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DV participates in fall softball league

The Dakota Valley high school softball team won’t start their season until the spring, but a group of over 20 girls, ranging in grades 8th-12th, have been getting lots of reps during the months of August and September. Head coach T.C. Wienandt and assistant coach Jason Anderson have coordinated a fall ball league that allows the Panthers to play against surrounding area teams on Sundays at the Dakota Valley fields. The Panthers also recently participated in competitions at Historic Hubbard Park in Sioux City on Saturday, Sept. 17. The match-up at Hubbard Park involved a grandstand announcer and three backto- back games. Game 1 for the Panthers, versus Sioux City Moons 16U, started the day at the ballpark and was a success as Dakota Valley got the win 15-1. Freshman Annie Bourne was named player of the week by the game day directors for pitching 2 shutout innings and allowing only 1 hit with 2 strikeouts. Bourne also had a hit and RBI in the game.
Dakota Valley wins Husky Invite

It was a great Thursday for the Dakota Valley boys golf team Sept. 15 as they were crowned champions at the Elk-Point Jefferson Invite.
NORTH SIOUX CITY

Everywhere one looks in North Sioux City, there’s construction, a sure sign of a growing community. Currently on the south western edge of the city, Stockwell Engineering is monitoring the construction of the Sioux Point Road realignment project.
Northeast Expansion Master Plan revealed

North Sioux City’s recent acquisition of land northeast of the current city limits now has a master development plan in place. The plan was unveiled at the city’s meeting Sept. 6 and shows the development of land owned by both the city and Graham Aviation. As noted, multiple times, the plans are conceptual illustrations and are subject to change depending on the city’s economic needs and the needs of Graham Aviation. The plan was presented by Jon Brown of Stockwell Engineers. For now, the plan includes residential, highway commercial, planned development and industrial zonings and street and utility configurations.
Kosinski prepares for deer season

An Elk Point boy with special needs is busy gathering his gear for a big game hunt all courtesy of the PDR Disabled Youth organization. Thomas Kosinski has enjoyed South Dakota’s long-honored hunting tradition before. On a prior deer hunt with the PDR Hunt group his sharp shooting skill was spot-on, and he proficiently harvested a Whitetail deer.

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DV Quiz Bowl Conference Champs

The Dakota Valley high school quiz bowl team travelled to Dell Rapids on Monday, March 20 for the DAK12 Conference tournament. It was a great showing by the Panther team as they were crowned conference champions in a tiebreaker win versus the Vermillion Tanagers.

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Art students win awards at the “BIG Show”

Dakota Valley high school artists expressed their creative talent in Wakefield, NE on Wednesday, March 15 for the “BIG Show”. This event has been conducted annually for 13 years and is a day to highlight and award local area students and their artwork. Demi Harlan, the high school art teacher at DV, was pleased with how well the Panthers represented at this event.

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DV students win awards at Art Wars, State competition

Art students from Dakota Valley flocked to West River for South Dakota’s Art Wars and the state’s art show competition over the weekend of March 18. Both events were held in The Monument in Rapid City. Panther artists showed their creativity and artistic ability well, with many earning honors.

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Bruns,Rosenquist play in shootout

Dakota Valley seniors Isaac Bruns and Randy Rosenquist were chosen to play on the Class A team for the Three-Class Shootout. They played in Salem, SD March 25.

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Board approves additional positions

Three additional positions were approved for the 202324 school year at the Dakota Valley School Board meeting March 13. The first position is a certified EL teacher and the second an additional SPED teacher.

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Panthers have good showing at Wrestling AAU State Tournament

Six youth wrestlers from the Panther Wrestling Club were in Aberdeen on March 25-26 for the AAU state wrestling tournament. After making their way through districts and regionals, the grapplers hit the mats to take on the best in South Dakota. Leif Dewald, Jaxon Dice, Darian Feese, Graham Riibe, Leo Riibe and Kenzie Scott all had strong performances. The event took place at Northern State…

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DV senior Lexi Squier serves as Senate Page

Dakota Valley senior Lexi Squier recently returned home from the state capital after engaging in a firsthand account of the 2023 South Dakota Legislature as a senate page. It was a worthwhile experience for Squier who plans to attend Northwestern College in Orange City, IA next year and double major in business administration and theater.

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Big Sioux Bike Bridge discussed

A project in conjunction with the city of Sioux City could soon connect Dakota Dunes' trail system with Sioux City’s. The Dakota Dunes Community Improvement District (CID) Board of Supervisors discussed the connection at their meeting March 20.

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Board denies five property valuation grievances

The North Sioux City Council convened on March 21 as the regular council, but also held a prior meeting as the Local Board of Equalization. There were five grievances to hear from North Sioux City residents contesting their assessed property values.

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STATE CHAMPIONS

The winter weather advisory in southeast South Dakota could not stop the Dakota Valley boys basketball team from rolling past Hot Springs in the 1st round of state tournament play. The Panthers won big, versus the Bison, by a score of 80-47 at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center in Sioux Falls on March 16.

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