The Milbank Area Lady Bulldogs suffered a 49-35 loss to the Warner Monarchs in non-conference high school girls basketball action Tuesday, December 20, at the Milbank Armory. Milbank Area fell to 2-1 this season. Both teams struggled to get into the flow of the game. Milbank Area trailed 5-2 midway... Read more

Twenty-seven children, each with a local law enforcement officer, shopped at Runnings on Wednesday, December 21. The Grant County Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), the Grant County Child Protection Team, Shopko, and Inter-lakes Community Action Partnership (ICAP) teamed up to sponsor the annual “Christmas With A Cop”. The program helps... Read more

Koch School elementary students in kindergarten through fifth grade held their annual Christmas sing-a-long Wednesday, December 21. Music teacher, Dave Boerger, directed. Starting the program were the kindergarten and first grade students. Each grade presented a poem and music. The kindergarten students sang Jingle Bells and the first-graders sang Santa... Read more

Brad and Jackie Olson, rural Twin Brooks, were named the final winners in the annual holiday house lighting contest sponsored by the Milbank Area Chamber of Commerce. The couple resides at 46885 149th Street in Twin Brooks. They will be awarded $50 in Ol’ Mill Bucks. “It was a fun... Read more

The 2016 Grant County Combined Appeal Campaign reached its goal of $170,000, and will support 17 agencies next year. 2016 was the 55th year the campaign has gathered contributions in the county. “The Grant County area stepped up for the fifth year in a row to meet our goal,” stated... Read more

The student council at St. Lawrence School challenged all preschool through sixth graders during a “This is How We Roll” toilet paper drive. The tissue will go to the Grant County Food Pantry. “When deciding what type of donations we wanted, we discovered toilet paper is not covered by many... Read more

Anna Mae Schneider, 95, of Coon Rapids, MN, formerly of Clinton, died on December 19. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, December 23, 2016, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Clinton, MN. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. Minister Bev... Read more

Douglas Hinton, age 64 of Milbank died December 20, 2016, at his residence. A memorial gathering will be held on Sunday, May 21, at 2 p.m. Visitation will start at 1 p.m. Read more

Emanuel Preschool in Milbank raised a lot of dough – over $11,000- during its Little Caesars Pizza Kit fundraiser. Forty-six students from four different classes sold 584 pizza kits for $11,512 in total sales. The school’s profit is $3,470. “We’ve done this fundraiser for at least the past five years,... Read more

Milbank Native Sean Zimny reviews the first Star Wars Anthology film, ROGUE ONE! Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is directed by Gareth Edwards and stars Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen, Forest Whitaker, Ben Mendelsohn, Mads Mikkelson, Ris Ahmed, Jimmy Smits, and the voice talent of James... Read more