Milbank Wins Season Opener 64-0 at Lakota Tech – Meets Tri-Valley Tonight
Milbank Area Football September 5, 2025 0
Milbank put up a “W” after their season opener ended early with a score of 64-0 at Lakota Tech High School in Pine Ridge on Friday, August 29. Under the leadership of head coach Mick Thompson, Milbank led 42-0 at the half and tacked on 22 more points before... Read more
Wiik and Schweer to Play in FFA Band at Nat’l Convention
Local News September 4, 2025 0
Milbank juniors Cody Wiik and Kayla Schweer will claim some of the best seats in the house –on stage – at the 98th Annual FFA Convention & Expo in Indianapolis. Wiik and Schweer are MHS band students who were chosen by audio audition to be members of the 2025... Read more
The fourth food giveaway of 2025, sponsored by the Grant County Christian Service Council and Feeding South Dakota, will be held on Wednesday, September 10, from 4-5 p.m. The event will again be held in the Living Word Church parking lot on the north end of Milbank on Hwy.15. ... Read more
Members of the Milbank Area Chamber of Commerce (MACC) held a ribbon cutting on Wednesday, August 27, at the Abbey of the Hills near Marvin. The ribbon cutting was a celebration of the opening of the Abbey’s new gift shop. The shop was made possible by a generous donation... Read more
Scoular and Berry Win Breathe Easy Meet
Milbank Area Cross Country September 3, 2025 0
Jeter Scoular, running for the Bulldogs, and Bianca Berry, running for the Lady Bulldogs, each took first place in the Breathe Easy Cross Country Meet. The annual race was hosted by Milbank at Whetstone Creek Golf Course on Thursday, August 28. All five varsity boys took places in the... Read more
DeBoer Named NEC Golf Champ
Milbank Area Golf September 2, 2025 0
The Milbank boys golf team competed at the Northeast Conference Meet in Aberdeen on August 26. “Jonathan (DeBoer) came away with the title of NEC champ for the second time,” stated Mark Keeton, head coach for MHS. DeBoer previously earned the honor of medalist in Sisseton three years ago... Read more
DeBoer Takes Sixth at Madison Invitational
Milbank Area Golf August 29, 2025 0
The Bulldogs traveled to the Madison Invitational on August 21. Jonathan DeBoer brought home sixth place for Milbank. He shot a 79. Finn Anderson of Aberdeen Roncalli was the medalist at 75 – just four over par. Harper Schnabel, also from Roncalli, carded 76 for second place. Schnabel, a sophomore... Read more
Jericho Jones, Miss Milbank 2025, Ella Sandvig, first runner up, and Gemma Street second-runner up packed their scholarship checks from The Valley Express – sponsor of the Snow Queen Festival – to take to their respective colleges. The girls are all freshmen, but attending different schools. Jericho is studying... Read more
What’s the best part of the South Dakota State Fair? Is it looking down on everything from high up on the Ferris Wheel? Getting nose to nose with a prize pig? Or winning a bear or a blue ribbon? These are all thrills, but the spills are just as... Read more
Sanford Health to Take Over Lewis Drug Stores
Local News August 28, 2025 0
Sanford Health announced today, August 28, that it will be taking over Lewis Drug, a family-owned pharmacy and retail store chain with 60 locations throughout South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota. The deal also includes the 11 pharmacies already located in Sanford Health clinics. Sanford says it expects the merger... Read more
