The 2023 national finals for Poetry Out Loud are set to take place in Washington, D.C. on May 9 and 10 with Dakota Valley junior Grace Powell in attendance after winning two important competitions closer to home.

Elk Point-Jefferson celebrated their prom Saturday, April 22. The theme for this year’s prom was the “Fabulous Fifties”.

A house fire in North Sioux City destroyed one home and damaged two others April 18. The North Sioux City Fire Department was dispatched at 11:13 p.m. with a report of a structure fire at 801 Campbell Street in North Sioux City.

After 10 years, Dakota Valley will have a new leader in their football program. Dakota Valley School District hired Kenny Wilhite as the new head coach beginning in the fall of 2023 season.

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The Elk Point-Jefferson Jazz Band competed at the Brooking Optimist Jazz Festival Thursday, April 13. The band earned 1st place in their last competition of the year.

The Clay Rural Water System Board of Directors has announced that Sophia Giorgio of Elk Point-Jefferson and Macy Quartier and Irelyn Fickbohm, both of Beresford, are recipients of the water systems annual scholarship program – the Jack and Arlene DeVany Scholarship Program.

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More than 400 convenience stores in 13 states are about to be under new management. Krause Group plans to sell all their Kum & Go convenience stores to Maverik – Adventure’s First Stop, a convenience store chain headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT. The sale is expected to close in a few months, according to Kum & Go – bringing an end to 63 years of Iowa ownership and expansion.

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