Big Stone City Rejected as State Prison Location
Local News June 3, 2025 0
Big Stone City and the former Saputo Cheese USA factory property – along with six other sites – have been cut from the list of potential locations for the new South Dakota state prison. Arrington Watkins submitted their recommendations regarding the project, along with a completed feasibility report on... Read more
Megan Wiese, who will be a senior next fall at MHS, was one of 17 students from across the state of South Dakota selected to receive an FFA Summer Leadership Retreat Scholarship. Wiese and Kelsey Fischer of Webster High School will share the Jason and Ashley Frerichs Scholarship. The... Read more
MHS Students Earn Music Awards
Local News June 3, 2025 0
The Milbank High School Music Department presented end-of-season awards for 2024-25 during their Spring Concert on May 13 at the school. Miriam Schwenn is the choir director for MHS and Susan Karels directs the bands. The John Philip Sousa Award originated in 1954. This award is the most prestigious... Read more
The second food giveaway of 2025, sponsored by the Grant County Christian Service Council and Feeding South Dakota, will be held on Wednesday, June 11, 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
Tomorrow –Tuesday, June 3 – marks the first Farmers Market of the season in Milbank. You might need a bushel or just a peck, but any way you slice it, your basket will be overflowing with great things. The Market is open 3-6 p.m. every Tuesday in Flynn Park... Read more
Ecclesiastes or Bon Jovi? You’ve heard the phrase: The more things change the more they stay the same. National Intergenerational Day, observed annually on June 1, is dedicated to highlighting the connections between people of all ages. The day is a reminder of our shared customs and purposes and... Read more
Don’t miss the benefit for Keaton Johnson, an MHS junior, on Saturday, May 31, at Speedway in Milbank. Everyone is welcome! Doors open at 5 p.m. The Silent Auction starts at 5 p.m. Enjoy the free will dinner from 5-7 p.m. – a pasta buffet, salad, and bread. Stay... Read more
The Bulldogs tennis team broke the MHS School record by earning a total of 147.5 points at South Dakota’s 2025 Class A Tennis Tournament. As a team, the Milbank boys took eighth place. Individual players also brought home nice finishes. Singles DoublesFlight 2 – Alex and Gregory – Fourth... Read more
MHS seniors were honored on Awards Day for all the scholarships they received this year. Including the scholarships by colleges and tech schools, the Milbank Education Foundation, and various organizations and individual donors, the Class of 2025 received $1,849,296.01. Emmett Hanson was awarded several scholarships, one of which was... Read more
Musician extraordinaire Paul Imholte has a String Theory: If it has strings, he plays it! Paul’s featured instrument is the hammered dulcimer – a trapezoid-shaped instrument played with light hammers – but he also knows his way around a fiddle, guitar, banjo, mandolin, viola, cello, autoharp, mountain dulcimer, harmonica,... Read more
