Milbank High School alumnus and former South Dakota State University Jackrabbit football player, Nick Mears, will be the featured speaker at the annual Milbank High School athletic banquet. The dinner is set for Wednesday, May 10, at 6:30 p.m. at the Milbank Armory. Tickets are on sale at the... Read more

MHS senior Hannah Tietjen signed her letter of intent to swim at the collegiate level for the University of South Dakota in Vermillion next fall. Hannah is the daughter of Heather and Scott Tietjen. “I’ve kind of always had the mindset, even while swimming here in Milbank, that I... Read more

The Milbank Fire Department elected officers during its annual meeting April 6, at the Milbank Fire Hall. Kevin Schuelke remains the Fire Chief. Assistant Fire Chiefs are David Giesen and Chad Wientges. Six truck captains were also selected: Craig DeBoer, Justin Mathiason, Dean Wellnitz, Jason Krause, Kyle Schwandt, and... Read more

If you have always wanted to serve on the Milbank School Board or the Milbank City Council, get your petition in soon. Petitions must be filed by 5 p.m. on Friday, May 12. A Tuesday, June 20, election date has been set. Three four-year terms will expire on the... Read more

MHS students Kimberlly Aburto, Allison Pillatzki, and Rebecca Loehrer will attend the 71st Annual American Legion Auxiliary South Dakota Girls State. The event takes place in Vermillion on the campus of the University of South Dakota from May 29 through June 3. Tanner Kettwig will represent Milbank at the... Read more

Fourteen Milbank High School juniors were inducted into the Milbank Honor Society on April 18. This year, the Milbank School District dropped participation in the National Honor Society and created the Milbank Honor Society. “We decided to try this for a year and will evaluate it for the future,”... Read more

The City of Milbank is preparing for its busiest time of the year – road construction season.  According to Jason Kettwig, administrator for the City of Milbank, the city’s biggest road construction project this summer is Viola Street, south of Highway 12. “We will be doing total reconstruction of... Read more

The Grant County Courthouse is getting a face lift by Mid-Continental Restoration Company of Parkston, South Dakota. The company is using a tuck pointing method to update the facade. “Work is being done to remove the caulking that is bad between the seams of the brick and re-caulk it... Read more

The Milbank High School Student Council received the 2017 South Dakota Outstanding Student Council award during the 30th Annual State Convention of the South Dakota Student Council Association (SDSCA) in Rapid City April 9-11. The convention took place at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center with over 1,000 students and... Read more

Staffing changes for the 2017-2018 school year were approved by the Milbank School District Board of Education during its regular meeting April 10. The board approved the resignation of Sandy Tucholke, Melissa Bastien, and Cassandra Meyer. Tucholke has been the Koch Elementary School nurse since 2005. In her resignation... Read more