Buck shot by Kevin Vanorny in Grant County on November 21. The 6×8 Buck scored 178 4/8. Read more

Speakers from MHS earned the Team Excellence Award at the State Class A Oral Interpretation Festival at Central High School in Aberdeen December 1-2. The Team Excellence Award is presented to schools who receive at least two superiors and demonstrate high levels of performance at the State Festival. Milbank students... Read more

St. Lawrence School presents their annual Christmas program on Wednesday, December 13, at 1:30 and 7:00 p.m. in the school gymnasium. Everyone is invited. The program is directed by Elizabeth Schulte. Grades three through six will play music of the season on chimes, handbells, and recorders. Preschoolers and kindergarteners will... Read more

The Milbank High School music department will perform their Christmas concert Sunday, December 10, at 2:30 p.m. in the MHS theater. The Concert Choir, under the direction of Miriam Schwenn, will open with “Carol of the Bells” arranged by Peter J. Wilhousky. They will also share Amy Bernon’s “Aurora Borealis,”... Read more

Patricia “Pat” Seehafer, age 75, of Milbank, died on Sunday, December 3, 2017, at Golden Living Center in Milbank. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, December 9, 2017, at 10:30 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Corona with Rev. Caleb Schewe officiating. Inurnment will be at Kilborn Lutheran Cemetery... Read more

Luella DeGreef, age 88, of Wilmot died December4, 2017, at the Wilmot Care Center. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, December 7, 2017, at 1:00 p.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Wilmot. Fr. Gary DeRouchey will officiate and Deacon Chet Cordell will participate. Burial will be... Read more

Kala Loehrer, Milbank High School graduate and daughter of Shelly and Dan Loehrer, has earned her commercial pilot certification – also known as a license- and instrument rating at the University of North Dakota. Kala had obtained her private pilot certification, the precursor to a commercial certification, while she lived... Read more

Great Western Bank has received the 2017 Avera Cornerstone Award. The award recognizes a business that has created a culture of philanthropy within their organization and has demonstrated an outstanding commitment to giving back through its financial support of one or more programs, leadership involvement, and volunteer participation. Great Western... Read more

Seven seniors are cheering on the MHS winter sports teams. Leading the boys basketball cheer squad are Maty Lightfield, Brittany Preller, and Sadie Holland. Seniors on the girls basketball and wrestling cheer squads are Magally Aburto, Catrina Janitschke, Christy DiNatale, and Amberly Warren. Also on the cheerleading squads are: Jessica... Read more

The 2017 North Area Honor Band Concert was held Saturday, December 2, at the Johnson Fine Arts Center on the campus of Northern State University. Ten students represented Milbank High School. The musicians performed Crystals–which featured the alto saxes playing a water glass. They also presented A Galop to End... Read more