Korbin Leddy, a member of the Milbank FFA Chapter, competed at the 91st National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana in the National Agriscience Fair October 24-27. Korbin received a second place award. Korbin’s project was a quiz he presented to Milbank Middle School students to determine if ag education... Read more

Fireman Philip Kelly from the Big Stone City Fire Department attended the Lil’ Firefighters Storytime at the Big Stone City Branch Public Library on Saturday, October 20. Kelly explained to the children how to be safe and what to do If there were ever a fire in their home.... Read more

If you travel to another country, the most common advice you’ll hear is “blend in with the natives.” When J.P. Lindquist visits China, that just isn’t an option. Lindquist, a 6’9″ blonde, is more like a giraffe in kindergarten – everybody notices. Lindquist says, “Two meters – about 6’9”... Read more

This Saturday, like he has done every third Saturday in October since he was 16, Keith donned his dun-colored jacket, laced up his boots, and pulled on a blaze-orange vest. He loaded up his best friends – human and canine – and spent the afternoon in a cornfield beneath... Read more

Tye Schaffer, a third-grader at Koch School who was recently diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, made it to school today. But he didn’t walk or even take the bus. He arrived with lights flashing and sirens blaring! Tye astonished all his fellow third-graders by rolling up in a shiny... Read more

Senior Elisabeth Schwenn was chosen as the October Student of the Month at MHS. Elisabeth is the daughter of Rick and Miriam Schwenn. Elisabeth is a member of the cross country, girls basketball, and track teams. She participates in band, choir, color guard, FCA, TATU, National Honor Society, student... Read more

Fourteen Milbank Middle School band students were selected to participate in the Eastern Dakota Junior High Music Festival. Seventh-graders included: Rachel Schulte (clarinet), Hope Karels (bass clarinet), Aubrey Fraasch (alto sax), Joe Schulte (euphonium). Eighth-graders included: Ashlyn O’Farrell (flute), Avery Whitesitt (flute), Addie Farrell (clarinet), Laney Forrette (clarinet), Elizabeth... Read more

The MHS Band competed in the 2018 Hobo Day Parade on Saturday, September 13. Keaton Hagen, Ben Harstad and Landon Brown were selected as Outstanding Drum Majors. The MHS Colorguard consisting of Jaden Hoeke, Elisabeth Schwenn, Abby Weber, Mackenzie Weinkauf, Amy Nelson, Makenna Osowski, Rhianna Welberg, Emma DeBoer, and... Read more

The Milbank School District Board of Education met in regular session on Monday, October 8. Site selection, including soil sampling, is the next step in the project to build a new elementary school in Milbank to replace Koch School The board set Monday, October 29, as the date for... Read more

A 16-year-old was killed after falling from a moving vehicle near Milbank. Names of the victim and the people involved are not being released pending notification of the families. The young man was first taken by ambulance to the Milbank hospital, and then airlifted to a Sioux Falls hospital... Read more