Sixth Grade Cleans Up Milbank
Sixth-graders from Milbank Middle School joined the city-wide Shape Up Milbank Days. The students, along with their teachers, helped clean up by collecting 20 bags of garbage from the school grounds, Hurley Park, the track area, ditches, and the baseball field. Read more
Public Invited To Annual MHS Woodshop, Ag and Art Show
The public is invited to attend the annual Milbank High School Woodshop, Agriculture and Art Show in the high school lobby Tuesday, May 17, from noon to 7:30 p.m. “Projects made by the students throughout the school year will be on display all afternoon through the start of the... Read more
MARTA To Host Acupuncture Speaker
The Milbank Area Retired Teachers Association has scheduled its monthly meeting for Thursday, May 19, at 11 a.m. at Pizza Ranch in Milbank. The speaker for the meeting will be Tabitha Radermacher, who will inform the members all about acupuncture. She graduated from the College of Acupuncture at Northwestern... Read more
MHS Music Department To Present Spring Concert
The Milbank High School music department will perform their spring concert Tuesday, May 17, at 7:30 p.m. in the high school theatre. The high school concert band and choir, conducted by Susan Karels and Miriam Schwenn, will present their contest pieces performed at the Region III Large Group Contest.... Read more
Jackson Schwandt Joins Coester Law Office
Jackson Schwandt of Milbank was sworn in as an attorney by Judge Vincent Foley on Friday, May 6, in the courtroom of the Grant County Courthouse. He has been interning with Attorney William Coester of Milbank since November and upon processing of the paperwork by the Supreme Court, will begin his... Read more
Milbank Athletes Earn Top Places At Special Olympics Event
Six athletes from Milbank High School participated in the Northeast Area Special Olympics Spring Games in Watertown Friday, April 29. Winning first place in the individual 100 meter dash were Tyler Johnson, Mariah Pillatzki, Jacob O’Donnell and Briar Zuraff. Second place in the event went to Makenzie Wittrock, and... Read more
Milbank Taco John’s Awards Scholarships
Taco John’s of Milbank awarded college scholarships to three Milbank High School seniors. Tera Hanson, Dalton Fox, and Miranda Madsen each received a $500 scholarship for higher education next fall. Hanson will attend the University of South Dakota (USD) in Vermillion and Fox will attend Dakota State University (DSU)... Read more
May Activities Planned At Grant County Library
The Grant County Library will feature two events in the month of May. A make-and-take coloring project for children and their mothers, grandmothers or significant females in their lives is available now through May 14. “This will give an opportunity for moms to color with their children in honor... Read more
Milbank Middle School Students Donates To Nursing Home
Students from Milbank Middle School made 11 tie blankets which were donated to St. William’s Care Center in Milbank recently. The middle school student council group led the project by purchasing the material needed. The various homeroom classes in grades six through eight cut and tied the blankets to... Read more
Mother-Daughter Bond Strengthens Careers For Susan and Kate Leddy
A mother-daughter bond is special. Done well, it flourishes throughout a lifetime. Susan (Nef) Leddy and her youngest daughter, Kate, are extending that bond into their professional lives. Susan is a certified nurse practitioner (CNP) for Avera Medical Group Milbank at the Wilmot Clinic. Kate is a student at... Read more