The St. Lawrence School Student Council made sure two local families have Thanksgiving dinner for their table this year. The council, which includes kindergarten through sixth grade students, used money they earned in their store to purchase the groceries. The students also wrote a shopping list, purchased the food, and... Read more

This holiday season, give the gift of life! It’s the most important gift and one you can cross off your list before Thanksgiving. The Red Cross Bloodmobile will be in Milbank on Monday, November 25 at Unity Square from noon until 6 p.m. Calvary Assembly of God in Milbank is... Read more

Ruth Ellen Loeschke, age 95, of Milbank died on November 20, 2019, at Avantara-Milbank. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, November 30, at 2:00 p.m. at Emanuel Lutheran Church in Milbank. Rev. Timothy Koch will officiate, and burial will be in the Milbank City Cemetery. Visitation will be held... Read more

Geneve Comero, age 92, of Ortonville died on November 14, 2019, at Fairway View Neighborhoods in Ortonville. Funeral services will be held on Monday, November 18, at 1:30 p.m. at Tabor United Methodist Church in Big Stone City, SD. Pastor Barbara McKewin and Rev. Melanie Reiners will officiate. Visitation will... Read more

Sharilyn Lindquist, age 74, of Ortonville died on October 18, 2019, at Avantara – Milbank. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, October 26, at 10:00 a.m. at Zion Lutheran Church in Ortonville. Pastor Deborah Nissen will officiate. Burial will be at a later date at Mound Cemetery. Visitation will... Read more

John F. Tulowetzke, age 87, of Milbank died on Friday, October 11, 2019, at St. William’s Care Center in Milbank. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, October 22, at 10:30 a.m. at Emanuel Lutheran Church in Milbank. Pastor Timothy Koch will officiate. Burial will be at St. Lawrence Catholic... Read more

President Trump signed S. 504 – known as the LEGION Act – on July 30 in the Oval Office. The act extends the ongoing declared period of war back to December 7, 1941. Congress approved the act as a way to honor thousands of veterans who were killed or wounded... Read more

The MHS cross country teams competed at the Roy Griak Invitational at the Les Bolstad Cross Country Course at the University of Minnesota on Saturday, September 26. Nick Batchelor took eighth-place with a time of 17:01.30 – the fastest by a Milbank runner ever at the Roy Griak. There were... Read more

Margaret “Jean” Buller, age 86, of Graceville, passed away on September 24, 2019. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, September 27, 2019, at 11:00 a.m. at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Graceville. Visitation will be held on Thursday from 5 – 7 p.m. at Mundwiler and Larson... Read more

On September 14, the Suns of the West, a country band created by Neil and Terry Bagaus formerly of Milbank, was inducted into the South Dakota Country Music Hall of Fame. The brothers, their sister, Marcie, and 14 other band members entered the Hall of Fame as a group. Nine... Read more