School Board Approves Rates And Fees
The Milbank School District Board of Education decided school lunch meal prices will remain the same as last year. Breakfast will remain $1.65 for K-12 students, $2.10 for adults and $.35 for milk. Lunch meal prices will stay at $2.65 for K-5, $2.90 for 6-12, and $3.50 for adults.... Read more
Firechiefs Prepare For District Baseball Tournament
The Milbank Firechiefs wrapped up its regular season with a 14-6 record and will begin tournament play this week. Milbank is the number two seed and is slated to take on the number seven-seed Webster Friday, July 22, at 8 p.m. in Clark in the opening round of the... Read more
Forgotten Highway Entertains Crowd at Farley Concert
Forgotten Highway entertained a crowd of nearly 500 people at Lake Farley Park Friday, July 15. The group was originally scheduled to open for Craig Morgan as part of the first annual Lake Farley Summer Event Series country concert. The group had to take over top billing when Morgan’s... Read more
Grant County 4-H Strut Their Stuff
4-H’ers from Grant and surrounding counties participated in the 4-H Fashion Revue event July 12, in the Grant County Courthouse Community Room. A public fashion show was staged at Lewis Family Drug. Fashion Revue allows youth to use clothing, grooming, facial expressions, and body movement as a form of... Read more
First Lake Farley Cornhole Tournament Held
The inaugural Lake Farley Summer Event Series Cornhole tournament was held Saturday, July 16. Mark Dietz and Pat Keating from Graceville, Minnesota came out on top in a field of 28 teams. Dustin Fahleen and Matt Gengler, both of Milbank, took second place. “We were really excited we had... Read more
Park Carnival Remains a Tradition
Unity Square conducted its annual Park Carnival July 14, at the Courthouse Park in Milbank. The carnival has become a tradition for the community. Young and old alike continued to enjoy the cake walk, duck pond, ring toss, plinko, soccer kick, and fire trucks rides. New features included horse... Read more
Milbank Community Transit Presented Award From American Legion
Birch-Miller American Legion Post 9 presented a certificate of appreciation to Milbank Community Transit in recognition of outstanding achievement in the employment of older workers during 2016. The local American Legion post applied for the award on behalf of the local community transit bus, which has become well known... Read more
Get the Preacher Out of Town
If you wake up tomorrow and there’s a preacher standing in your yard, don’t panic. Just reach for your wallet. Immediate preacher repellent will cost you a $20 donation. For an additional $10, you can tell him where to go. (You name the household where the preacher statue goes... Read more
MALST Swimmers Earn High Point Trophies At Webster
Milbank Area Lions Swim Team members completed a successful meet in Webster Friday and Saturday, July 8-9, and came away with several high point trophies. The top three point getters in each age group were presented a trophy. Earning that honor from Milbank were Isabella Pauli, girls 6 &... Read more
Milbank Youth Tennis Champions Crowned
The Milbank youth tennis league wrapped up its seventh and final week of play. Champions were crowned in each division. Keaton Hagen earned the top spot in the red league. Marcos Basilio won the purple league. In the girls gold division, Paige Johnson was crowned the champion and her... Read more