Marlene Veen

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
Hallie Schulte Named Winner Of Grandparent Essay Contest
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
Milbank Middle School Students Donate To Food Pantry
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
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
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
Seven Bulldogs Punch Ticket To State Wrestling; Anderson Named Region Champ
Seven Bulldog grapplers punched their tickets to the State Class A wrestling tournament with a top four finish at the Region 3A event Saturday, February 20, in Pierre. Representing Milbank will be: Tyler Krause, Jordan Pollock, Alec Bien, Jake Anderson, Cole Dockter, Chris Loutsch, and Riley Folk. The upcoming... Read more
Lady Bulldogs End Regular Season On A High Note
The Milbank Area Lady Bulldogs completed its regular season in style Thursday night in front of a large home crowd at the Milbank Armory. The Lady Bulldogs outlasted Deuel 41-38 to earn a victory in its last game of the regular season and improve to 6-14 overall. Both teams... Read more
Bumfuzzle – Word Of The Day For Toastmasters
The Babbel-Ons Toastmasters Club met Thursday, February 18, in the State Auto cafeteria with Jessica Roggenbuck serving as the Toastmaster. The word of the day was “Bumfuzzle” which means to confuse, perplex and fluster. Dave Schaack was the speaker for the day. He worked in the Advanced Communicator Gold... Read more
Donley Dickinson

Donley Dickinson

Obituaries February 19, 2016 0

Donley Dickinson, age 87 of Wilmot died February 19, 2016, at the Wilmot Care Center. Services will be held at a later date. Read more