Four Wilmot students  will be participating in the South Dakota All-State Choir on November 1-2  at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center in Sioux Falls.  Soprano – Lorn Harstad (9), Alto – Addison Schwagel (9), Tenor – Matthew Rennie (11) and Bass – Raymond Wynia (10) will be representing the... Read more

The Milbank School District held its regularly scheduled school board meeting on Monday, September 9. Discussions focused on the budget, open enrollment updates, and key educational initiatives aimed at student safety and mental health. Open enrollment applications were approved for six students (2nd, 3rd, 6th,8th 9th, and 11th grades).... Read more

Have you ever felt unsure, uninformed, or worried about what to say to your kids about staying safe online? Help arrived on September 5. MHS Principal Dan Snaza introduced Brett Garland to Milbank tweens and teens at a special presentation. Garland traveled to MHS to take the bull by... Read more

Chaxton Goldammer and Gemma Street were crowned the 2024 MHS Homecoming King and Queen at Coronation held tonight, Sunday, September 8. Chaxton is the son of Travis and Carey Berry and Gemma is the daughter of  Jesse and Nikki Street. Nadia Thue and Raul Berrones, the 2023 Queen and... Read more

MHS Homecoming Week 2024 is set for September 8-13, and it will feature the theme Milbank Music Festival. The senior class will work with the subtheme of country music; juniors with rock and roll, sophomores with classical music, and freshmen with Y2K pop. The senior class has also selected... Read more

Steve Hicks has purchased 1st Choice Real Estate in Milbank from Trudi Niedert. The sale was completed on Friday, August 2. Steve, a 2009 graduate of MHS, is happy to call Milbank home again after living and working in Fargo for 15 years. “We’ve got a lot going on,”... Read more

Anna Neugebauer, Camryn Sovell, Ashlynn Batchelor, Graham Lightfield, Garrett Weber, and Bryan Meyer – all students at MHS – performed in concert with the 50th South Dakota High School Honor Choir at the University of Sioux Falls on Friday, August 2.  Lynda R. Hasseler, D.M.A, a professor of music... Read more

Dave Page, general manager of Whetstone Valley Electric, reported cooperative customers experienced two power outages –one  last weekend and one early this week. Both stemmed from equipment working in those areas. On Saturday, August 3, approximately 200 Whetstone Valley Electric members north and west of Millbank experienced an interruption... Read more

Darius Christopher Small received fatal injuries in a single vehicle-pedestrian crash  three miles south of Wilmot on Sunday, July 28, at approximately 1:23 a.m.  Preliminary information indicates Small, a 20-year-old male from Summit, was walking in the southbound lane of SD Highway 123 when he was struck by Alyssa... Read more

Does your child complain of a toothache or other mouth owies? Do they need to go to a dentist, but you can’t afford it? Help is on the way! The Delta Dental Mobile Program will be rolling into Grant County July 29 through August 1. (That includes Toothsday, June... Read more