The MHS 2025 Homecoming festivities will start with Coronation on Sunday, September 21, at 7 p.m. in the National Guard Armory. Admission is $2 per person for grades 1-12 and adults. Activity passes will not be accepted. Queen Candidates: Ashlynn Batchelor, daughter of Chris and Laurie Batchelor; Jacy Dexter,... Read more
MHS Homecoming Week 2025 is set for September 21-26. The theme will be: Bulldogs Hit the Big Screen – a Homecoming Adventure. Coronation is Sunday September 21, at 7 p.m. in the Armory. Senior students nominated for king and queen include: King Candidates: Back Row (l. to r.): Carter... 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
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
The Heroes Fire Truck Pull set for today along with National Night Out have both been postponed due to weather. Abbey Trapp of the Milbank Special Olympics says, “We will reschedule. We are working with law enforcement to find another date, and we will let you know when that... Read more
Fourteen new staff members will officially ring in the 2025-26 Milbank school year at 8:15 a.m. on Tuesday, August 19. Dismissal will be at 3:15 p.m. The newest personnel will help greet 1,017 students, although the total number continues to increase. The final tally is expected to be announced... Read more
Cruz Prasnicki, a fifth-grade wrestler from Milbank, was named champion at the 2025 Rumble National Tournament held July 9-13 in Sandusky, Ohio. The 11-year-old then turned around and won the Cowboy Rumble held August 1-2 in Branson, Missouri. The tournament in Ohio featured over 4,000 wrestlers from 36 states... Read more
Milbank FFA members Isaak Weston, Kalli Moser, Cody Wiik, Kayla Schweer, Ashlynn Lamp, and Megan Wiese attended the annual leadership retreat put on by the South Dakota FFA Association at Storm Mountain Christian Camp in Rapid City from July 22-25. Sara Colombe and Hannah Schrader, the Milbank chapter’s co-advisers,... Read more
