Sanford Health announced today, August 28, that it will be taking over Lewis Drug, a family-owned pharmacy and retail store chain with 60 locations throughout South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota. The deal also includes the 11 pharmacies already located in Sanford Health clinics. Sanford says it expects the merger... Read more

Joel Foster might not be as famous as Marie Kondo, but both have built their careers on keeping other people organized. Marie is a genius when it comes to spiffing up your closet, but Joel has the corner on your farm. He has been the Farm Service Association (FSA)... Read more

MHS senior Jonathan DeBoer has signed a letter of intent to play for the men’s golf team at Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa. Jonathan Beaver, head golf coach at Northwestern, was present at the signing to welcome DeBoer into the Raider family. DeBoer has been a member of... Read more

Peter Nelson, age 60 of Revillo, died in a house fire in Revillo on Thursday, August 14. Emergency services responded to a call of a structure fire at 8:45 a.m. Upon arrival, fire crews were able to extinguish the blaze, but Nelson was pronounced deceased. The Revillo Fire Department,... Read more

The University of South Dakota announced it will move the state’s only medical school from Vermillion to Sioux Falls.  According to the announcement made by USD President Sheila Gestring on August 14, the change will take place in time for the Fall 2027 semester.  The university will then temporarily... Read more

The Milbank School District Board of Education convened for its regular meeting on Monday, August 11, to finalize preparations for the 2025-26 school year. President Dick Schwandt, vice president Amy Thue, and  Annelies Seffrood, Jeremy Steffensen, and Jon Christensen were present.   Minutes from the July meetings were approved. Superintendent... Read more

Brandon Peery, a member of the 203 Realty team in Milbank, was named as the 2025 Rising Star by the Northeast South Dakota Association of REALTORS®. The award was announced at a luncheon on August 5. The association covers an eight-county area that includes Codington, Clark, Day, Deuel, Hamlin,... Read more

A bridge south of Milbank now bears the name of a hometown hero—Private First Class Ronald Clifford Dexter—who was killed in action while serving in the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. The South Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs, in partnership with the Department of Transportation, hosted... Read more

MHS students Camryn Sovell, Yanderyn Olivares, Macy Mueller, Sam Shelstad, and Preston Laskowske, performed with the 51st South Dakota High School Honor Choir in Aberdeen from July 20-25. Their culminating concert was held  at the Johnson Fine Arts Center on the campus of Northern State University on Friday, July... Read more

Ortonville Area Health Services (OAHS) and its MRI project got a huge lift from Schaefer Crane Service of New Ulm. The premanufactured building designed to house the hospital’s new MRI unit was delivered by truck, hoisted by a 350-ton crane, and deposited onto its foundation. The pod is now... Read more