An away game, at Parkston, marked Elk Point-Jefferson’s 1st spring baseball game of the season. The Trojans of Parkston had hot bats early versus the Huskies. This ultimately had EPJ falling 1-6 after 7 innings of play.

Opening week of South Dakota high school softball had the Huskies very busy. They played multiple games and garnered some great wins. Elk Point-Jefferson’s 1st softball contest of the season was in Vermillion on Monday, March 31, 2025.

On April 8, North Sioux City will see five races—one for four different seats on the City Council and one for the Mayor. To get to know the candidates better, the Dakota Dunes/North Sioux City Times asked each individual for some background information.

Commissioner and mayor candidates for North Sioux City gathered in the council chambers along with the general public on Monday, March 24, 2025. They were together for a town hall event prior to the upcoming local election. Hosts for the gathering were the McCook Lake Association, the American Legion and the Dakota Valley Business Council.

Important visitors from Minnesota were at Elk Point-Jefferson high school on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. Julie Briggs, Vice President-Outreach Unified Champion Schools, and Turner Gaines, Director of Unified Champion City Schools, were in town to surprise Husky students Yixian Norby and Gracelynn Bruns.

Elk Point-Jefferson youth wrestlers descended on West River on March 28-30, 2025. Ten Husky grapplers hit the mats for the 2025 state tournament in Rapid City. The event took place in Summit Arena at The Monument. There were thousands of wrestlers from across the state in attendance and it was noted to be the largest SD state youth tournament to date.

DV Results at MMU Indoor Meet 3/27/25 Boys 60m - Prelims: 5th Jackson Shoulders 7.29q; 15th Ethan Seaton 7.48, 35th Tate Bernard 7.68; 69th Gunner Montagne 7.94; 106th Preston Konopasek 8.17. Girls 60m - Prelims: 7th Emma Honner 8.43q, 134th Tommy Anderson 11.05. Boys 60m: 6th Jackson Shoulders 7.30. Girls 60m: 6th Emma Honner 8.40. Boys 60m Hurdles - Prelims: 16th Asher Pfeifer 9.78; 27th Matthew Bryan 10.58. Girls 60m Hurdles Prelims: 16th AddyWubbena 11.10; 58th Teagan Meyer 13.63. Boys 200m: 3rd Jackson Shoulders 23.85; 61st Eston Monical 26.43; 93rd Izaya Denzberger 27.29. Girls 200m: 3rd Emma Honner 27.59. Girls 400m: 16th Mia Riibe 1:08.02. Boys 800m: 4th Jamison Gould 2:13.68. Girls 800m: 8th Maylee Rose 2:47.64; 44th Annie Bourne 3:22.83. Boys 1600m: 1st Jack Brown 4:38.36; 50th Garrett Hanson 6:38.44. Girls 1600m: 1st Sophia Redler 5:23.33; 16th Jaycie Rush 6:15.81; 35th Annie Bourne 7:17.62. Boys 3200m: 3rd Cole Brown 10:59.25. Girls 3200m: 5th Jaycie Rush 13:53.71. Girls High Jump: 3rd Claire Munch 4-09.00/1.45m. Boys Long Jump: 17th Tate Bernard 1806.00/5.64m; 49th Cameron Colt 16-08.50/5.09m. Girls Long Jump: 6th Julia Bernard 15-02.00/4.62m; 7th Claire Munch 15-01.50/4.61m; 29th Alli Martindale 1306.50/4.13m; 67th Teagan Meyer 10-11.50/3.34m. Boys Shot Put: 9th Seth Reinhardt 44-07.00/13.59m; 29 Vincent Hoffman 40-01.00/12.22m; 38th Cooper Bernard 3803.00/11.66m. Boys Triple Jump: 11th Tate Bernard 37-00.25/11.28m. Girls Triple Jump: 1 Claire Munch 35-01.50/10.71m; 4th Julia Bernard 32-10.50/10.02m; 8th Alli Martindale 3102.50/9.51m RELAYS: 1st Girls 4x800m Relay (S. Redler, M. Riibe, M. Rose, A. McCullough) 10:12.34. 1st Boys Distance Medley (C. Brown, G. Nelson, J. Gould, J. Brown) 11:58.98. 1st Girls Distance Medley (A. McCullough, M. Riibe, M. Rose, S. Redler) 13:07.58.

The DAK XII conference tournament for high school quiz bowl was held on Monday, March 24, 2025. The competition happened at Tri-Valley high school in Colton, South Dakota. Dakota Valley sent a varsity roster of all seniors to the tournament and they brought home gold.

The Panther wrestling club sent several youth grapplers to Rapid City, on March 28-30, 2025, for the South Dakota state tournament. Epic matches were observed as all of Dakota Valley represented well on the mats of Summit Arena at The Monument.