The Milbank Middle School Student Council presented a $100 check to Jim Gesswein, Chairman of the Board of the Northeast South Dakota Healthcare Foundation. The money was raised during a Valentine’s Day promotion. The funds go to the new Milbank Healthcare Campus and Milbank Area Hospital Avera. Read more
Whimsy On Main and the Milbank Area Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting on April 20. The gift boutique is celebrating its grand re-opening at their new location on Main Street in Milbank. Owners and sisters Amy Thue and Sara Snaza, established Whimsy On Main in November 2015... Read more
The St. Lawrence School Student Council filled spring baskets to donate to the Grant County Food Pantry. The council requested donations of new outdoor items for kids such as sidewalk chalk, Frisbees, balls, hula hoops, baseball bases, sand toys, bubbles, sunglasses, water bottles, and kites and other outdoor activities.... Read more
It’s Barefoot and Blue Jeans Night in downtown Milbank this Thursday, April 20. The Sip-n-shop is only from 5 to 7 p.m. at The Flower Shoppe, Now & Then, Whimsy on Main, Linda’s Fashions, The Cheese Store, Urban Threads, VPD Studio, Lewis Family Drug, and Sew Crafty. Everyone is... Read more
Milbank High School seniors Tanner Gauer and Mackayla Schuelke are two of KSFY’s Brightest and Best. In early May, KSFY-Television begins airing a series of commercials recognizing high school seniors from their viewing area who excelled academically. Read more
April is Child Protection Month and time for the Grant County Child Protection Team’s annual Someone Special essay contest. Each winner received two movie passes and a framed essay for themselves and their special person. Winners from grades three through eight read their essay during the chapter’s meeting on... Read more
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
