Dakota Valley took on the #1 West Central Trojans in softball on May 5, 2025 in a home game for the Panthers. With a nice crowd in the stands, DV came back in the bottom of the 7th with 2 outs and 2 runners on base. Junior catcher Mia Riibe hit a walk-off homerun to give the Panthers the lead, and the victory, by a score of 6-4. It was an incredible night of competition and the 1st time that DV has beat top ranked WC since high school softball was sanctioned in South Dakota.

The Elk Point City Council convened for its regular monthly session on May 6, 2025, at City Hall, located at 106 W. Pleasant Street, with Mayor Deb McCreary presiding. All council members— Amanda Abraham, Renee Irwin, Ben Irlbeck, Lance Penfield, Kris Hurlbert, and Kenneth VonHaden—were present. Also in attendance were City Attorney Thompson, City Administrator Derek Tuttle, Engineer Nebelsick, Police Chief Jacob Limoges, and Public Works Director Trevor Job.

The Jefferson City Council convened for its regular monthly meeting on May 5, 2025, at Jefferson City Hall, with Mayor Paddy Rigg presiding. All council members — Tony Boulware, Jason Casper, Mark LaFleur, John Lokhorst, and Michael Stokely—were present, along with several city officials and community members.

Busy was the theme for the Huskies as it pertained to track and field in the first full week of May. Elk Point-Jefferson was at Beresford competing on May 6, 2025 and a couple of days later they participated in the 1st Dakota Relays, in Yankton, on May 8, 2025.

Rocky Run Golf Course, in Dell Rapids, was the site for the Elk Point-Jefferson girls golf meet on Tuesday, May 6, 2025.

The winning streak continued for Elk Point-Jefferson on May 11, 2025 as they bested Beresford 17-2. Even more impressive was that the Huskies needed just 4 innings to secure the victory against the Watchdogs.

The Elk Point-Jefferson softball squad had a tough away game, at Beresford, on Friday, May 9, 2025. The Huskies only collected 3 hits and fell 0-7 to the Watchdogs.

The North Sioux City Fire Department hosted a confined space rescue class taught by Professional Rescue Innovations.

Spring has arrived and it has been busy for the board of supervisors for the Dakota Dunes Community Improvement District (CID) who met three times between March and April of this year. For the regular session meeting on March 17, 2025 the following employees were present: Andrew Tramp and Katelyn Irby. Board members present included: Ken Beaulieu, Scott Wetz, Julie Shanafelt, Janet Finzen and Bill Shorma. The CID’s attorney council, Darrell Jesse, was also at the March meeting which began at 6 pm.