MHS senior Jonathan DeBoer has signed a letter of intent to play for the men’s golf team at Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa. Jonathan Beaver, head golf coach at Northwestern, was present at the signing to welcome DeBoer into the Raider family. DeBoer has been a member of... Read more

Peter Nelson, age 60 of Revillo, died in a house fire in Revillo on Thursday, August 14. Emergency services responded to a call of a structure fire at 8:45 a.m. Upon arrival, fire crews were able to extinguish the blaze, but Nelson was pronounced deceased. The Revillo Fire Department,... Read more

The University of South Dakota announced it will move the state’s only medical school from Vermillion to Sioux Falls.  According to the announcement made by USD President Sheila Gestring on August 14, the change will take place in time for the Fall 2027 semester.  The university will then temporarily... Read more

The Milbank School District Board of Education convened for its regular meeting on Monday, August 11, to finalize preparations for the 2025-26 school year. President Dick Schwandt, vice president Amy Thue, and  Annelies Seffrood, Jeremy Steffensen, and Jon Christensen were present.   Minutes from the July meetings were approved. Superintendent... Read more

Brandon Peery, a member of the 203 Realty team in Milbank, was named as the 2025 Rising Star by the Northeast South Dakota Association of REALTORS®. The award was announced at a luncheon on August 5. The association covers an eight-county area that includes Codington, Clark, Day, Deuel, Hamlin,... Read more

A bridge south of Milbank now bears the name of a hometown hero—Private First Class Ronald Clifford Dexter—who was killed in action while serving in the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. The South Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs, in partnership with the Department of Transportation, hosted... Read more

MHS students Camryn Sovell, Yanderyn Olivares, Macy Mueller, Sam Shelstad, and Preston Laskowske, performed with the 51st South Dakota High School Honor Choir in Aberdeen from July 20-25. Their culminating concert was held  at the Johnson Fine Arts Center on the campus of Northern State University on Friday, July... Read more

Ortonville Area Health Services (OAHS) and its MRI project got a huge lift from Schaefer Crane Service of New Ulm. The premanufactured building designed to house the hospital’s new MRI unit was delivered by truck, hoisted by a 350-ton crane, and deposited onto its foundation. The pod is now... Read more

Nine firefighters from the Milbank Fire Department and nine members from Summit Fire Department attended the two-day State Fire School in Watertown. Kevin Schuelke, Jason Krause, Don Weber, David Seaboy, John Weyh, Kyle Schwandt, Dusty Prisinger, Justin Siderwicz, and Brandon Prisinger represented Milbank. Kevin Schuelke, head of Grant County... Read more

Private First-Class Ronald C. Dexter died in action, at the age of 19, on September 19, 1966, while serving in the United States Marine Corps in Quang Tri Province in Vietnam. To honor his ultimate sacrifice, the South Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs will dedicate and rename a state... Read more