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The South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT) reminds landowners hay remaining in highway ditches needs to be removed. The bales must be removed to ensure road safety in the coming months.

The Elk Point City Council meeting, Oct. 3, began with the Girl Scout Troop 161 leading the council in the Pledge of Allegiance.

After a 30-minute executive session for personnel matters, the Jefferson City Council accepted the resignation of Police Chief Randy Crum, Oct. 3. Crum is also the city’s Street Superintendent and Water/ Wastewater Operator. Crum will stay until Oct. 14 when his resignation goes into effect.

The Panther volleyball team took their talent to Hull, IA for the Western Christian Volleyball Invite Saturday, Oct. 8. A full day of competitive games were had by the team who finished the day 3-1. “ A day of great competition, the Panthers ended up 3-1 losing to highly rated Denver whose record is 44-3,” Coach Mary Miller stated. “We finished first in our pool and lost in the quarterfinal round.” The first match of the invite had Dakota Valley facing off against Sioux City East in what was described as a “friendly rivalry” by coach Miller. The Black Raiders beat the Panthers last year, but there was no repeat for East as Dakota Valley was victorious in two sets 21-18 and 21-- 13. Sophomore Addie Kleis led in kills for this match with 7, while junior Sophie Tuttle added 6 and senior Jorja VanDenHul put down 5. Logan Miller dished out 23 assists and Kate VanRooyan had a good match from the serving line to record 2 aces.

It was a busy week of volleyball for the Panthers as they travelled to Dell Rapids Oct. 3 and hosted Madison Oct. 6. Both matches went in favor of Dakota Valley as the varsity squad continues to show dominance. They are currently ranked #2 in Class A behind #1 Sioux Falls Christian.

It was a runaway win, after a long road trip, for Dakota Valley as the varsity roster took down Lakota Tech in football on Friday, Oct. 7. The Panthers put up big numbers in the end zone while shutting out their opponent. The final score under the Friday night lights was 49-0 in favor of the Panthers.

The Panther varsity golf team travelled to Aberdeen, SD on Oct. 3 and 4 to take part in the Class A state golf tourney held at Moccasin Creek Country Club. The Dakota Valley golfers played well and tied for 3rd place as a team out of 12 competing schools. Two players, Logan Collette and Dylan Lukken, brought home individual medals as the two young men tied for 14th place.

The third grade classes at Dakota Valley have been extremely busy the past two weeks as they went on field trips to the IBP Ice Center and to Adams Homestead and Nature Preserve. On Wednesday, Sept.