Dr. Fred Deutsch announced his intention to run for the South Dakota House of Representatives for District 4 in the 2018 election. District 4 includes Grant, Deuel, rural Brookings, and rural Codington counties. Deutsch, a Republican, served in the legislature from 2015 to 2016. He was a member of... Read more

The Big Stone City School begins registration for the Little Lions’ Learning Center and the OST program on March 22. Registration will be held in the Big Stone City School gymnasium from 3:00p.m.- 8:00 p.m. The free-will donation meal will be served from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. The... Read more

Forty vocal soloists and 16 vocal ensemble members from the Milbank High School Choir performed at the Region III solo and ensemble music contest February 28, at Watertown High School. The vocalists from Milbank received 30 Superiors (I), and 11 Excellents (II). Solo performances were based on: tone, intonation,... Read more

The MHS debate team competed in the 2018 South Dakota State Debate and Individual Events tournament in Watertown March 2 and March 3. Milbank Area competed in Class A.  Pictured: Nathan Loutsch, Lars Andersen, Claire Mischel, Magally Aburto, and Trevor Nolting. Claire Mischel placed second in Domestic Extemporaneous speaking.... Read more

The 19th Annual SDMEA Middle School All-State Band Festival was held on March 2 and March 3 at the Pierre Riggs High School. Honor Band musicians from Milbank Middle School were William Karels on tuba and Isaac Schulte on trumpet. The Honor Band was under the direction of Dr.... Read more

Heavy snow, ice and high winds are causing transmission and distribution power lines to gallop resulting in multiple outages throughout the Whetstone Valley Electric service territory in Grant and Roberts Counties. “Currently about 125 members are without power” stated cooperative manager Dave Page.  “Crews are out clearing the lines... Read more

Jaxson Wiese of Milbank, won second place in the 9 year old division at the Knights of Columbus State Free Throw Championship in Chamberlain on Sunday, March 4. Jaxson knocked down 22 out of 25 from the charity stripe to tie for first place. In the tie-breaker round, Jaxson... Read more

Rena Bagne of Ortonville is a super-hero! Actually she is a super-centarian – a person who has lived to or passed the age of 110. But living through 11 decades and two world wars still makes her a hero. Only one in five million people can claim super-centarian status... Read more

Whetstone Valley Electric Cooperative closed a $1 million loan from the REED Fund for the Milbank Area Health Care Foundation. The loan was used to purchase diagnostic equipment primarily for the radiology department. The radiology department of the hospital averages approximately 300 examinations per month. The REED Fund is... Read more