Will Areklett joined Valley Queen Cheese as the new Vice President-Finance and Business Analysis on March 4. He is responsible for finance, accounting, business analysis, and information technology. Areklett brings extensive experience in finance, operations management, and information technology in both dairy and food processing and mid-size and larger professional... Read more

24 vocal soloists, and forty-four ensemble members from the Milbank High School Choir performed in Watertown, South Dakota on Wednesday, February 27, 2019 for the Region III solo and ensemble music contest at Watertown High School. Solo performances were based on the following criteria: tone, intonation, accuracy, interpretation, vocal technique... Read more

Crossover day came and went. It was our longest day of the year. We debated bills on the House Floor until around 9:30 PM. We’re now on the down-hill slope. Not including veto-day, Session ends next Wednesday, March 13th. I continue to receive hundreds of email each week. I don’t... Read more

The busiest week of the 2019 session is now history. Monday was “cross over day”, the day when every bill has to have been acted on and either sent on to the other chamber or defeated. It was a long day, taking until 9:30 to get through all the bills.... Read more

If “cheese is milk’s leap toward immortality,” Valley Queen has taken a giant step! Valley Queen is celebrating 90 years of business in Milbank. The company was started in 1929 by Alfred Nef and Alfred Gonzenbach, young cheesemakers who had emigrated from Switzerland. Now, Valley Queen invites everyone to visit... Read more

The next Movies & Munchies at the Library program begins this Wednesday, March 6. The British movie serial, The Forsyte Saga, begins at 12:30 p.m. at the Grant County Public Library and welcomes all movie lovers. The saga chronicles the lives of three generations of an upper middle class family... Read more

We’ve completed the 7th week of session and things are moving full-tilt. Monday was cross-over day. That’s the deadline when all voting must be done on bills in the chamber of origin before they “cross-over” to the other chamber. Those bills that don’t, automatically die. In commemoration, the decades-old tradition... Read more

The 30th Annual Piano Festival, sponsored by the Milbank area piano teachers and showcasing local students, will be held on Sunday, February 24, at 2 p.m. in the MHS theatre. To celebrate the 30th anniversary the recital will also feature an ensemble for two pianos and eight hands, performed by... Read more

According to Margaret Skoog, coordinator of the Red Cross blood drive in Milbank, blood supply is very low. She says demand remains high, but only five percent of people able to give blood have actually seen the inside of the bloodmobile. That can change, though, when you make your appointment... Read more

We have reached that part of the legislative session where the floor debates are often intense. This past week, the hot topics in the House were hemp, civics and gender dysphoria. HB1191 would allow South Dakota farmers to grow industrial hemp. This possibility has been discussed for some time, but... Read more