The Shopko Hometown store in Milbank and manager, Tim Brown, donated $1,000 to the Grant County Christian Service Council. The money was used for the annual Back-To-School event, held at the Milbank Visitor Center on August 9. The CSC provides school supplies, personal hygiene items, and other essentials to approximately... Read more

The 21st Annual Bishop’s Fishing Tournament was held at Big Stone Lake on June 5. The event supports the funding of seminarian education in the Sioux Falls Catholic Diocese. Winning top place for the most total weight was the team of Jon Beebe, Jesse Hopper, and Charlie Mack. They caught... Read more

The Grant County 4-H Office is holding a Kid Kare babysitting workshop on Monday, June 12, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Grant County Courthouse community room. The workshop includes sessions on caring for infants and young children, safe cooking, basic first aid, emergency preparedness, and social engagement.... Read more

The annual Milbank High School woodshop and art show is Tuesday, May 16, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. The event is held in the high school lobby. “Projects made by the students this school year will be on display all afternoon until the start of the spring music concert,”... Read more

It’s Barefoot and Blue Jeans Night in downtown Milbank this Thursday, April 20. The Sip-n-shop is only from 5 to 7 p.m. at The Flower Shoppe, Now & Then, Whimsy on Main, Linda’s Fashions, The Cheese Store, Urban Threads, VPD Studio, Lewis Family Drug, and Sew Crafty. Everyone is welcome,... Read more

The Grant County Public Library will host a beginning genealogy and research workshop Monday, March 6, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Virginia Hanson from the South Dakota State Archives department of the SD State Historical Society will lead the workshop. “Whether you want to get started, make sure you are... Read more

Clee Brakke will retire following the completion of the 2016-2017 school year. He submitted his resignation to the Milbank School District Board of Education at its regular meeting Monday, January 9. Brakke graduated from Black Hills State University. He began his teaching career in 1973 in Eagle Butte and came... Read more

The Milbank Fire Department responded to two calls on Monday, December 26. The department was dispatched at 6 a.m. to power lines down in the area of Highway 15 and Milbank Avenue. “A portion of the roof from the Al’s Body Shop building was torn off by the wind and... Read more

Ben Harstad, Joe Harstad, William Karels, Drake Rogers, and Brandon Hansen played at Northern State University’s 31st Annual Merry TubaChristmas on December 10. Following rehearsal, the mass choir of 35 tuba and euphonium players performed at Aberdeen’s Lakewood Mall, Walmart, and Shopko. Susan Karels, Milbank’s 6-12 grade band director, chaperoned... Read more

The Shopko Foundation presented a $1000 grant to the Northeast South Dakota Healthcare Foundation. The money will be used to purchase additional equipment for the new Milbank Area Hospital and Clinic campus. Jim Gesswein, chairman of the Northeast South Dakota Healthcare Foundation Board, said, “We welcome Shopko to the Milbank... Read more