The Milbank Area Chamber hosted a ribbon cutting today, February 1, at Cocktails and Corks-Milbank’s wine and spirit store. The locally-owned shop is celebrating the Grand Reopening at 302 W. 4th Avenue. The retail store officially opened on December 5 in its new location. Dan Sorenson and Scott Hoeke are... Read more

According to Joel Foster, executive director of the Milbank Farm Service Agency (FSA), agricultural producers can now change election and enroll in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs for the 2023 crop year through March 15, 2023. The programs are offered by the U.S. Department... Read more

Bulldog debaters returned from the Speech Fiesta laden with hardware. The MHS team won the first-place Division A Sweepstakes trophy, three diamond medals, and several top-six places. The tournament took place in Watertown on Friday and Saturday, January 20- 21. Milbank competed against 20 schools across the state from Rapid City... Read more

Milbank High School has named students to the second nine weeks honor roll of the 20222-2023 school year. Perfection 4.0 Freshmen: Ashlynn Batchelor, Jonathan DeBoer, Jacy Dexter, Olivia Foell, Carter Gloe, Kelli Grong, Zane Kilde, Carter Liebe, Evelyn Liebe, Anna Neugebauer, Krista Nies, Keira Steffen, and Marnie VanLith. Sophomores:... Read more

Milbank debaters spent most of last weekend at the 2023 Silver Bowl Debate/IE Tournament. The event was held at Sioux Falls Lincoln High School on January 13-14. According to MHS coach Kathy Tyler, in the individual events, or IE’s, students perform three times with a different judge each time and are... Read more

Milbank Middle School has named students to the second nine weeks honor roll of the 2022-23 school year. Students named to the list are as follows: Grade 8 Distinction 3.800 or higher GPA Mason Allen Thomas Bass Beckham Berry Ivy Dreis Abe Fischer Edna Flores Morgean French Izabella Glomstad... Read more

Corey Hooth was hired as the new Milbank Chief of Police during the regular meeting of the MIlbank City Council on Monday, January 16. Hooth says, “The timing of my official appointment was remarkable as it fell on the same day as my late father’s birthday. I felt like... Read more

Maxwell Lightfield, a senior at Milbank High School, was one of two South Dakota students and 104 students nationwide to be selected for the 2023 United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP) in Washington, D.C. Lightfield will join Senator John Thune (R) and Senator Mike Rounds (R) in representing South Dakota... Read more