st server for the Panthers and a kill by Claire Munch had the Panther’s with the 1st score of the match.

The Pledge of Allegiance and a performance of the “Star Spangled Banner”, sung by Dakota Valley’s choir members, started the Panther’s Veterans Day Program on November 11, 2024. Students in grades 6th-12th were in attendance, as well as teachers, staff and guests. A row of local Veterans sat in the center to be honored.

On October 21, 2024, at 6 pm, the Dakota Dunes Community Improvement District (CID) Board of Supervisors met for a regular meeting. The meeting occurred at the Welcome Center, on Sioux Point Road, with the following members in attendance: Ken Beaulieu, Bill Shorma, Scott Wetz, Julie Shanafelt and Janet Finzen.

Student council members from, Dakota Valley Middle School, spent the afternoon raking leaves at Adams Homestead and Nature Preserve on Tuesday, November 12, 2024. Submitted photo .

The Dakota Valley Theatre department took the stage on Friday, November 15 and Saturday, November 16 for their production of “The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane”. The play was adapted by Dwayne Hartford and based on the famous book written by Kate DiCamillo.

The ARK United Methodist Church will once again be helping families experience hope during the upcoming holiday season. On Saturday, Dec.

The high school speech and debate team, at Dakota Valley, was off to a busy start for the first full week of November. The Panthers had 2 competitions and performed well. On Monday, November 4, 2024 the Panthers were at Sioux Falls Jefferson High School. Then on November 8-9, 2024, the DV students participated in the 32nd Annual George McGovern Speech and Debate Invitational in Mitchell, South Dakota.

The Lincoln County Commission violated South Dakota’s openmeetings laws when three commissioners attended a November 2023 open house for a carbon dioxide pipeline without notifying the public, the state’s Open Meetings Commission decided Monday in Pierre.

On November 12, 2024, the Union County Board of Commissioners held a regular session at the Courthouse in Elk Point, South Dakota. The meeting commenced at 8:30 a.m., with four members present: Michael Dailey, Kevin Joffer, Peggy Ustad, and Tom Kimmel. The agenda was approved with two significant additions: an Associated Consulting Engineering Contract and a discussion regarding the Auditor vacancy.