Ron Milbank arrives in Milbank at noon this Saturday. Everyone is invited to meet and welcome him. The group will begin congregating at 11:30-11:45 at the Grist Mill. “Ron is on a 2000 mile journey to benefit the MHS endowment fund and put Milbank, South Dakota on the map, too,” said... Read more

The Milbank High School Lady Bulldog golf team completed their season on a high note following their performance at the State Class A tournament in Hartford, June 5-6. “There are a lot of positives that we can take away from this year’s state tournament,” stated head coach Mark Keeton. “I... Read more

The Milbank Firechiefs amateur baseball team captured their first win of the season with a 4-0 win shutout win over Sisseton May 31. The locals improved to 1-2. Milbank plated one run in the first and third innings to take an early 2-0 lead. The Chiefs scored two runs in... Read more

Scott Allen Novy, 56, of Tucumcari, NM passed away on Monday, November 28, 2016, at Dr. Dan C. Trigg Memorial Hospital. A graveside service will be held on Saturday, June 10, 2017, at 11:00 am in the Milbank City Cemetery. Scott was born February 29, 1960, in Milbank, SD to... Read more

The Grant County Christian Service Council is partnering with Feeding South Dakota to provide free food to families and individuals in need. The event is Wednesday, June 14, at 4:30 p.m. The location has changed from its previous location to the Grant County 4-H exhibit building with entry at the... Read more

The Whetstone Valley Rodeo Association kicked off its team penning season June 3. Four of the 18 teams penned all three of their cattle. Brad Hanson, Marsha Wieting, and Casey Yamaura took home the first place money. Dave Buri, Monte Rosen, and Blair Wittnebel finished second. Eleven teams took part... Read more

Ortonville Area Health Services (OAHS) is pleased to announce that Twila Mursu, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)  will be joining the medical team at  Northside Medical Clinic and will begin seeing patients in September 2017. “We are very excited that Twila is joining our clinic medical staff team to... Read more

POET Biorefining staged a full-scale emergency exercise on June 2, at its facility in Big Stone.  The exercise included a hazmat spill and an active shooter. The Grant County Sheriff’s Department, Grant County Emergency Management, Big Stone City Police Department, Big Stone Fire, Big Stone County Emergency Management, Grant Roberts... Read more

LuVerne Swezey, age 93 of Ortonville, died on Monday, June 5, 2017 at Fairway View. Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, June 8, beginning at 10:30 a.m. at First English Lutheran Church with Pastor David Tonn officiating. Visitation will be held at the church one hour prior to the... Read more

The Babbel-Ons Toastmasters Club met Thursday, June 1, in the State Auto cafeteria with Dana Junker serving as the Toastmaster. The speaker of the day was Ashley Frerichs. She presented Project 3: Get to the Point out of the competent communicator manual. Her speech was titled “Spring of 97”. The... Read more