One-hundred and thirty band members from Milbank Middle School and Koch Elementary School performed for the South Dakota Bandmasters Middle School Band Contest Friday and Saturday, April 21-22. The contest, which took place at the Milbank Middle/High School, included 188 total entries. Other schools participating were Big Stone City,... Read more
The Milbank Schools will dismiss at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 2. The early release is to accommodate the Valley Queen Invitational track and field meet at AB Campbell Stadium. According to the local school administration, the meet requires a large number of workers. The parking lot area also... Read more
The Babbel-Ons Toastmasters Club met April 20. Jessica Roggenbuck served as the Toastmaster. Table topics master was Karla Wellnitz. The next meeting is Thursday, May 4, at noon at State Auto. Anyone interested in learning more about the Toastmasters Club is encouraged to contact VP of Membership Kirk Simmons... Read more
An Evening in Paris is the theme for the 2017 Milbank High School Prom this Saturday, April 29. Eighty-nine couples are signed up to promenade during the Grand March beginning at 6 p.m. The public is invited to attend. Doors open at 5 p.m. Admission is $2. A banquet... Read more
The 11th Annual St. Lawrence School Foundation Gala is Friday, April 28. This year’s theme is A Stroll Through the Seasons. Activities and hors d’oeuvres begin at 5:30 p.m. and dinner is served at 6:30 p.m. at Shady Beach Supper Club. Activities, including the live auction, follow. “We have... Read more
A 4-H Fun Youth Rabbit Show and Clinic will be held Saturday, April 29, at the Grant County 4-H Grounds exhibit building. Grant County 4-H Leaders and the South Dakota Rabbit Breeders Association are sponsors of the event. Participants will practice their rabbit showmanship skills, rabbit hopping, and learn... Read more
A food drive challenge, led by Milbank Middle School seventh-grader Korbin Leddy, produced over 1,500 items that will be donated to the Grant County Food Pantry. The drive ran from April 3 to April 20 in conjunction with 2017 Global Youth Service Day. Leddy’s project was called Feed the... Read more
One of the top speakers in America, V.J. Smith will present The Richest Man in Town on Thursday, May 4, at noon and 6:30 p.m. at Speedway Event Center. Smith is often referred to as the speaker who makes people think, laugh, reflect and be emotionally moved by a... Read more
Milbank’s city-wide rummage sale weekend is Friday and Saturday, April 28 and 29. The sales coincide with Shape Up Milbank Days which run from Friday, April 28, through Saturday, May 6. During Shape Up Milbank, the National Guard’s 740th Transportation Company will pick up and dispose of items beginning... Read more
Cub Scouts of Milbank held their annual Rain Gutter Regatta Sunday, April 23. Jonathan Mobley won first place in the Veterans division and Peyton Bauer took second. Keaton Johnson captured first place in the Rookies division. Denim Fahleen took second and Lawson Novy, third. The scouts build their sail... Read more
