The Great Plains Zoo ZooMobile visited Koch Elementary School on March 9-10. Featured animals included a Madagascar cockroach, bearded dragon, screech owl, chinchilla, snake, and a rat. The students learned about the various habitats of the animals and were given an opportunity to touch or pet most of them. Click... Read more

The Concordia Chapel Choir from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota will perform in Ortonville on March 16. Ortonville is the choir’s second stop on its annual regional tour. The concert takes place at 7:30 p.m. at First English Lutheran Church at 9 NW 3rd Street. The concert is free and... Read more

Milbank High School alumnus, John Trevett, has been hired to coach the newly added track and field event, pole vault, this season. His supplemental contract was approved by the Milbank School District Board of Education Monday, March 13, at its regular meeting. “Pole vault was a passion for me, so... Read more

Kadon Leddy, a senior at Milbank High School, served as a Senate page during the 92nd Session of the South Dakota Senate from March 6-10. He was sponsored by Senator Jason Frerichs from District 1. During the final session, Leddy sat in on committee meetings and attended the Governor’s mansion... Read more

The Grant County commissioners met Tuesday, March 7. They approved the first reading of Ordinance 2016-1B following a joint public hearing with the Planning and Zoning Board. The ordinance, amending Grant County Ordinance #2004-1, would define agribusiness activities as the use of land for commercial purposes related to raising, growing,... Read more

Twenty students from the seventh and eighth grade Milbank Middle School choirs participated in the Festival for Young Voices in Brookings on March 6. Students joined area schools under guest director Robyn Starks Holcomb from Sioux Falls Roosevelt High School. The 200-plus voice choir presented a grand concert at the... Read more

Funeral services for Vernon Goldsmith will be held on Sunday, March 12, at 2:00 p.m. at Tabor United Methodist Church in Big Stone City, SD. Pastor Melanie Reiners will officiate and burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Visitation will be held at the church one hour prior to the service.... Read more

According to organizers, LeAnn Kuper and Brenda Maass, the Grant County Christian Service Council gave away 7,815 pounds of food today. “This giveaway went just fabulous,” said Kuper. “We had great volunteers running two lines to get people in and out in no time.” This was the third giveaway conducted... Read more

The St Lawrence Student Council sponsored their first Lap-a-thon. Students walked laps in the gym for 15 minutes each day before school and the laps were recorded. An awards ceremony was held March 7. Grades 1-6 were awarded ribbons for first and second place in their grade. Many kids were... Read more