Fifth graders Wylder Hawley, Drake Wellnitz, and Andrew Karges submitted the three winning essays during the local Grandparent Essay Contest sponsored by the Milbank Area Retired Teachers and Personnel Association (MARTA) and AARP South Dakota. Wylder took first place. Drake penned the second-place essay, and Andrew was third. P.J.... Read more
Milbank FFA Chapter Hosts Its 86 Annual Banquet
Local News May 14, 2025 0
The Milbank FFA Chapter held their 86th annual banquet at MHS on Tuesday. May 6. Special awards, chapter degrees, and an honorary degree were presented. New chapter officers were also named. Sara Colombe and Hannah Schraeder serve as the agriculture instructors at Milbank and the FFA advisers. Awards and... Read more
Jaime Borchert
Obituaries May 14, 2025 0
Jaime (Berkner) Borchert, age 48, of Sioux Falls, SD, formerly of Stockholm, SD, passed away on Monday, May 12, 2025. Private services are to be held at a later date. Jaime Lynn (Berkner) Borchert was born on June 3, 1976, in Watertown, SD, to David and Donna (Lundquist) Berkner.... Read more
The Milbank boys track and field team took second place at the Dan Barker Relays in Madison on Friday, May 9. Brookings was first in both the boys and the girls competitions with 165 and 155 points, respectively. The.Milbank boys followed in second with 132.5 points. The Milbank girls... Read more
On Thursday, May 8, the Bulldogs tennis team traveled to Pierre for a regular season match and a trial run of the state tourney. According to Abbey Trapp, head coach for Milbank, the varsity boys fought hard, but could not get a win in the regular season matchup. The... Read more
Milbank’s Willow Bender took first place,when she carded 57 at the girls junior high golf meet in Sisseton on Thursday, May 8. Zora Henrich was right behind her in second place at 60. Avigail Howard counted 62 strokes to bring home third place for the young Lady Bulldogs. Kylynn... Read more
The Black team, made up of players from the 2001-2009 era, won the Sixth Annual MHS Alumni Basketball tournament. Players on the Black team included Jason Bear, Matt Paulson, Lance Frogner, Kevin Hagen, Travis Lester, Jeff Fish, Grant Kuper, Clayton Conroy, Kyle Reedstrom, and Craig Barlund. According to Logan... Read more
Milbank hosted the Valley Queen Invitational for track and field at A. B. Campbell Stadium on Tuesday, May 6. Athletes competed from Great Plains Lutheran, Groton, Hamlin, Clark-Willow Lake, Sisseton, Langford, Aberdeen Roncalli, Florence-Henry, Rosholt, Britton-Hecla, Tiospa Zina, Wilmot, and Webster. MHS Boys Highlights: Jeter Scoular took first in... Read more
The first food giveaway of 2025, sponsored by the Grant County Christian Service Council and Feeding South Dakota, will be held on Wednesday, May 14, from 4 – 5 p.m. The event will again be held in the Living Word Church parking lot on the north end of Milbank... Read more
Registration is now open for the 2025 Summer Reading program at the Big Stone City Library –part of the Grant County library system. This year’s theme is Color My World. Children ages kindergarten through fifth grade are invited to attend the Wednesday activity days from June 4 through July... Read more
