The Milbank High School student council presented a $250 check to Jim Gesswein, chairman of Avera Milbank Area Hospital board. The council raised money throughout the year during different fundraisers in an effort to give back to the community. Along with donating to the hospital building fund, the council donated... Read more

The It Only Takes A Spark Cancer Walk core committee recently donated $2,500 to the Milbank Avera Cancer Support Group.The donation will help to continue their efforts in educating and supporting individuals and families affected by cancer. “The cancer support group is a great way for people to help each... Read more

The Grant-Deuel School District is holding a series of meetings to gain public input and suggestions in its process of forming its dissolution plan. The first meeting took place Monday, February 29, at the commons area of the school. The district voted at its February school board meeting to begin... Read more

The Milbank Area Bulldogs will face the Aberdeen Roncalli Cavaliers in the first game of the Region 1A high school boys basketball tournament Monday, February 29, in Groton. The two teams will begin their quest with a 4:30 p.m. tipoff. Milbank Area will take a 5-15 regular season record into the... Read more

Milbank Junior Jake Anderson ended his junior wrestling season on a high note. He captured seventh place at the 152 pound weight class with a 7-1 victory over Stoltenburg of Pierre. Anderson had already beaten Stoltenburg during the region tournament. “Jake had a solid state tournament,” stated Bulldog head coach Jeremy... Read more

On Friday, February 19, we learned Moody’s has upgraded South Dakota’s lease-revenue bond rating to Aa1. This is great news for South Dakota. Aa1 is the highest rating South Dakota can receive from Moody’s. It is equivalent to the AAA rating we received from Standard & Poor’s last spring. It took... Read more

Honey production is an important part of South Dakota’s agriculture economy. In fact, we’re consistently one of the top honey-producing states in the country. While that’s a badge of honor many South Dakotans wear proudly, and rightly so, the United States produces less than half the amount of honey it... Read more

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, today at a joint Senate and House Veterans’ Affairs Committee hearing discussed the proposed reconfiguration of the Black Hills Health Care System with American Legion leadership. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is currently holding a public... Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), a member of the tax-writing Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement after the president signed the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (H.R. 644) conference report into law. The conference report, which included several Thune-led provisions that will benefit South Dakota,... Read more