Multiple appearances on podiums happened for Dakota Valley wrestling on December 20, 2025. The Panthers were in Elk Point for the Husky Invite and came out strong on the mat across many weight classes. Grayson Pirner, DV head wrestling coach, was happy with his squad’s performance throughout the tournament. “We came out and wrestled well for our second time on the mat this season. We had 7 guys place in the top 6, led by runner-up finishes from Jorge Morales at 138 lbs and Bennett Lukken at 175 lbs. It was good to see the kids come out and battle every match,” commented Coach Pirner.

Unstoppable was the Dakota Valley girls basketball team on Friday, December 19, 2025 as they hosted the Canton C-Hawks. By a score of 67-45, the Panthers exploded in the 2nd half to put the game completely in their control. It was a nice victory for DV and their 3rd straight as the 2025/26 high school winter season is off and running for all in South Dakota.

Dakota Valley boys varsity had back-to-back games to commence the Panther’s winter break. The C-Hawks from Canton were in North Sioux City to play DV on Friday, December 19, 2025. Strong play was observed right away by DV as they gained early momentum.

The year 2025 was closed out by the Board of Supervisors for the Dako‑ta Dunes Community Im‑provement District (CID) with regular meetings held in mid-November and mid-December. Those present for the November 17, 2025 meeting were: Scott Wetz, Ken Beaulieu, Janet Finzen. William Shorma was absent and Julie Shanafelt attended virtually. Larry Wiese and Dalton Hanson, both Dakota Dunes residents, were on hand along with CID attorney Darrell Jesse, CID Manager An‑drew Tramp and Finance Officer Katelyn Irby. Kim Leif, Dakota Dunes Com‑munity Association Man‑ager, was also present at the November meeting.

The North Sioux City Com‑mission on Monday delayed action on a resolution tied to property acquisition for the Northshore By‑Pass project af‑ter too few members were pres‑ent to meet the required voting threshold. Mayor Pro Tem Ju‑lie Burhoop called the special meeting to order at 4 p.m., with Commissioners Lynn Hoffman and Jessica Strain in at‑tendance. Mayor Chris Bogenrief and Commis‑sioner Vincent Tucker were absent. City Ad‑ministrator Jeff Dooley, Finance Officer Amy Lilly and City Attorney Sarah Kle‑ber also attended.

Multiple wrestlers, from South Dakota and Iowa, came to Elk Point on December 20, 2025 for the annual Elk Point-Jefferson Huskies Invitational. As hosts, EPJ represented well with many of their grapplers garnering medals.

Conference foe Dell Rapids was in town to face the Elk Point-Jefferson boys basketball team on December 22, 2025. The Huskies fought hard and stayed close with the Quarriers throughout the 1st half, and even throughout the 3rd quarter. However, momentum on offense swung in the direction of DR as EPJ fell 56-80.

Defensive efforts were observed in Elk Point-Jefferson’s low scoring game versus Dell Rapids (DR) on December 22, 2025. Tough 2nd and 3rd quarters hurt the Huskies as they fell to the DR Quarriers by a score of 33-47.

Dakota State University student Sydney Bousquet is student teaching fifth grade for the spring semester in the Elk Point Jefferson School District. Bousquet is an elementary education and major from Elk Point, South Dakota.

Customers at Jones’ Food Center raised nearly $1,900 for the Elk Point Food Pantry in November by round‑ing up their purchases at the register. The store matched the total with $1,000, and First Dakota Bank contrib‑uted another $1,000, bringing the combined donation to $3,892.