Progress Being Made on New Milbank Area Hospital
Local NewsNews August 11, 2015 0
The building site for the new Milbank Area Hospital Avera and Avera Medical Group clinic is progressing on schedule for the expected completion date of late fall 2016. The new state-of-the-art 78,000 square foot facility located on 18 acres in east Milbank adjacent to State Auto and the American... Read more
School registration has been completed and the numbers of students is looking nearly identical to last year, according to Superintendent Tim Graf. As of the end of the work day Tuesday (today), the number of students is estimated at 912. That number is comprised of 316 high school students... Read more
Area Residents Invited to Attend National Night Out
Local News August 11, 2015 0
The community of Milbank is reminded to join in a family-fun evening at Lake Farley Park for the National Night Out event Wednesday (tomorrow) from 5 to 8 p.m. Officers and personnel from the Milbank Police Department, Grant County Sheriffs Office, South Dakota Highway Patrol, Milbank Fire Department, Grant-Roberts... Read more
Mary Shives
Obituaries August 11, 2015 0
Mary Shives, age 91 of Milbank died August 10, 2015, at Northridge Residence in Ortonville. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, August 15 at 2:00 p.m. at Mundwiler Funeral Home. Rev. Tyler Poppen will officiate and burial will be in the Milbank Cemetery. Visitation will be at Mundwiler... Read more
EDITOR NOTE: This piece was written by Milbank High School senior-to-be Shauna Pauli and submitted on August 10. The next OTA event will take place in Sioux Falls on August 28. Milbank High School seniors Tanner Hackwith and JP Lindquist, junior Shauna Pauli, and sophomore Kaitlyn Rufer took a road... Read more
The Milbank VFW Teeners captured the consolation championship title Sunday in the final round of the 2015 South Dakota VFW State A Varsity Teener tournament in Humboldt. The locals downed Mission 9-3 to claim the title. Milbank trailed 1-0 after two innings of play. Its offense got fired up... Read more
The Back-To-School event, sponsored by the Grant County Christian Service Council, exceeded expectations Monday by serving more children and families in the area. “We gave supplies to 136 kids ranging in age from preschool to 12th grade,” noted Janet Loeschke, council representative. “That represents 62 families. The results are... Read more
South Dakota Removes the Bald Eagle from the State Threatened Species List
State News August 10, 2015 0
PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission removed the bald eagle from the state’s threatened species list at their August meeting. Because this species has exceeded the state management goal, the South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) recommended that protection under the... Read more
The Milbank Area girls tennis program began practice for the 2015 season Monday, August 10, under the direction of head coach Jim Dahl. The first practice ran from 9:30 a.m. to noon for athletes in grades seven through 12. Additional practices scheduled prior to the first day of school are as... Read more
The Milbank Area boys golf program, under the direction of Mark Keeton, kicked off its 2015 season Monday, August 10, with the first day of practice and ImPACT testing. Testing began at 8 a.m. in the high school computer lab for athletes in grades seven, nine and 11. The first... Read more
