The 28th Annual South Dakota North Area Honor Band presents their concert on Saturday, December 1, at 7 p.m. at the Johnson Fine Arts Center on the campus of Northern State University in Aberdeen. Mr. Dale Fiedler, retired longtime Redfield band director, will be the guest conductor. Admission prices... Read more

Want to see inside the new GrandStay Hotel in Milbank? Wednesday, November 28, is your day! Everyone is invited to tour the guest rooms and common areas from 1 to 4 p.m. A team member from the staff of 15 will be stationed on each floor to assist you... Read more

The St. Lawrence Student Council planned a Thanksgiving menu for three local families in need. The students did all the grocery shopping and delivering of  the holiday food to the Grant County Courthouse. The student council earned the money by opening their store after Mass every other Friday. “I... Read more

What’s on the menu this Thanksgiving at the White House? Not Peas and Carrots! Peas and Carrots are the two South Dakota turkeys hoping to win a presidential pardon tomorrow and avoid ending up on the Trump family’s Thanksgiving table. True to its Washington roots, the annual tradition of... Read more

Shane Ayres has been hired as the new Chief Financial Officer at Ortonville Area Health Services (OAHS). Ayres had been employed as the CFO at Sanford Wheaton Medical Center in Wheaton, Minnesota since 2007. His professional life also includes five years as the city administrator for Faith, South Dakota,... Read more

The MHS Oral Interp Team won the Class A Oral Interp Regions on Tuesday, November 13. According to Coach Natasha Karels, “All of our competitors qualified for State; they each had to place in the top three to qualify in their event.” The state competition will be held in... Read more

The Milbank Area Special Olympics team competed in the State Bowling Tournament in Aberdeen on November 2. Mackenzie Wittrock, Trevor Lacek, and Daniel VanDover each took home first place. Briar Zuraff and Devin Pollock earned second place finishes. Chris Stodolski took fifth place and Jacob O’Donnell received an eighth... Read more

The Milbank Oral Interp Team earned second place at the Washington Warrior Tournament in Sioux Falls on November 9. Sioux Falls Christian took first. Individually, Lars Andersen and Hope Osborn placed third out of 21 entries in the Duo division. Caitlin Kroemer placed fourth in a field of 40... Read more

Twenty-eight MHS band students participated in the 1st Annual NSU Instrumental Day. The culminating concert was held at the Johnson Fine Arts Center on the campus of Northern State University on November 7. Instructors included: flute-Mrs. Deb Rausch; clarinet-Dr. Audrey Miller; saxophone-Mr. Fritz Hemke; trumpet-Dr. Grant Manhart and Dr.... Read more

The Milbank School Board met tonight, Monday, November 12, to determine the location of the new Milbank elementary school. The motion passed to move forward with the North Site-Legion Field location. Keep up with The Valley Express for complete details. Read more