Remove Your Fish House by February 28
The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) Department reminds ice anglers that all fish houses, shelters, and other structures must be removed from the ice by midnight on Tuesday, February 28. Fish houses, shelters, and other structures can be used after February 28, but must be removed from... Read more
The Milbank Hospital Comes Tumbling Down
The first day of the old hospital demolition. Keep up with The Valley Express for daily updates. Click here to view our photo album from day one.  Read more
Milbank High School Math Department to Be Restructured
The Milbank School District Board of Education met in regular session Monday, February 13. They approved three motions following an executive session. The first motion reduces the math staff at MHS. Currently, there are three high school math positions – two part-time. The part-time instructors are Les Bloem and... Read more
Shepardson New MHS Athletic Director
Adolph Shepardson has been hired as the new Athletic Director at Milbank High School. Milbank School District Superintendent Tim Graf announced the selection today, pending school board approval next month. According to Graf, Shepardson will also teach social studies and physical education classes. Shepardson is a South Dakota State... Read more
Qualon Grant Wins Grand Prize in Banded Bird Contest
Qualon Grant, son of David Grant and Tracie Grant of Milbank, was the top prize winner in the banded bird contest. He won a Remington 870 Express Super Mag gun. Thirty banded roosters were released in three public hunting areas near Milbank in early October. Hunters who harvested one... Read more
Make Your State Park Camping Reservation
Sunday, February 19, is the first day to make your camping reservation at a South Dakota State Park. Friday, May 19, is the first available date and also the State Parks’ open house weekend and kick-off for the summer season. Reservations for summer dates become available 90 days before... Read more
Nick Mears Receives Jacks Football Award
Nick Mears, a South Dakota State University senior safety, ended his collegiate football career on a high note. He received the Scholar-Athlete Award during the February 11, Jackrabbit awards banquet. Mears was also selected for the Football Championship Subdivision Athletic Directors Association Academic All-Star team. He majors in economics... Read more
Titan Machinery Of Milbank To Close
Titan Machinery Inc., based in West Fargo, ND, announced today that it is consolidating fifteen stores. According to Jeff Bowman, Chief Marketing Officer in West Fargo, Milbank Titan is on the list and scheduled to close March 31. All closed stores are being consolidated to nearby Titan Machinery stores... Read more
Hospital to be Torn Down
The walls are about to come tumbling down. The former Milbank Hospital will be demolished. According to Greg Grajczyk, board member of the Northeast South Dakota Healthcare Foundation, “We (the foundation) attempted to market the building to find a buyer – someone who would put the building to constructive... Read more
Parent-Teacher Conferences Set For Next Week
Milbank School District parent-teacher conferences are scheduled for Monday, February 13, from 2:30 to 7 p.m. and Wednesday, February 15, from 2:30 to 6 p.m. Both days Koch School, Milbank Middle School and Milbank High School will dismiss at 1:30 p.m. St. Lawrence School will dismiss at 1:20 p.m.... Read more