Join Milbank Area Chamber of Commerce (MACC) members for Chamber Coffee at the Abbey of the Hills Inn and Retreat Center from 7:30-9 a.m. on Thursday, August 15. Everyone is welcome. A light breakfast will be offered. Tours will be available. Attendees will also have the opportunity to win... Read more
The Milbank Area Retired Teacher and Personnel Association (MARTA) will meet at Pizza Ranch at 11 a.m. on Thursday, August 15. Two presentations are featured in this month’s program. Johanna Ward, an elementary teacher from Hamburg, will talk about her experiences as a teacher in Germany. Johanna is the... Read more
Dom Boerger Pitches 95 Strikes in State Tourney
Milbank Area Baseball August 13, 2024 0
The Milbank Firechiefs, now 16-2, face Dell Rapids PBR tonight, August 13, in the second round of South Dakota’s 92nd State B Amateur Baseball Tournament. The game starts at 7:30 p.m. at Cadwell Park in Mitchell. The Firechiefs advanced to the second round by defeating the Hartford-Humboldt Gamecocks 5... Read more
Preston Fischer
Obituaries August 12, 2024 0
Preston Fischer, 76, of Milbank, SD, passed away on Thursday, August 8, 2024, at Milbank Area Hospital – Avera Health in Milbank. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, August 13, 2024, at 10:30 a.m. at Emanuel Lutheran Church in Milbank. Pastor Chris Davis will officiate. Visitation will be... Read more
Steve Hicks has purchased 1st Choice Real Estate in Milbank from Trudi Niedert. The sale was completed on Friday, August 2. Steve, a 2009 graduate of MHS, is happy to call Milbank home again after living and working in Fargo for 15 years. “We’ve got a lot going on,”... Read more
Lonnie Reedy
Obituaries August 10, 2024 0
Lonnie Reedy, 60, of Graceville, MN, passed away on Friday, August 9, 2024, at Essentia Health in Fargo, ND. Funeral Services will be held on Monday, August 19, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. at Mundwiler & Larson Funeral Home in Graceville, MN. Visitation will be held one hour prior to... Read more
The Milbank Firechiefs face the Hartford-Humboldt Gamecocks on Saturday, August 10, at 1 p.m. in their first game of South Dakota’s 2024 Class B Amateur Baseball Tournament. The 31-game state tournament starts today at Cadwell Park in Mitchell. The 32 teams who made the cut will be shaved down... Read more
Tomorrow, August 7, is the last day of registration for Milbank’s elementary, middle, and high schools. Registration is being held in the Milbank Elementary School gym. Special Olympics will be serving malts from 9 a.m.until 4 p.m. A free will donation is requested. Valley Queen will be serving grilled... Read more
Shawn Stemsrud, a graduate of the MHS Class of 2018, received the South Dakota American Choral Directors Association (SDACDA) Encore Award. Stemsrud was recognized for his award during the 2024 Honor Choir and Reunion Alumni Choir Concert held at the Washington Pavilion in downtown Sioux Falls on August 2.... Read more
Anna Neugebauer, Camryn Sovell, Ashlynn Batchelor, Graham Lightfield, Garrett Weber, and Bryan Meyer – all students at MHS – performed in concert with the 50th South Dakota High School Honor Choir at the University of Sioux Falls on Friday, August 2. Lynda R. Hasseler, D.M.A, a professor of music... Read more
