United Hardware, a wholesale hardware distributor and owner of the United Hardware distribution center in Millbank, announced its merger with Do it Best became official on April 11. Do it Best has annual sales approaching $5 billion. According to the company, United Hardware shareholders had overwhelmingly voted in favor... Read more

Are you a Grant County resident? Do you want to learn more about the proposed new jail in Milbank? Would you like to see the architectural drawings and diagrams? Do you have questions? Make plans to attend one of the final public meetings in Milbank or Big Stone City.... Read more

**UPDATE: 911 SERVICE HAS BEEN RESTORED ** Emergency 911 Service is down across the state of South Dakota. If you need emergency services in Grant County, Texting 911 Option is still working, or call 605-882-6210. Or call the Grant County Dispatch at 605-432-5853 – Extension #2.   Do not call... Read more

Eleven MHS HOSA members qualified for the 2024 HOSA International Leadership Conference to be held June 26-29 in Houston. The students punched their tickets at the 10th Annual South Dakota HOSA-Future Health Professionals Leadership Conference held April 11-12 in Sioux Falls. Kaia Tillotson was also elected as  South Dakota’s... Read more

High winds gusting in excess of 50 mph caused a two-vehicle accident on Highway 20 at 447th Avenue on Saturday, April 6. At approximately 5:50 p.m., Brenden Schwenn of Stockholm, along with his two children, were traveling in their Chevy Equinox, when the wind pulled the vehicle and it... Read more

On Monday, April 15, grading work is scheduled to begin on S.D. Highway 15 from Clear Lake to S.D. Highway 28, and the road will be closed to through traffic. The closure is part of the project that includes grading, structure work, and interim surfacing to redo 12 miles... Read more

The Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced a federal grant for the State of South Dakota.The grant will fund the construction of a tornado safe room at Lake Farley Park in Milbank.This project falls under the Consolidated Appropriation Act of 2022, and it requires no... Read more

The 82nd Annual Membership Meeting of the Whetstone Valley Electric Cooperative (WVEC) was held at Wilmot High School on Thursday, March 21. Wallace Hamman of Milbank was the winner of the $500 cash drawing. Brooklyn Remund was the winner of the $100 drawing held for those 14 to 18... Read more