The 30th Annual Piano Festival, sponsored by the Milbank area piano teachers and showcasing local students, will be held on Sunday, February 24, at 2 p.m. in the MHS theatre. To celebrate the 30th anniversary the recital will also feature an ensemble for two pianos and eight hands, performed... Read more

According to Margaret Skoog, coordinator of the Red Cross blood drive in Milbank, blood supply is very low. She says demand remains high, but only five percent of people able to give blood have actually seen the inside of the bloodmobile. That can change, though, when you make your... Read more

When four year-old Prya walks in the door and sees a coat hook with her name on it, she knows she is home. Or at least at her second home. In case she harbors any doubts, the toddler can gaze up at her framed photo gracing the hallway or... Read more

The South Dakota Music Education Association presents Middle School All State Orchestra at the Mitchell Performing Arts Center on February 22 and February 23. Bethany Amundson from Dakota Wesleyan University will serve as the conductor. Joseph and Rachel Schulte, seventh-graders at Milbank Middle School, were selected as violinists. Nicholas... Read more

Think it’s cold outside? Could it get colder? Let’s just say it’s possible. The coldest temperature ever recorded in South Dakota was a cool -58 degrees Fahrenheit on February 17, 1936 in McIntosh. In Minnesota, the mercury plummeted to -60 degrees Fahrenheit on February 2, 1996 in Tower. Parshall,... Read more

Think it’s cold outside? Could it get colder? Let’s just say it’s possible. The coldest temperature ever recorded in South Dakota was a cool -58 degrees Fahrenheit on February 17, 1936 in McIntosh. In Minnesota, the mercury plummeted to -60 degrees Fahrenheit on February 2, 1996 in Tower. Parshall,... Read more