Tonight, Monday May 21, at the special City Council meeting an unanimous decision was made to decline the rezoning request of the development company Colby 2018 LLC to construct and operate a Dollar General Store at the intersection of Viola Street and 4th Avenue- US Hwy 12 in Milbank. Read more

The Milbank City Planning and Zoning Board will hold a special meeting Monday, May 21, at 5:30 p.m. to decide a rezoning request presented by a development company planning to construct and operate a Dollar General store at the intersection of US Highway 12 and Viola Street. The planning... Read more

Milbank High School awards day was staged Wednesday, May 9, in the high school theatre where $906,130 in scholarships were awarded to numerous seniors to help further their education. The list of recipients and the name and amount of each scholarship received include: Derrick Aho MEF: Dr. Norm &... Read more

Taco John’s of Milbank, is awarding two $500 scholarships to employees Karissa McFaden and Michelle Johnson. According to owner Brian Fox, this is the third year Taco John’s has given scholarships to employees – usually high school seniors – to further their education. McFaden has been employed at Taco... Read more

Dylan Westlund, a senior at Milbank High School, is the May Student of the Month. He is the son of Kurt and Sandie Westlund. Dylan works at Hartman’s Family Foods in Ortonville and is active in his church. He says his favorite class is calculus “because it’s challenging”. After... Read more

Every girl recalls playing dress-up in her mother’s skirts and high heels, but Monica Pillatzki isn’t a little girl anymore and she is trading in the fancy dresses for another item in her mother’s wardrobe – her white lab coat. Monica graduated from SDSU on May 5 with a... Read more

A total of 366 people submitted guesses to win the Kiwanis Car on Ice contest. Matt and Heidi Wellnitz won the top prize of $500 with their guess of March 29, at 1:15 p.m. The car fell through the ice on March 29, at 1:34 p.m. Casey Wittrock guessed... Read more

Over 200 guests were served at the Feeding South Dakota food giveaway on May 9, according to LeAnn Kuper of the Grant County Christian Service Council. She says, “Sixty-three volunteers helped distribute 5,500 pounds of food. The volunteers included confirmation students from Central United Methodist Church and Calvary Church.... Read more

Are you interested in building an affordable new home with no down payment and no out of pocket closing costs? ICAP plans to help three families build homes using sweat equity in Milbank. Through the Mutual Self-Help Housing Program, families will contribute labor necessary in building their homes. Their... Read more