On Saturday, Ames Cyclones would simply be unable to overcome Sioux City’s offensive firepower of 49 shots on goal vs their opponents 24. Metros take a 6-3 win over their opponent. While Cyclone’s shot percentage did improve Sunday, it would not be enough to shut down another loss. Metros took advantage of twelve power-play minutes to take the 3-1 win on Sunday.

The Panther girls basketball team marked a notch in the win column to end 2024 and also to start 2025. Dakota Valley took down Wall on December 31, 2024 and they prevailed over Hartington Cedar Catholic on January 3, 2025.

To wrap up 2024 the Dakota Valley wrestling team participated in the Floyd Farrand Invitational in Sioux Falls at Lincoln High School. The girls wrestled on Monday, December 30, 2024 and the boys hit the mat the next day for fierce competition. Opponents were from not only the surrounding areas plus the Sioux Falls metro and farther regions of the state.

The Dakota Valley esports high school team hosted a camp for Panther students on Saturday, January 4, 2024. The camp was open to children in grades 5th through 8th and was a well attended event in the high school’s esports lab. Campers were able to learn and play a variety of gaming titles during their session.

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Taxpayers affected by the flood will be eligible to file for an abatement for the taxes due in 2025. Those taxes are for the 2024 tax year. The 2024 tax year is from November 1, 2022, to October 31, 2023. But whenever there is a natural disaster such as flood or fire, taxpayers may apply to abate taxes for that calendar year, even though those values were set over a year ago. The tax bills you will receive in January are not for this past year, including the flood. They are for 2024 tax year payable in 2025. This past calendar year is for the 2025 tax year. You will not receive a tax bill for those values until 2026 (payable in 2027). November 1, 2024, started the 2026 tax year (payable in 2027). This illustrates how we are ahead of the treasurer.

The Union County Board of Commissioners convened for their regular session on December 30, 2024. The meeting began at 8:30 a.m. and was attended by Commissioners Michael Dailey, Kevin Joffer, Tom Kimmel, and Peggy Ustad.

A good day was had by the Elk Point-Jefferson wrestling squad as the team competed in the Mc-Cook Central Montrose (MCM) Invitational on Saturday, January 4, 2024. The Huskies went up against schools from all over South Dakota as over 20 teams converged in Salem, SD to compete.

The Elk Point-Jefferson girls basketball team opened up play in 2025 with a big win over Viborg-Hurley (VH) in the Midwest Miracles Classic. The game took place on January 4th and was a fierce game for the Huskies.

It was a tough game to end 2024 for the Elk Point-Jefferson boys basketball squad in the Huron Holiday Classic. They took a loss against Wessington Springs by a score of 3856 on December 30, 2024.