The Grant County Veterans Service Office recently changed its hours at the request of the veterans it serves. “We moved our hours to earlier in the day to accommodate our veterans,” stated Veterans Service Officer (VSO) Scott Malimanek. The VSO office hours are now Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 8 a.m.... Read more

Edith Jane Davis, age 85, of Milbank, died Monday, April 18, 2016, at the Ortonville Hospital. Funeral services will be held on Monday, April 25, 2016, at 10:30 a.m. at Central United Methodist Church in Milbank with Rev. Dr. DeVern Schwenn officiating. Burial will follow in the Milbank City Cemetery.... Read more

Grant County 4-H club members delivered non-perishable food items to the Grant County Food Pantry as part of Global Youth Service Day Friday, April 15. The Feed the Need food drive kicked off on March 15 with 4-H members recording public service announcements and placing collection totes at area businesses,... Read more

Jeremy DeVaal has become known as the enthusiastic Zumba instructor at Unity Square. He was introduced to the sport while attending SDSU, but said he had no formal dance training and tried Zumba just for fun. During his second year at SDSU, he moved back to Milbank and began taking... Read more

The District 4 VFW Post and VFW Auxiliary meeting was held Sunday, April 10, in Sisseton with President Sharon Wellnitz presiding. There were 25 members present. Department Chaplain, Mark Kirkvold of Sioux Falls, was the Department Representative. An election of officers was held and Sharon Wellnitz was elected President. Myrna... Read more

The South Dakota VFW Auxiliary Treasurer received a notice from the national headquarters informing local auxiliaries that life membership fees may increase pending a vote at the national convention in July. “If the vote passes, fees will be raised September 1, if not sooner,” stated local VFW Auxiliary representative Sharon Wellnitz.... Read more

The Milbank Bulldog boys’ tennis team improved its play, but slipped 9-0 to Watertown April 12, and fell to 1-5 on the season. “I felt that overall the team did a much better job of keeping the ball in play,” said head coach Jim Dahl. “We had less unforced errors... Read more

The long awaited 2015 Milbank High School yearbook has finally arrived and is ready for pickup, according to Tammy Rieger, MHS Secretary. “Any 2015 MHS graduate who ordered a yearbook may stop in the high school office to pick up your copy,” Rieger stated. The production of the 2015 yearbook was... Read more

The Milbank City Council held its regular meeting Monday, April 11. Much of the discussion centered around possible revisions to the city ordinance that establishes guidelines for wine, malt beverage, and spirit licenses. Currently, the City limits the number of malt beverage licenses issued and Milbank City Administrator, Jason Kettwig,... Read more

Maintenance and OST staff hired for the upcoming summer were approved during the regular meeting of the Milbank School District Board of Education Monday, April 11. OST program employees will be: Cori Redmond, Lexy Pillatzki, Ashley McCulloch, Lorrie Hardy, Karen Vaudrey, Jayne Paysen, Abby Wollschlager, JP Lindquist, Kaylee Pinkert, Tatiana... Read more