Dordt University’s Payton Mauldin is this week’s GPAC Men’s track athlete-of-the-week. Mauldin, a senior from George, Iowa, won two events and finished as the runner-up in a third at the USD Early Bird Invite held last weekend in Vermillion, S.D. On Friday, Mauldin took first place and hit the ‘A standard with a time of 1:51.06, the No.2 time in the NAIA to date. On Saturday, Mauldin finished second in the 200m and anchored the winning 4×400 relay in the final event of the day. The Defenders 4×400 relay has the No.1 time in the GPAC.

Highway 75 Construction Progressing North
Highway 75 road construction in Sioux Center is set to move further to the north beginning today (Monday). The road closure