Milbank Koch School fifth-grader, Nadia Thue, is the winner of this year’s AARP grandparent essay contest. The contest is sponsored by the Milbank Area Retired Teachers Association (MARTA). Nadia is the daughter of Chad and Amy Thue of Milbank. Thue wrote about her grandmother, Cheryl Conrad, who was a... Read more
MHS Selected as State Tournament Band of the Day
Local News March 12, 2017 0
The Milbank High School band will be the band of the day at the State Class A boys basketball tournament in Sioux Falls on Saturday, March 18. The group will perform for all four sessions of the tournament on Saturday which will be televised on South Dakota Public Television... Read more
The Kiwanis Club Car on Ice Contest vehicle was retrieved from the pond at Hurley Park in Milbank on Monday, March 6. Jessel Stengel of Milbank was the grand prize winner of $500. She was just four minutes off the actual sinking time. Stengel guessed 4:20 p.m. on Saturday,... Read more
First Reading of Agribusiness Ordinance Approved
Local News March 11, 2017 0
The Grant County commissioners met Tuesday, March 7. They approved the first reading of Ordinance 2016-1B following a joint public hearing with the Planning and Zoning Board. The ordinance, amending Grant County Ordinance #2004-1, would define agribusiness activities as the use of land for commercial purposes related to raising,... Read more
Rosella Butzin
Obituaries March 11, 2017 0
Rosella Caroline Butzin, 85, of Carlton, MN, died peacefully Friday, March 10, 2017 in Inter-Faith Care Center where she had been a resident for the past five years. She was born on a farm in Revillo, South Dakota on December 28, 1931. Rosella attended Young America School through the... Read more
Donna Tritz
Obituaries March 10, 2017 0
Donna Tritz, age 86 of Graceville died March 10, 2017, at Browns Valley Health Center. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday, March 14 at 10:30 a.m. Father David Breu will celebrate the Mass and burial will be held at the Graceville Consolidated Cemetery. Visitation will be... Read more
Milbank Gymnasts Win Awards
Milbank Area Gymnastics March 10, 2017 0
The Milbank High School gymnastics team concluded its season with an awards potluck March 7. Varsity gymnasts selected three award winners by vote. Sophomore Mackenzie Weinkauf was named the most dedicated gymnast. Junior Jodi DeVaal was chosen as the hardest worker, and Christina Lusk was named the most improved.... Read more
Spring Forward This Sunday
Local News March 10, 2017 0
Daylight Savings Time begins this Sunday. Don’t forget to move your clocks forward one hour at 2 a.m on Sunday, March 12. Read more
Twenty students from the seventh and eighth grade Milbank Middle School choirs participated in the Festival for Young Voices in Brookings on March 6. Students joined area schools under guest director Robyn Starks Holcomb from Sioux Falls Roosevelt High School. The 200-plus voice choir presented a grand concert at... Read more
The Milbank Area Retired Teachers Association will hold its monthly meeting Thursday, March 16, with Rhonda Preller presenting “Hawaii, Island Paradise.” Preller and her family traveled to the Hawaiian island of Oahu in January. The meeting begins at 11 a.m. at Pizza Ranch in Milbank. A business meeting and... Read more
