Do you know a Milbank senior – age 60 and over – who is struggling to make ends meet? Do they sometimes have to choose between buying groceries and paying their bills?  The Senior Box Program might be just the help they need to keep nutritious food on their table.... Read more

The Milbank City Council met for a special meeting on Monday, August 1. Briggs, Rogers, and Hanson were present.  Karels and Weinberg attended remotely by phone.  The meeting was scheduled to approve bids for materials for the construction of the American Legion Baseball field. The budget for drainage pipe and... Read more

The Grant and Deuel County emergency management agencies hosted a full-scale exercise at Alice Lake on Thursday, July 21. The Milbank Fire Department sent 20 members. Squads from Big Stone, Brandt, Clear Lake, Corona, Gary, Goodwin, Marvin, Revillo, Stockholm, and Toronto also participated.   Kevin Schuelke, head of Grant County Emergency... Read more

Donna Larson, a member of the Auxiliary of VFW Post 3486 in Milbank, recently received a Buddy Poppy Award for her outstanding participation in the 2022 Buddy Poppy program. Larson has been a member of the VFW Auxiliary for over 50 years. She began as a junior member in Webster and spent... Read more

Valley Office Products in downtown Milbank had a lot to celebrate on Thursday, July 21. Their Customer Appreciation Day was a celebration of all the valued customers they have had the privilege to work with in 42 years in business.  Customers and staff enjoyed brisket and beans and a chance... Read more

The third of five food giveaways planned for 2022 by the Grant County Christian Service Council is scheduled for Wednesday, July 27, from 4-5 p.m. Brenda Maass, coordinator for Milbank’s event, says, “The giveaway will be held in the Living Word Lutheran Church parking lot on Highway 15 in north Milbank.”... Read more

Cassidy Voeltz was raised on a farm near Big Stone City and graduated from MHS in 2018. She is currently a student at North Dakota State University (NDSU) in Fargo, North Dakota. She is pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in natural resource management with an emphasis on rangeland ecology. ... Read more

Virgil Swanson, age 84, of Milbank, SD, passed away on Sunday, July 17, 2022, at the VA Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD. A private family service will be held at a later date. Virgil Allan Swanson was born on January 2, 1938, in Hutchinson, MN, to Victor and Bernice (Nordberg)... Read more

David J. Reupke, age 78, of Minneapolis, MN, died on July 10, 2022. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, at Zion Lutheran Church in Ortonville, MN. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the memorial service. Pastor Janet Tengbom Warnes will... Read more

The Ortonville Area Health Services (OAHS) Health Care Board of Directors, in collaboration with Sanford Health, has named Dr. Al Ross as their new chief executive officer (CEO). Dr. Ross will begin transitioning into the role on September 1. As a longtime medical provider and the current chief medical officer at... Read more