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
Hoeke and Rick Win Championship Volleyball Title
Local News April 13, 2017 0
MHS senior Mikaela Hoeke and junior Molly Rick played on the winning U18 volleyball team at the Prairie Lakes Wellness Center tournament in Watertown April 1-2. The teens were members of the Elite Alliance Volleyball Club (EAVC) 18 White team that won the gold bracket championship. EAVC is a... 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
Milbank High School head girls basketball coach, Brian Pauli, has set the dates for the Milbank Area Summer Girls Basketball Camps. Athletes in grades 3-5 are invited to attend camp May 1 and May 3-5 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the Koch School gym. Athletes in grades 6-12... 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
Three Qualify for HOSA Nationals in Florida
Local News April 12, 2017 0
Kimberlly Aburto, Mallory Trapp, and Kerissa DeBoer placed in the top three at the 5th Annual South Dakota HOSA State Leadership Conference held in Sioux Falls April 6-7. They earned a trip to Orlando, Florida to compete in the National Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) Future Health Professionals... Read more
Glenda Carlson
Obituaries April 12, 2017 0
Glenda C. Carlson, age 79 of Milbank died April 12, 2017 at St. William’s Care Center. Glenda was one of the special ladies at St. William’s. A memorial Mass will be celebrated on Thursday, April 27 at 10:00 a.m. in the chapel at St. William’s Care Center. Her ashes... 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
Girls Golf Gets Ready for a Gripping Season
Milbank Area Golf April 11, 2017 0
The MHS girls golf team plans to replicate its trip to last year’s state tournament, according to Coach Mark Keeton. Keeton, who is beginning his seventh season as head coach, says, “To accomplish this, we need to finish in the top three teams at the Region 1A meet.” The... Read more
Wild Land Fire Breaks Out West of Milbank
Local News April 11, 2017 0
The Milbank Fire Department responded to a call Friday, April 7, at 2:49 p.m. where a large wild land fire broke out west of Milbank at 149th Street and 469th Avenue, just north of the railroad tracks. According to Milbank Fire Chief Kevin Schuelke, the fire spread to an... Read more
