The Milbank St. Williams and Hospital Auxiliary donated $3000 to the Milbank Area Hospital Avera. The money will be used for equipment for staff training. Joyleen O’Farrell, president of the auxiliary, and Clarice Robertson, treasurer, presented the funds to Natalie Gauer, administrator for the hospital. Pictured: O’Farrell, Gauer and Robertson Read more

Seehafer Ace Hardware reopened its doors on Main Street in Milbank on Monday, January 14, and will be fully stocked by Monday January, 24. Phil and Kristi Seehafer, co-owners of the business, said, “We have been looking forward to bringing the Seehafer sign back up on Main Street where... Read more

The 20th Annual SDMEA Middle School All-State Band Festival will be held March 1 through March 2, at Huron High School. The event is sponsored by the South Dakota Music Educator’s Association. Milbank Middle School will be represented by seventh-grader Joe Schulte as sixth-chair euphonium in the honor band.... Read more

Milbank High School released the third quarter honor roll. Students named to the list include:  Perfection 4.0 Freshmen Nicholas Batchelor, William Karels, Marion Mischel, Hattie Muellenbach, Wylie Mursu, Savanna Osowski, Jack Sandvig, Bennett Schwenn, Isaac Sousa, Savannah Stengel, Bennett Street, Sophomores Emma DeBoer, Halli Essington, Jenna Johnson, Allison Leddy, Camryn Phinney, Jessica... Read more

Craig Wellnitz, fundraising chairman, of the Grant County Combined Appeal, stated the organization has completed its final accounting of the 2016 GCCA campaign. Wellnitz said, “After all of the expenses were paid and payroll deductions received these were the dollars unused after the 2016 Campaign.”  The funds remaining were... Read more

The Grant County 4-H program held crop and home exhibit displays at the 71st annual Grant County Farm & Home Show, January 11-12 at the Milbank High School and National Guard Armory. “This is an opportunity for youth and adults to showcase their talents, stated Sara Koepke 4-H Youth... Read more

How do you make a light and airy doughnut? Practice. Practice. Practice. Thaden Family Donuts of Marvin has been making doughnuts for 41 years and, not only have the Thadens used the same recipe, they’ve used the same spoon! The stainless steel spoon stirred over 728,000 doughnuts while the... Read more

Joyce Johnson submitted her letter of resignation on Wednesday, January 9,  to the Milbank School District Board of Education. Johnson has been employed as a special education instructor in the Milbank School District since 1995. Mrs. Johnson began teaching in the Koch School and in 1999 moved to the... Read more

Sandy Schell resigned from her position as kindergarten teacher at Koch Elementary School. The Milbank School District Board of Education accepted her letter of resignation at their board meeting on Wednesday, January, 9.  Mrs. Schell’s retirement becomes effective at the end of the 2018-2019 school year. Mrs. Schell has... Read more