William and Hope Karels, children of Jason and Susan Karels, were prize winners at the Watertown Farm and Home Show. William earned the County Best of Show award for his grape jelly and qualifies for exhibition at the 2016 South Dakota State Fair. He also earned first place with his... Read more
Governor Signs Bills Into Law
Old Governor Dennis Daugaard February 23, 2016 0
PIERRE, S.D. – Gov. Dennis Daugaard today signed into law Senate Bill 13, a bill to establish a new retirement benefit structure for future public employees who are members of the South Dakota Retirement System. “South Dakota’s Retirement System is consistently among the best-funded retirement systems in the nation,”... Read more
The Milbank High School career day Thursday, February 18, was rated a success by MHS principal Dan Snaza and the Grant County Development Corporation. Over 200 junior and senior students from Milbank, Grant-Deuel, Summit and Wilmot took part in the event that featured over 22 local businesses. “We had... Read more
Preview: Lady Bulldogs Take On Cavaliers Tonight In Region Basketball Tourney
Milbank Area Girls Basketball February 23, 2016 0
The Milbank Area Lady Bulldogs have secured the number six seed and will face the number three seed, Aberdeen Roncalli, in the opening round of the Region 1A girls basketball tournament slated to begin Tuesday, February 23, in Britton. The matchup is the second game of the evening and... Read more
Marlene Veen
Obituaries February 22, 2016 0
Marlene Veen, 60, of Milbank, died on February 21, 2016, at Avera Medical – Milbank. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, February 25, beginning at 10:30 a.m. at Emanuel Lutheran Church with Rev. Keith Bicknase officiating. Organist will be Kristy Tostenson. Burial will be in the Milbank City... Read more
The Milbank Area Retired Teachers Association (MARTA) named Hallie Schulte as the top winner of this year’s AARP Grandparent essay contest. Schulte is a fifth grade student from Koch Elementary School and is the daughter of Ginny and Jeremy Tostenson and Calvin and Jena Schulte. Hallie was chosen as the winner... Read more
The Milbank Middle School student council challenged fellow students during a toilet paper donation drive recently. Mr. Olson’s sixth grade class won the competition. “Toilet paper is something the Grant County Food Pantry is currently in need of,” explained Heidi Wellnitz, school counselor. “We are excited to say that... Read more
Victory Was In Sight For Bulldog Cagers
Milbank Area Boys Basketball February 22, 2016 0
A high school boys basketball victory was within reach Friday night, but slipped away as the Milbank Area Bulldogs dropped to the Deuel Cardinals 55-51 and fell to 5-14 on the season. Milbank Area put together a solid first half of play. The locals trailed by just three points... Read more
The Student Privacy Act Passed and Teachers’ Pay Is Up for a Second Vote
Old Fred Deutsch February 22, 2016 0
By the time you read this, you will know the outcome of the education funding debate. As I write this, I am cautiously optimistic that we have enough votes to turn around the vote from last week. If you haven’t been following the sales-tax debate to increase teacher pay,... Read more
The big debate
Old John Wiik February 22, 2016 0
At the beginning of this year’s legislative session, we brought in a legislative life coach, for lack of a better term. He was a former Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives who had a horrible scandal filled fall from grace. One of the points he brought up in the discussion... Read more
