Janice Wolf
Obituaries June 17, 2017 0
Janice Merle Wolf, age 89, long time resident of Big Stone City, went to be with the Lord on June 17, 2017 at St. Therese home in New Hope Minnesota. Janice was born to Rose and Andrew Wolf on April 2, 1928. She is the second of three sisters.... Read more
Olive Wendland
Obituaries June 16, 2017 0
Olive Wendland, age 97, of Broken Arrow, OK died June 15, 2017. Olive was the widow of Harold “Chuck” Wendland. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, June 20, at 1:00 p.m. at New Life Community Baptist Church in Ortonville. Visitation will be at the church on Tuesday beginning... Read more
Milbank Legion Post 9 Rolls Over Groton
Milbank Area Baseball June 16, 2017 0
Milbank American Legion Post 9 cruised to a 15-4 victory over Groton Thursday, June 15, at Legion Field, and improved its season record to 9-3. Milbank got out to a solid start. The locals scored two runs in the first inning when Mitch Quade belted out a home run... Read more
McKenzie (Krakow) Johnson is the new manager at Big Stone Therapies. Johnson, a 2010 graduate of Grant-Deuel High School, obtained her physical therapy assistant degree from Lake Area Technical Institute in Watertown in 2012. She was employed for four years at the Sisseton clinic as a PTA and site... Read more
The Grant County Christian Service Council, through its partnership with Feeding South Dakota, gave away nearly 12,000 pounds of food on June 15, at the 4-H Extension building. About 200 guests took home frozen hams, meatballs, hamburger patties, sausage, bacon, cheese sticks, cabbage, potatoes, onions, apples, crackers, jello, and... Read more
Milbank Teeners Drop Two to Watertown
Milbank Area Baseball June 16, 2017 0
The Milbank VFW Teener baseball team dropped two contests to Watertown Thursday, June 15, in a road game. Milbank fell 10-0 in the opening game of doubleheader action. Watertown scored one run in the second inning and surged ahead 5-0 after three innings of play. The opponent then fired... Read more
After a year hiatus, the streets of Milbank will again be alive with a summer parade. “We are happy to announce that we brought the parade back,” stated Milbank Area Chamber of Commerce Event Director Laura Kelly. The parade is the opening act of a busy day of the... Read more
The Milbank VFW Junior Teener baseball team sits 5-5 on the season with lots of recent action at the ball field. The locals came away with two victories over Clear Lake in doubleheader action Monday, June 12, in front of their home crowd. In the opening game, Milbank rallied... Read more
Milbank High School alumnus Jeff Trapp returns to his hometown to become the middle school science teacher. The move was approved by the Milbank School District Board of Education Monday, June 12, at its regular meeting. Trapp will replace Melissa Bastian this fall in the middle school halls. Bastian... Read more
Peggy Schuelke, a nurse practitioner for Avera Medical Group Revillo, completed a 300-mile bike tour across South Dakota. She participated in the 5th Annual Ride Across South Dakota (RASDAK) from June 4-10. Schuelke, and nearly 220 others, endured the week-long adventure in celebration of bike tourism in South Dakota.... Read more
