Merchants Fighting Cancer presented a check for $15,000 to the 2016 It Only Takes A Spark Cancer Walk. The money was amassed from individuals and businesses. Proceeds from a prize raffle and a 50/50 raffle held during the cancer walk were also added. In the last seven years, Merchants Fighting... Read more

The Hospital Auxiliary presented a $1000 check to the Northeast South Dakota Healthcare Foundation. The money will be used for the construction of the new hospital in Milbank. Natalie Gauer, administrator of Milbank Area Hospital Avera, accepted the check. “We are very appreciative of this gift from the auxiliary,” Gauer... Read more

Jason Ackerman of Milbank and his partner, Chad Pew of Sioux Falls, and Dan Sorenson of Milbank and his partner, Doc Kamerud of Aberdeen, were the top winners in the Calcutta tournament held July 9-10, at Pine Hills Golf Course in Milbank. Thirty two teams competed in the annual event.... Read more

Milbank fans and the country music community were stunned and saddened by the news of the accident involving Jerry Greer, son of country music entertainer Craig Morgan. Morgan was scheduled to perform in Milbank this Friday, July 15. The concert has been cancelled. All tickets purchased for Craig Morgan will... Read more

Jerry Greer, son of country music entertainer Craig Morgan, went missing yesterday following a boating accident on Kentucky Lake in Humphreys County, Tennessee. Recovery efforts to locate the 19 year-old son are underway. Morgan is set to headline the Farley Country Concert on Friday in Milbank. “The family is grateful for everyone’s... Read more

Gertrude “Dottie” Margretta Rausch, 99, of Hopkins, MN, died July 10, 2016, at Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park, MN. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Charles Catholic Church in Big Stone City, SD on Saturday, July 16 at 11:00 A.M. with burial in the church cemetery.... Read more

Clifford Redepenning, age 84, of Ortonville, MN, died Friday, July 8, 2016, surrounded by family at home. Funeral services will be held on Friday, July 15, 2016, at 1:30 p.m. at Living Word Lutheran Church in Milbank, SD with Rev. Craig Werling officiating. Burial will follow at Mound Cemetery in... Read more

The Cantine Family – Larry and Loretta, along with sons Kevin, Greg and Scott- have been named a United States Tennis Association (USTA) Local Hero. The Cantines were one of just 17 heros selected out of the hundreds of thousands of people in the United States involved with the USTA.”The... Read more

The Milbank Fire and Rescue Department was dispatched at 11:24 a.m. Wednesday, July 6, to 1209 South Dakota Street, behind Grant-Roberts Rural Water, for a severed natural gas line. Milbank Fire Chief Kevin Schuelke reported gas was spewing from a cut in the line by a trencher. “Firefighters pulled the... Read more

  Grant County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director CED Joel Foster announced that the nomination period for local FSA county committees began on June 15, 2016. “County committees are unique to FSA and allow producers to have a voice on federal farm program implementation at the local level,”... Read more