Lady Bulldog Cagers Win Season-End Awards
The Lady Bulldogs basketball team held their recent awards ceremony. Head Coach Brian Pauli presented Maurina Street with the team’s MVP Award. Isabella Anderson won the Defensive Player Award.  Pauli also recognized both Street and Anderson for being named to the 2022 NEC All-Conference Team. Street was selected for... Read more
MHS Alumni Basketball Tourney Set for Saturday April 16
Still Got Game—This year marks the Third Annual MHS Alumni Men’s Basketball Tournament and the first women’s exhibition game. Both will be played on Saturday, April 16, at the Milbank Armory. Doors open at 9 a.m. with games starting at 10 a.m. Admission for fans is free, but a free-will... Read more
Bulldogs Suffer First Net Loss of the 2022 Season
The MHS boys’ tennis team played their first match of the season against Yankton on Friday, April 8, on the road. The Bucks defeated the Bulldogs 9-0.  Benett Street is the one senior on the court this season for the Bulldogs. Milbank’s head coach, Abbey Trapp, said, “The boys did... Read more
Caution Urged on Area Spring Roads
The Big Stone County Sheriff’s Office urges motorists to use caution while traveling on roadways this spring. Reports of barricades that have blown over or completely blown away as a result of high wind have been received. The sheriff says this makes it less likely a driver will notice a road closure or other hazard.  The sheriff... Read more
City Council Approves Ground Storage Reservoir Improvement Bid
The Milbank City Council held its regular meeting on April 11 in the Milbank Community Room.In personnel-related items, the board approved the hiring of Steve Huizenga as a part-time police officer at $18.79 per hour. They also created the city staff position of utility clerk to assist the finance officer and the administrative assistant. Approval... Read more
Donations Needed for Milbank Annual Easter Egg Hunt
The hunt is on! The Milbank Community Pride and Grant County 4-H Junior Leaders host their annual Easter egg-stravaganza on Saturday, April 16.  It’s an egg-stra special day for every bunny from preschool through second grade, and it starts at Avantara at 10 a.m. Find eggs with candy, and... Read more
Valley Queen Announces Largest Expansion in 93 Years
The Valley Queen Board of Directors voted unanimously last week to approve a $195 million expansion at its location in Milbank. The three-year expansion will increase the company’s processing capacity by 50 percent and will be the largest in the company’s 93-year history.  Set for groundbreaking in late May 2022, the... Read more
Milbank Chamber Announces Winners of Love Local Prizes
Laurie Folk, director of the Milbank Area Chamber of Commerce, announced the winners of the Love Local Passport event. Shoppers and business owners reported they got to know each other better, had fun boosting the local economy, and found great deals, too. First Choice Real Estate, Pipestone Systems, and... Read more
Milbank HOSA Members Take Top Places at State
HOSA chapter members Hattie Muellenbach, Savannah Stengel, Stella Wendland, and Julia and Jaclyn Wiik each earned a top-place finish at South Dakota’s HOSA State Leadership Conference. Nearly 1000 students from across the state competed at the Pentagon in Sioux Falls from March 31- April 1.  Because they finished in one of the... Read more
Roberts County Drug Bust Seizes Over $80G in Methamphetamine
Roberts County Sheriff Tyler Appel reported a routine traffic stop on the morning of Tuesday, April 5, resulted in the seizure of over $80,000 in drugs and cash.  Sheriff Appel says, “A Roberts County Sheriff’s deputy performed a routine traffic stop on a vehicle heading northbound on Interstate 29. The deputy smelled a... Read more