Lars Andersen’s journey at the 2017 South Dakota National Geographic State Bee took him to eighth place. Lars is an eighth-grader at Milbank Middle School. Fifth-grader Maggie Kruger represented St. Lawrence School. The contest was held on the campus of Northern State University in Aberdeen. In the eight-question opening... Read more
The Grant County Public Library is celebrating 2017 Money Smart Week April 22-29. A Lunch and Learn Financial Hour will be held at the library on Thursday, April 27, from 12 to 1 p.m. Guest speaker will be Jane Strommen, Ph.D. Strommen is a gerontology specialist. She is jointly... Read more
Milbank Middle School seventh grader, Korbin Leddy, has been awarded a Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation Youth Grant through Youth Service America (YSA). The grant will support Leddy in heading a community service project to address the issue of childhood hunger. Grant funds will be used to reward the Milbank... Read more
The Milbank Bandmasters and Region 3 Piano Contest was held April 8, in Milbank. Local teachers of participating students are: Tara Anderson, Barb Bunk, Lesa Dahl, Sheila Dailie, Sandy Dingsor, Susan Karels, Karen Livingston, Jennifer Neu, Emily Niemi, Suzanne Olawsky, Deb Rausch, Kristine Schuldt, Carol Street, Renae Wollschlager, and... Read more
The Milbank Area Lions Swim Team (MALST) welcomes Aarron Schuelke to its coaching staff for the 2017 season. He will serve as the assistant coach. Jodi Street is beginning her second season as coach. “I am very excited that Aarron has been hired as my assistant this season,” stated... Read more
The employees of the Milbank School District completed their 4th Annual A Walk Around the World challenge and increased their mileage to 29,473 miles. That’s equal to walking two trips from Milbank to Tibet and back to Milbank and more than around the world – the circumference of the... Read more
Milbank Community Pride hosts its annual Easter Egg Hunt for all children second grade and younger. The hunt is Saturday, April 15, at 10 a.m. on the front lawn of Milbank Care and Rehabilitation Center, formerly known as Golden Living Center. In case of inclement weather, the Easter egg... Read more
The Big Stone City Branch Public Library celebrates National Library Week by beginning their Spring In-House Book Sale. The sale begins Wednesday, April 12, and continues through Wednesday, May 10. All books are sold by donation. Funds raised go to the 2017 Summer Reading Program. Summer Reading is designed... Read more
The Babbel-Ons Toastmasters Club met April 6, at State Auto. Jessica Roggenbuck served as Toastmaster. Speaker of the day was Kim Veen. The next meeting of the club will be on Thursday, April 20, at noon. Anyone interested in learning about the Toastmasters Club is encouraged to contact VP... Read more
It was Spring Fling last week at MHS. Monday was Beach Day. On Tuesday, students dressed as celebrities and held a baby photo contest. Holiday dressing was the theme on Wednesday. Wednesday also included a dodgeball tournament. The juniors were crowned the champions. Students dressed in stoplight colors according... Read more
