Roland “Rolly” Karels, age 77, of Big Stone City, SD, died on June 20, 2017, at Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD. Fr. Gary DeRouchey will celebrate the Mass of Christian Burial on Monday, June 26, 2017, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Milbank. Burial will be... Read more

Milbank High School graduate and tennis standout, Zach Waletich, will lead a youth tennis camp in Milbank at Cantine Courts. The camp is being organized through Courts Plus Community Fitness center in Fargo, ND, with tennis director and Minnesota State University Moorhead (MSUM) head coach Oliver Summers. He will be... Read more

Simone de Beauvoir said, “There is something in the New York air that makes sleep useless.” Fifteen students from the MHS art and media club, accompanied by teachers Nancy Pauli and Nancy Quade, made the same discovery on their recent visit to the Big Apple. Their five-day trip included dozens... Read more

  The City of Milbank, along with city administrator Jason Kettwig and Police Chief Boyd VanVooren, have been named as defendants in a lawsuit filed by David Mogard, former police officer with the Milbank Police Department. The suit, filed with Northern Plains Federal Court, claims Mogard was wrongfully terminated and... Read more

The Milbank VFW Junior Teener baseball team split contests with Sisseton Monday, June 19, in doubleheader action on the road. In the opening game, Milbank rolled to a 21-3 victory. Milbank took the early lead in the first inning when Micah Dietmeier drove in one run on a single. The... Read more

Cory and Chris Kassube won first place in the 2017 Big Stone Walleye Classic on Big Stone Lake Saturday, June 17. The team took home $4,000 for reeling in six fish weighing 17.40 pounds. Dave Cornelius and Gary Roder finished second earning $2,400 for six fish at 17.30 pounds. Ninety-nine... Read more

Jake Adams, Iowa Hawkeye home run record holder, All-American, and Golden Spikes Award semi-finalist, is headed to the big leagues. Adams, the son of Milbank natives Bob and Laurie (Unzen) Adams, was selected by the Houston Astros in the sixth round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft. The 6-foot-2,... Read more

Krause is a common name when you think of Milbank baseball. The youngest of the family, Kaden, pitched a shutout game for the Milbank VFW Junior Teeners during doubleheader action Saturday, June 17, at Legion Field in Milbank. Krause allowed just one hit in Milbank’s 10-0 victory in the opening... Read more

Some fathers have a good thing. Some fathers have a good thing and keep it going. In sports, there’s Laila and Muhammad Ali. In music, there’s Miley and Billy Ray Cyrus. At the movies, you find Jaden and Will Smith, Colin and Tom Hanks, and dozens of others. And don’t... Read more

Janice Merle Wolf, age 89, long time resident of Big Stone City, went to be with the Lord on June 17, 2017 at St. Therese home in New Hope Minnesota. Janice was born to Rose and Andrew Wolf on April 2, 1928. She is the second of three sisters. Janice... Read more