All Milbank debaters travel to Harrisburg this weekend to compete in the National Qualifier Tournament on February 17-18. Kathy Tyler, head coach for MHS, predicts, “It will, no doubt, be a challenging tournament, but there are definitely national-qualifier challengers on our team!”  The tournament follows the close of the Bulldogs’ regular... Read more

It was just a “pi” in the sky dream for Caitlyn Graf, a math teacher at MHS, until Friday, February 10, when her name was announced as Milbank’s 2023 Teacher of the Year. She received the award during a surprise ceremony at the school.  Caitlyn was nominated by her students,... Read more

Marie Ivers (Vipond), an MHS graduate, has been selected as the Outstanding Special Education Director for 2022 by the South Dakota Council of Administrators of Special Education. Ivers, who is in her first year as an administrator in the Milbank School District, is celebrating her 30th year in education. ... Read more

Canadian dairy giant Saputo will close its Saputo Cheese plant in Big Stone City during its third fiscal quarter of 2024. The Montreal-based company officially announced the decision on February 2 and stated two other plants — one in Green Bay, Wisconsin and one in South Gate, California —... Read more

The Milbank Area Chamber hosted a ribbon cutting today, February 1, at Cocktails and Corks-Milbank’s wine and spirit store. The locally-owned shop is celebrating the Grand Reopening at 302 W. 4th Avenue. The retail store officially opened on December 5 in its new location. Dan Sorenson and Scott Hoeke are... Read more

According to Joel Foster, executive director of the Milbank Farm Service Agency (FSA), agricultural producers can now change election and enroll in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs for the 2023 crop year through March 15, 2023. The programs are offered by the U.S. Department... Read more

Bulldog debaters returned from the Speech Fiesta laden with hardware. The MHS team won the first-place Division A Sweepstakes trophy, three diamond medals, and several top-six places. The tournament took place in Watertown on Friday and Saturday, January 20- 21. Milbank competed against 20 schools across the state from Rapid City... Read more

Milbank High School has named students to the second nine weeks honor roll of the 20222-2023 school year. Perfection 4.0 Freshmen: Ashlynn Batchelor, Jonathan DeBoer, Jacy Dexter, Olivia Foell, Carter Gloe, Kelli Grong, Zane Kilde, Carter Liebe, Evelyn Liebe, Anna Neugebauer, Krista Nies, Keira Steffen, and Marnie VanLith. Sophomores:... Read more

Milbank debaters spent most of last weekend at the 2023 Silver Bowl Debate/IE Tournament. The event was held at Sioux Falls Lincoln High School on January 13-14. According to MHS coach Kathy Tyler, in the individual events, or IE’s, students perform three times with a different judge each time and are... Read more