Milbank was represented by 22 seventh and eighth graders from Milbank Middle School at the 2022 Festival of Young Voices. The festival was held on March 8 in Brookings.  Students rehearsed during the day and presented their grand concert that evening at the Performing Arts Center on the campus of... Read more

Milbank vocalists received two Superior Plus ratings (I+), 18 Superior ratings (I) and 18 Excellent ratings at the 2022 Region III Solo and Ensemble Music Contest on Wednesday, February 23, in Watertown. Fifty-two MHS choir members, including 32 soloists participated. Solo performances were based on the following criteria: tone, intonation, accuracy, interpretation, vocal technique and performance factors such as literature choice... Read more

Bulldog Barrett Schneck entered an elite club at MHS. He recorded 100 career wrestling wins and kept on going. Barrett, a junior at MHS, now has 112 wins and sits solidly on the list.  Head wrestling coach for MHS, Jeremy Tostenson, says, “Barrett placed eighth last year at the state tournament and is on a mission to be higher on the podium this... Read more

Milbank FFA member and MHS senior Korbin Leddy earned recognition as a national finalist in the 2021 National FFA Agriscience Fair. Leddy was recognized for his research studying the impact of COVID-19 on students’ post-secondary education plans.  Leddy conducted a survey in the spring of 2021 to gauge if the global issue had altered students future educational plans. For his... Read more

The Milbank High School Debate Team participated in the Lewis and Clark Debate Tournament in Yankton on January 25 and January 26. The MHS team brought home second place in Class “A”. Trevor Nolting was also a finalist in Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking. Team members participating in Yankton were: Heidi Meyer,... Read more

Forty vocal soloists and 16 vocal ensemble members from the Milbank High School Choir performed at the Region III solo and ensemble music contest February 28, at Watertown High School. The vocalists from Milbank received 30 Superiors (I), and 11 Excellents (II). Solo performances were based on: tone, intonation, accuracy,... Read more

Korbin Leddy, a member of Grant County 4-H and an eighth-grader at Milbank Middle School, was recognized as a South Dakota 2018 Prudential Spirit of Community Award Distinguished Finalist. He receives an engraved bronze medallion. Leddy began leading food drives when he was in third grade, and has mobilizied his... Read more

USA Baseball revealed the 2017 Golden Spikes Award semi-finalists and Jake Adams made the list! Jake is an All-American infielder on the University of Iowa Hawkeyes team. He is also the son of Milbank natives, Bob and Laurie (Unzen) Adams and the grandson of Suzanne Unzen, the late Matt Unzen,... Read more

John McAlister, 71, of St. Cloud, formerly of Clinton, died on April 20, 2017. Mass of Christian Burial will be at Holy Rosary Catholic Church on Thursday, April 27, at 10:30 AM. His family will be receiving friends and relatives at 9:30 AM at the church. Interment with military honors... Read more

The Milbank Area Bulldogs gained two state track and field qualifiers during the Kiwanis Relay in Clear Lake on April 19. Matt Lenards punched his ticket in the 100-meter dash. The 400-meter relay team of Lenards, Jake Anderson, Derrick Aho, and Cole Dockter also became eligible. Each finished in first... Read more