The Milbank High School Educational Foundation held their annual awards banquet at the American Lutheran Church in Milbank on Thursday, May 8. The foundation awarded 55 scholarships to 28 students this year. A total of $242,950 was given to members of the graduating Class of 2025 to assist them... Read more
Fifth graders Wylder Hawley, Drake Wellnitz, and Andrew Karges submitted the three winning essays during the local Grandparent Essay Contest sponsored by the Milbank Area Retired Teachers and Personnel Association (MARTA) and AARP South Dakota. Wylder took first place. Drake penned the second-place essay, and Andrew was third. P.J.... Read more
Milbank FFA Chapter Hosts Its 86 Annual Banquet
Local News May 14, 2025 0
The Milbank FFA Chapter held their 86th annual banquet at MHS on Tuesday. May 6. Special awards, chapter degrees, and an honorary degree were presented. New chapter officers were also named. Sara Colombe and Hannah Schraeder serve as the agriculture instructors at Milbank and the FFA advisers. Awards and... Read more
Jaime Borchert
Obituaries May 14, 2025 0
Jaime (Berkner) Borchert, age 48, of Sioux Falls, SD, formerly of Stockholm, SD, passed away on Monday, May 12, 2025. Private services are to be held at a later date. Jaime Lynn (Berkner) Borchert was born on June 3, 1976, in Watertown, SD, to David and Donna (Lundquist) Berkner.... Read more
Marguretta “Gretta” Yaeger
Obituaries May 14, 2025 0
Marguretta “Gretta” Yaeger, 94, of Ortonville, MN, passed away on Monday, May 12, 2025, at Ortonville Area Health Services in Ortonville. Funeral services will be held on Friday, May 16, 2025, at 1:30 p.m. at Living Word Lutheran Church in Milbank, SD. Visitation will be held on Thursday, May... Read more
Susan Weber
Obituaries May 14, 2025 0
Susan (Thompson) Weber, age 84, of Milbank, SD, passed away on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, at Wellshire Park Place in Milbank. A Funeral Mass will be held on Friday, May 23, 2025, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Milbank, SD. Visitation will be held on Thursday,... Read more
The Milbank boys track and field team took second place at the Dan Barker Relays in Madison on Friday, May 9. Brookings was first in both the boys and the girls competitions with 165 and 155 points, respectively. The.Milbank boys followed in second with 132.5 points. The Milbank girls... Read more
On Thursday, May 8, the Bulldogs tennis team traveled to Pierre for a regular season match and a trial run of the state tourney. According to Abbey Trapp, head coach for Milbank, the varsity boys fought hard, but could not get a win in the regular season matchup. The... Read more
Milbank’s Willow Bender took first place,when she carded 57 at the girls junior high golf meet in Sisseton on Thursday, May 8. Zora Henrich was right behind her in second place at 60. Avigail Howard counted 62 strokes to bring home third place for the young Lady Bulldogs. Kylynn... Read more
The Black team, made up of players from the 2001-2009 era, won the Sixth Annual MHS Alumni Basketball tournament. Players on the Black team included Jason Bear, Matt Paulson, Lance Frogner, Kevin Hagen, Travis Lester, Jeff Fish, Grant Kuper, Clayton Conroy, Kyle Reedstrom, and Craig Barlund. According to Logan... Read more
