At the Watoma Relays in Watertown on April 22, Nick Batchelor crossed the finish line in the 800-meter run at the 1:57.38 mark to break the Milbank High School record set by Gerald Hermans (1:57.60) in 1964. According to Eric Townsend, head coach of the Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs’... Read more
Bien Ranch Receives Award
Local News April 26, 2022 0
Nathan Bien, a graduate of the MHS Class of 2017, and Katie Vander Wal, a graduate of the MHS Class of 2018, plan to tie the knot on October 1. Their wedding day is expected to go smoothly as Nate has a lot of experience with knots. He has been... Read more
Milbank Brings Home the Trophy from NSU Math Contest
Local News April 26, 2022 0
Nearly 50 Milbank students attended the Northern State University Math Contest in Aberdeen on April 20. The contest consisted of four divisions: Elementary Algebra, Geometry, Advanced Algebra, and Senior Math. MHS won the traveling team trophy. Individually, Isaac Sousa took second place in the Senior Division and Amelia Pederson placed fifth in the... Read more
Logan Diede, organizer of the 2022 MHS Alumni Basketball Tournament and the head coach of the Milbank Bulldogs, announced the winners of the games held at the Milbank Armory on Saturday, April 16. Diede started the tourney in 2019, took a year off in 2020, and started it up... Read more
Whetstone Valley Strings presented their spring recital on Sunday, April 24, at Living Word Lutheran Church. Students performed solos, which were followed by three orchestra selections. The student musicians were accompanied by Miriam Schwenn on piano. Elizabeth Schulte serves as their instructor. Students were recognized for their achievements... Read more
The Bulldogs art team was chosen South Dakota’s Best Team at the fine arts exhibition presented by the Dacotah Prairie Museum of Aberdeen. Liz Vogel, Taryn Dusky, Marion Mischel, Kadence Rausch-Frank, Amelia Pederson, and Grace Weston brought home the school trophy for Milbank. Dusky also won second place in the Student... Read more
South Dakota observes Severe Weather Preparedness Week in 2022 from April 25 to April 29. Kevin Schuelke, director of Grant County Emergency Management, says, “Sirens will be tested on Wednesday, April 27. The fire siren will be sounded at 10 a.m. At 10:15 a.m., the tornado siren will go... Read more
The Bulldogs’ varsity tennis team defeated Lac qui Parle Valley (LQPV) 6-3 in their first match of the 2022 season at Cantine Courts in Milbank. The JV team also netted a victory against the Eagles at 8-1, and the middle school team won 4-2. Coach Abbey Trapp noted the... Read more
Grant County Sheriff’s Office Makes Two Drug Busts
Local News April 25, 2022 0
Kevin Owen, Grant County Sheriff, reports deputies conducted two traffic stops in one week that led to felony drug arrests. According to the sheriff’s office: In the early evening hours of April 15, a deputy with the Grant County Sheriff’s Office initiated a traffic stop on US Highway 12 near United Hardware. During... Read more
Over 200 musicians in fifth through eighth grade performed at the South Dakota Bandmasters Contest in Milbank. Milbank students comprised 115 of the entries. Students from Big Stone City and Browns Valley, Deubrook, and Ortonville, Minnesota also competed. The instrumentals from Milbank received 43 Superior Plus ratings, 73 Superior ratings,... Read more
