The long awaited 2015 Milbank High School yearbook has finally arrived and is ready for pickup, according to Tammy Rieger, MHS Secretary. “Any 2015 MHS graduate who ordered a yearbook may stop in the high school office to pick up your copy,” Rieger stated. The production of the 2015 yearbook... Read more
St. Lawrence School students, staff, parents, and members of the community gathered outside the school this morning to pray a special Rosary to celebrate the birthday of former St. Lawrence teacher, Louisa Wiessenfluh. Mrs. Wiessenfluh retired in May 2015. As the Rosary was recited, students released teal and white balloons with... Read more
Three local senior athletes from Milbank High School were featured in the Seventeenth Annual 2016 Pheasant Country All-Star Basketball Games Saturday, April 9, at Ben Reifel Gymnasium in Sisseton. Nolan Foss was a member of the Class A boys’ team and Mikayla Street and Shelby Hooth were part of... Read more
The Milbank High School spring musical production of West Side Story takes center stage Friday and Saturday, April 15-16. Performances begin at 7:30 p.m. both evenings. “Over 80 MHS students are part of this fabulous production you don’t want to miss,” stated theatre director Holly Hilbrands. Shakespeare’s Romeo and... Read more
Members of the community joined the Dakotafire Cafe last week to discuss new ways to tackle housing issues in Milbank. Dakotafire Cafe is a series of events intended to spark community and extended-community conversations about important civic and regional topics. The event was sponsored by the Grant County Development... Read more
Thrivent Financial of Milbank recently donated $500 to the Milbank Youth Missions Group as matching funds for the groups baked potato feed held March 20. The profits, along with this donation, totaled just over $1,500 towards the groups fundraising goals. “The kids did an awesome job working this event... Read more
The Milbank Area Retired Teachers Association will have their monthly meeting Thursday, April 21, at 11 a.m. in the meeting room of Pizza Ranch in Milbank. South Dakota Retired School Personnel President-Elect Bill Zubke and his wife, Cathy, will present a program about their trip to Argentina and... Read more
Students and staff of St. Lawrence School in Milbank invite the community to join them in praying the Rosary for longtime teacher Mrs. Louisa Weissenfluh, who is battling cancer. The Rosary will take place on Mrs. Weissenfluh’s birthday, Wednesday, April 13, at 10:30 a.m. in the St. Lawrence parking... Read more
New Koch School Principal Hired
CommunityLocal News April 11, 2016 0
Superintendent Tim Graf announced Amy Brandriet has been hired as the Koch Elementary School Principal in Milbank for the 2016-2017 school year. The hire was approved at the regular meeting of the Board of Education held this evening, April 11. Brandriet was chosen from the fourteen applicants applying for this position.... Read more
The Milbank Middle School sixth grade students completed their fourth quarter community service project by constructing wood duck houses. The houses were donated to the local Game, Fish and Parks Department (GFP). The sixth grade homeroom classes, with instructors Brad Olson, Eric Townsend, and Jackson Graf, presented GFP Conservation Officer,... Read more
