Community Bible Study will host an ice cream social at Lake Farley Park at 7 p.m. on Sunday, August 25. Enjoy a divinely delicious ice cream sundae. (No devil’s food cake of course;) Learn more, visit with the leaders, or register to become a part of an interdenominational Bible study... Read more

Lacey Busack has joined Ortonville Area Health Services as the new radiology manager. Lacey has been employed by the Milbank Area Hospital for over four years. She also worked for Prairie Lakes Hospital in the cardiac cath lab and assisted with interventional radiology procedures at St. Alexius Medical Center. “The... Read more

A memorial service for Lois M. Loof, age 93, of Mesa, AZ, who passed away on June 30, 2019, at Adams Memorial Hospital in Decatur, IN, will be held on Saturday, August 17, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. at Valley Baptist Church in Milbank, SD. Visitation will be held on Friday,... Read more

The Junior Busy Bees 4-H Club gave a 4-H Achievement Days tour to OST on August 6. OST students visited the static exhibits, animal exhibits, and listened to a presentation by the 2019 South Dakota Dairy Princess, Ytsje Andringa, and Junior Busy Bees 4-H Club member Kendra Schweer. Older OST... Read more

The Junior Busy Bees 4-H Club gave a 4-H Achievement Days tour to OST on August 6. OST students visited the static exhibits, animal exhibits, and listened to a presentation by the 2019 South Dakota Dairy Princess, Ytsje Andringa, and Junior Busy Bees 4-H Club member Kendra Schweer. Older OST... Read more

Top readers were announced in the preschool to fifth grade summer reading program at the Grant County Public Library. Samuel Biggs was Champion and Kyler Brandenburger was the Reserve Champion in the first and second grade division. Pierce Mathiason was Champion and Thomas Bass was Reserve Champion in the third,... Read more

Frances Lucille (Mrs. Kenneth) Kunde, age 99, of Milbank, SD, died on August 11, 2019, at Milbank Area Hospital – Avera Health. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, August 17, 2019, at 2:00 pm. at Living Word Lutheran Church in Milbank. Visitation will be held on Friday, August 16,... Read more

Elsie Johnson Tennyson, age 100, of Fargo, ND, former resident of Milbank, SD, passed away on August 7, 2019, at Edgewood Vista in Fargo, ND. She was under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, August 9,... Read more

Teen participants in the 2019 Summer Reading Program at the Grant County Library in Milbank concluded their activities with an after hours party and awards ceremony on July 17. Top readers were: (l. to r.) First-place winner Alexis Schwagel, who read 9,549 pages; second-place winner Jordan McKillip; and third-place winner... Read more

Fire broke out at Dakota Granite around 4:30 p.m. on Sunday August, 4. Firefighters rushed to the scene, and Milbank Fire Chief Kevin Schuelke says, “Upon arrival, we found the fire had spread to two adjoining buildings which connect to the main plant. We also determined the fire was most... Read more