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.

It was an exciting matchup for the Dakota Valley softball team as they took their undefeated record up against the Lady Bulldogs from Madison on Monday, April 17. It was a home contest that had many on the edge of their seats as the game was scoreless until the 3rd inning.

The Panther girls golf team took on the Elk-Point Jefferson Huskies and a couple of golfers from Flandreau for a dual meet on Tuesday, April 18. Overall team scoring had Dakota Valley as the big winners on the day. Many individuals also placed high with stellar scores.

It was a beautiful day on Monday, April 17 for the Canton track meet. The weather was great and what made it even more perfect was all of the personal records achieved by the Panther athletes. The title of champions of the Canton meet went to the DV boys and the girls achieved runner-up.

It was back-to-back away games for the Dakota Valley baseball team on April 17 and 18 which meant it was back-toback victories for the Panthers. Versus Elk Point-Jefferson, DV had their closest contest of the season to come out ahead 2-1. The next night at Canton, they downed the C-Hawks 10-3.

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A discussion of safety resulted as subdivision of the Big Sioux Bike Bridge agreement with Sioux City at the Dakota Dunes Community Improvement District (CID) meeting April 17. Two Rivers Golf Course PGA Head Professional Rodd Slater was in attendance to discuss the possibility of using part of the Big Sioux Levee Trail for golf carts so people can safely make it to the golf course.

At the Dakota Valley School Board meeting April 10, the board members heard reports from the administrators. They reported on their respective buildings and all the events going on within the district walls.

On Tuesday, March 28, members of the Panther jazz band visited Norfolk, NE for the Northeast Community College Jazz Band Festival. “Jazz Band received a superior plus rating from one judge and high superiors from the other two judges and finished in 4th place,” Dakota Valley Band Director Daryl Jessen detailed.

Caden Dial, a senior at Dakota Valley High School, competed in the Technical Drafting competition at the South Dakota SkillsUSA State Conference out in Rapid City this past week. The competition was held at Western Dakota Tech. Dial has won this competition now for two years. By winning this competition, Dial will be headed to the national championships in Atlanta this summer. Technical Drafting is a competition where competitors are given a model and have to replicate it within a drafting software. Dial uses Inventor which is a 3D mechanical drafting software. He created the model, and then imported that into a drawing with all appropriate dimensions and tolerances.