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The Siouxland Humane Society will hold a live Quilt Auction on Thursday, Oct. 13, at the Sioux City Community Theatre at 1401 Riverside Blvd. Appetizers will be served and a cash bar will be available.

Ongoing sewer issues at the Union County Courthouse have prompted an emergency situation to fix old cast iron sewer lines. Curt Hlavacek of Midwest Pipe Lining out of Watertown, SD was present at the Union County Board of County Commission meeting Sept. 20 to discuss his business and how the courthouse could benefit from their services.

Dakota Valley’s 2022 Homecoming Coronation was Monday, Sept. 26 in the school’s performing arts centers. Queen Veronica Morales and King Randy Rosenquist Jr. were crowned after a slew of skits from each of the high school grades.

The residents of North Sioux City have spoken – the new business park is to be named “River Bend Business Park.” Six names were presented to the North Sioux City City Council Sept. 19 at their bi-weekly meeting. The other names were Runway, Union, Lewis & Clark, Forward, Stevens and River Bend.

Labor Day and the unofficial end to summer is always a highlighted time for many, but this past Sept. 5 was uniquely special for the Kistner family, of McCook Lake, as they were able to water ski three generations at one time on the lake.

Storytime has started once again at the North Sioux City Community Library and the children were treated with a visit from children’s book author Rebecca Staab. Staab, a mother of three, noticed a lack of farm related children’s books when her family moved out to the farm.

The Elk Point-Jefferson volleyball team was on fire last week on the road, winning against Lennox in 5 and Tea Area in 4. Between the two games, it was also a memorable moment for two senior Huskies.

Elk Point-Jefferson hosted their annual Husky Invite Sept. 15 at The Pointe Golf Course in Elk Point. Eight teams, including EPJ, participated in the matchplay event. In match play, 8 players from each school are paired together in brackets. The players then are given points that go toward their team’s overall score. First place finishers garner 12 points, 2nd 10 points, 3rd 8 points, 4th and 5th places 6 points, 6th place 4 points, 7th place 2 points and 8th place 1 point. The team with the most points wins the invite.

The volleyball team travelled to Tyndall Saturday, Sept. 17 to participated in the Cavalier Clash. The tournament had 16 participants broken into 4 pool brackets. EPJ played in pool 2 with Gregory, Bon Homme and Parker.