Construction Progresses Along 4th Street In Milbank
Local News July 21, 2016 0
Road construction is moving along on the 4th Street project in Milbank despite several big rains in recent weeks. “The rain has not really set us behind schedule at all,” noted Milbank city administrator Jason Kettwig. “The rain may have put things behind schedule by a week to 10... Read more
Milbank American Legion Post 9 captured the Region 1B baseball title and punched its ticket to the State Class B tournament, which begins Friday in Webster. Milbank cruised through the region tournament undefeated this past weekend and finished with a .330 batting average. Jon Ash sparked the locals with... Read more
Five Milbank High School students attended a marching band camp July 15-16 in Minneapolis. Musicians participating were: seniors, Allison Grear and Korinne Roggenbuck; juniors, Christina Lusk and Brittany Preller; and sophomore Kylie Roggenbuck. The students were accompanied by Susan Karels, band instructor for grades 6-12 at MHS. A leadership... Read more
School Board Approves Rates And Fees
Local News July 20, 2016 0
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
