Ronald Milbank to Make 2,000-Mile Trip to Namesake
Ronald Milbank of Reno, Nevada, has circled Milbank, South Dakota on his map. He plans a 10-day-3,435 mile round trip pilgrimage to his namesake. Besides seeing the world and feeling the wind in his hair, his trip includes several goals. One of those is to entice everyone to circle... Read more
New Provider Joins Ortonville Area Health Services
Ortonville Area Health Services (OAHS) is pleased to announce that Twila Mursu, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)  will be joining the medical team at  Northside Medical Clinic and will begin seeing patients in September 2017. “We are very excited that Twila is joining our clinic medical staff team... Read more
POET Stages Active Shooter Exercise
POET Biorefining staged a full-scale emergency exercise on June 2, at its facility in Big Stone.  The exercise included a hazmat spill and an active shooter. The Grant County Sheriff’s Department, Grant County Emergency Management, Big Stone City Police Department, Big Stone Fire, Big Stone County Emergency Management, Grant... Read more
Gesswein Motors Continues Tradition
If you got your driver’s license in the last 37 years by attending driver’s education classes from the Milbank school, you can thank Jim Gesswein. Gesswein Motors has donated cars to the summer driver’s education program for almost four decades and continues the tradition this summer. “It’s my pleasure... Read more
Milbank High School Releases Fourth Quarter Honor Roll
Milbank High School released the fourth quarter honor roll today. Students receiving honors include the following:                                           Perfection – 4.0                          ... Read more
Sheila Ann Schulte
Sheila Ann Schulte, age 61, of Milbank, SD, formerly of Corona, died on June 4, 2017, at the Milbank Care and Rehab Center. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, June 10, at 10:30 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Corona. Rev. Caleb Schewe will officiate. Burial will be... Read more
LuVerne Swezey

LuVerne Swezey

Obituaries June 5, 2017 0

LuVerne Swezey, age 93 of Ortonville, died on Monday, June 5, 2017 at Fairway View. Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, June 8, beginning at 10:30 a.m. at First English Lutheran Church with Pastor David Tonn officiating. Visitation will be held at the church one hour prior to... Read more
Mark Leddy Qualifies for Boston Marathon
Mark Leddy is a numbers man. And that’s a good thing when your goal is to run the Boston Marathon. The Boston Marathon, the granddaddy of all marathons is, of course, all about numbers, too. The 26.2 mile race requires a minimum qualifying time of 3 hours 40 minutes.... Read more
Clifford Anderson
Clifford O. Anderson, age 69, died June 3, 2017, at the Ortonville Hospital. A memorial service with military honors will be held on Saturday, June 10, 2017, at 11:00 a.m. at the chapel of Mundwiler Funeral Home in Milbank. Rev. Richard Larson will officiate. Visitation will be one hour... Read more
Mildred Dybdahl
Mildred “Millie” Dybdahl, age 93, formerly of Clinton, MN, died on June 3, 2017, at Aicota Health Care Center in Aitkin, MN. Funeral services will be held on Friday, June 9, at 10:30 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Clinton. Rev. Bev McNeill will officiate, and burial will be... Read more