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Walking into the newest restaurant in North Sioux City isn’t like walking into a business. It feels more like coming home. The homey atmosphere paired with smiles and greetings of welcome by the staff, have customers instantly at ease.

Five Panther high school students competed in Sioux Falls, on April 7-9, at the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) state conference. It was a wonderful experience for all of the Panthers who were accompanied by Dakota Valley business teacher and FBLA advisor Justine Sponder.

Brock’s Big Outdoors has moved locations. The North Sioux City based business has moved into the Big Frig building suite #2 located at 610 Freedom Drive.

With the ever present advancements in technology, educators need to be more aware of ways it can hinder teaching practices. The Elk Point-Jefferson School Board discussed the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) at their meeting March 11 and approved their final reading of Policy IIBFA: Use Of Artificial Intelligence Technology on April 8.

North Sioux City held their municipal election on April 9 at the North Sioux City Community Center. The polls were busy all day as 614 residents turned out to cast a vote in their respective wards. The unofficial results were released after voting closed at 7 p.m. with the counting completed that evening.

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By Beth Hutcheson times1reporter@gmail.com The City of Jefferson held a municipal election on April 9 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

MacKenzie Stone of Elk Point was among 234 University of Nebraska-Lincoln undergraduate students officially admitted to teacher education programs during the 2023-24 academic year who were recognized at the inaugural Teacher Education Convocation April 5 at Carolyn Pope Edwards Hall. Stone is a junior in the elementary education program.

On April 3, the Elk Point- Jefferson High School band traveled to Vermillion High School to participate in the Region 1 Large Group Music Contest. The band performed “Symphonic Prelude” by John Cacavas, Arisoso by G.F. Handel arr. John Kinyon, and Kaleidoscope by Frank Bencriscutto. Three judges gave a rating based on a number of categories such as Tone, Accuracy, Interpretation, Technique, etc. The band received a Division 1 or Superior rating, which is the highest rating and so did the choir. The judges also give us constructive feedback to continue to improve our sound.