The Milbank Lions Club is pleased to announce they have passed the Milbank Snow Queen Festival crown to The Valley Express. This November, The Valley Express will stage the 2018 Snow Queen Festival, which has been an institution in Milbank since 1963. Kathy Ward, co-owner of The Valley Express... Read more

The Milbank Area Chamber of Commerce plans to host Downtown Tuesdays on Main Street in Milbank this summer. “We invite the community each week for a fun, social event for the entire family,” stated Milbank Area Chamber Events Director Laura Kelly. Downtown Tuesdays begin June 13 from 4 to... Read more

Ronald Milbank of Reno, Nevada, has circled Milbank, South Dakota on his map. He plans a 10-day-3,435 mile round trip pilgrimage to his namesake. Besides seeing the world and feeling the wind in his hair, his trip includes several goals. One of those is to entice everyone to circle... Read more

Ortonville Area Health Services (OAHS) is pleased to announce that Twila Mursu, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)  will be joining the medical team at  Northside Medical Clinic and will begin seeing patients in September 2017. “We are very excited that Twila is joining our clinic medical staff team... Read more

POET Biorefining staged a full-scale emergency exercise on June 2, at its facility in Big Stone.  The exercise included a hazmat spill and an active shooter. The Grant County Sheriff’s Department, Grant County Emergency Management, Big Stone City Police Department, Big Stone Fire, Big Stone County Emergency Management, Grant... Read more

If you got your driver’s license in the last 37 years by attending driver’s education classes from the Milbank school, you can thank Jim Gesswein. Gesswein Motors has donated cars to the summer driver’s education program for almost four decades and continues the tradition this summer. “It’s my pleasure... Read more

Two years ago this month, we started The Valley Express.  Little did we know, it would change the way news is read in our community. Today, we mark yet another milestone – The Valley Express has been viewed over 1 million times. We are proud to be the most read... Read more

Nearly 750 people gathered at Grant-Deuel School in Revillo for an all-school reunion Saturday, May 27. Former South Dakota Senator Jim Peterson of Revillo served as the emcee. Peterson summarized the history of the school district and recognized the personnel. In 1963, a fire destroyed the Revillo School, which led... Read more

Whetstone Valley Electric Cooperative reported four farm machinery and power line accidents in May. One caused an outage for 36 customers. WVEC personnel repaired the damage and restored electrical service, but according to Dave Page, general manager of WVEC, lines carry more than 7000 volts and it’s fortunate that... Read more