The South Dakota Department of Health reported this morning two new positive cases of COVID-19 in Grant County, bringing the county’s total to seven. Of the county’s seven positive cases, two have recovered and no longer have COVID-19. The amount of active cases in the county stands at five.  To... Read more

The Milbank School District has put the brakes on all summer driver’s education classes due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Students scheduled for the summer of 2020 will need to wait until the summer of 2021. According to the instructor, Brad Olson, “Close proximity of the students was the major concern.”... Read more

The Grant County Christian Service Council in conjunction with Feeding South Dakota held a food giveaway on May 6 in Milbank. The giveaway was staged in the MHS parking lot. Co-coordinator Brenda Maass says, “We used the same system as we used for the emergency food giveaway, and we were... Read more

The South Dakota Department of Health reported this morning one new positive case of COVID-19 in Grant County, bringing the county’s total to five. Of the county’s five positive cases, two have recovered and no longer have COVID-19. To date, the results of 73 total tests in Grant County have... Read more

The South Dakota Department of Health reported this morning one new positive case of COVID-19 in Grant County, bringing the county’s total to four. Of the county’s four positive cases, two have recovered and no longer have COVID-19. To date, the results of 71 total tests in Grant County have... Read more

The Milbank City Council discussed installing surveillance cameras at the Milbank Rubble site during their regularly scheduled monthly meeting held remotely via Zoom on Monday, May 11.  Because so many people have been issued keys to the gate, abuse of privileges after hours, such as debris and tree branch dumping,... Read more

Robert Halvorson, age 77, of Beardsley, MN, died on May 10, 2020. A private family service will be held for Bob’s family with a public Celebration of Life being held at a later date. A livestream of Bob’s funeral service will begin at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 14, 2020... Read more

The South Dakota Department of Health reported this morning one new positive case of COVID-19 in Grant County, bringing the county’s total to three. To date, the results of 68 tests have been reported by the state, 65 returning negative and three returning positive. On Wednesday, the first two cases... Read more

The South Dakota Department of Health reported this morning two positive cases of COVID-19 in Grant County. To date, the results of 55 tests have been reported by the state, 53 returning negative. According to a statement issued by the City of Milbank, local officials were first notified of the... Read more

Evan Grong has resigned from the Milbank City Council. His last meeting as a councilman was on April 13. Grong was elected to a two-year term in 2018. He had also been appointed to a one-year term from 2014-2015. According to Grong, his focus as a councilman was as the... Read more