How do you make a light and airy doughnut? Practice. Practice. Practice. Thaden Family Donuts of Marvin has been making doughnuts for 41 years and, not only have the Thadens used the same recipe, they’ve used the same spoon! The stainless steel spoon stirred over 728,000 doughnuts while the... Read more

Joyce Johnson submitted her letter of resignation on Wednesday, January 9,  to the Milbank School District Board of Education. Johnson has been employed as a special education instructor in the Milbank School District since 1995. Mrs. Johnson began teaching in the Koch School and in 1999 moved to the... Read more

Sandy Schell resigned from her position as kindergarten teacher at Koch Elementary School. The Milbank School District Board of Education accepted her letter of resignation at their board meeting on Wednesday, January, 9.  Mrs. Schell’s retirement becomes effective at the end of the 2018-2019 school year. Mrs. Schell has... Read more

The Milbank Fire Department was dispatched to a house fire at the Duane Liebe residence at 705 South Dakota Street in Milbank on December 29. When the fire and rescue team arrived on the scene, it was determined the fire was in the attic. Firefighters cut a hole in roof... Read more

Ice conditions on Big Stone Lake are less than favorable after the last few days of warm weather, according to District conservation officer supervisor of Game, Fish, and Parks, Jamie Pekelder, Although the ice was as thick as 11 inches in some areas before Christmas, some spots north of... Read more

Mark Gastineau has joined Valley Queen Cheese Factory as the new Senior Manager-Supply Chain. His responsibilities include logistics management, procurement of production supplies, and overseeing storage and outbound transportation of finished products. Gastineau brings 19 years of agricultural supply chain management experience to Valley Queen. Most recently, he worked... Read more

Jayce Lee Johnson, son of Jessy and McKenzie Johnson, is Milbank’s first baby of 2019. Jayce came into the world at 9:56 a.m. on January 2. He weighed seven pounds and eight ounces and spanned 19 3/4 inches from the top of his head to his tiny toes. Jayce... Read more

The Milbank High School Junior Achievement (JA) team placed second in the JA Titan Statewide Competition hosted by Junior Achievement (JA) of South Dakota. Students competed as bosses of global, virtual-reality businesses. To commemorate their second place finish, each of the MHS students received a $150 cash prize. The... Read more

Brian Trapp has joined the staff at First Bank and Trust as an ag-business banking officer. Brian earned his bachelor of science degree in banking and financial services from Northern State University and has nearly seven years of banking experience. He is also a licensed crop insurance agent. “We... Read more

James Boogaard is a ho ho ho lot richer! He won $1000 in the last Milbank Area Chamber of Commerce holiday drawing of the season. James was in Hartman’s Family Foods when his name was called. He is also the second $1000-winner in two weeks. According to James, he... Read more