Matt Trevett was appointed to the open seat on the Milbank School District Board of Education on Monday, January 12. The decision was made in executive session (closed meeting) after the regular school board meeting concluded. Executive sessions per South Dakota law are entered to discuss confidential matters such as... Read more

The Lady Bulldog wrestlers competed in the annual Harrisburg Invitational on Friday, January 16. The meet included 27 schools. Aberdeen Central won the tournament with 201 points. Watertown took second place with 163.5 points. Pierre T.F. Riggs acquired 147.5 points to secure third. Milbank earned 26 points and 11th place... Read more

The Milbank boys wrestling team traveled to Mitchell on Saturday, January 17, to compete in the first Jerry Opbroek Invitational held in Mitchell’s new school. The $62 million, 200,000 square-foot facility sports three gyms along with a performing arts center and an already existing career and technical education academy. The... Read more

Lillian Jastrzebski, 91, of Milbank, SD, passed away on Sunday, January 11, 2026, at Wilmot Care Center in Wilmot, SD. A memorial service will be held on Friday, January 16, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. at American Lutheran Church in Milbank, SD. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the... Read more

In a New York minute everything can change.  In a South Dakota minute everything can also change.  It happened to the Melbourne Lewis family of Milbank on Wednesday, July 30, 1941. Grant County Sheriff Melbourne Lewis was gunned down that day in Milbank and died at 5:30 p.m.  With  a... Read more

Milbank wrestlers went to the mat on Saturday, January 3 during the 2026 Big Stone Therapies Border Battle in Milbank. Results for the Class A Milbank varsity team: Match 1 – Round 1 – Milbank 24 vs. Border West 54 Match 2 – Round 2  Milbank 22 vs. Minnewaska Area... Read more

The Bulldogs basketball team arrived in Aberdeen on Friday January 2, for non-conference action with Aberdeen Christian. If trying new things was on Milbank’s list of New Year’s resolutions, they started 2026 out on track. The game marked the first time Milbank played the Knights. If their resolution was to... Read more

Senior Layten Osowski has been chosen as the MHS Student of the Month for December. He is the son of Jason and Jennifer Osowski. Layten is a member of the Bulldogs basketball team. He also played on the football team and was named to the list of 2025 South Dakota... Read more

Jake Bomkamp, the farm manager at Big Sioux Pork, presented a check for $1000 to Jolene Rick, head of Grant County Combined Appeal. It is Big Sioux’s fourth year of giving. The owners are seven family farmers who said an amount from every animal sold is given back locally. Combined... Read more

Bulldog wrestlers traveled to Faulkton on Saturday, December 12, for an invitational that featured grapplers from 17 schools. At 285 pounds, Lawson Novy brought home third place for Milbank. Oakes, North Dakota, won the tournament. Sisseton took second. Clark-Willow Lake was third.  Faulkton was fourth and Sioux Valley captured fifth... Read more