The Milbank Bulldog boys tennis team concluded its season with an awards potluck this week. Coach Jim Dahl presented several individual awards along with Major and minor M certificates. Chris Loutsch, the lone senior on the team this season, was named to the Academic All-State Team and was presented with... Read more

Dana J. Lee, age 60, formerly of Ortley, SD, passed away peacefully at his home on Wednesday, January 13, 2016. Funeral services will be in Florence, SD, on Saturday, June 4th at 1:00 pm at the New Helgen Lutheran Church. He is preceded in death by his parents, John and... Read more

The Milbank Area Lions Swim Team (MALST) kicked off the season at the home meet Friday and Saturday, May 27-28. Nine swimmers qualified for the State A swim meet by beating the qualifying time standards. “This is amazing,” expressed head coach Jodi Street. “I am very proud of them all. I also have... Read more

Donald “Donnie” Hiler, age 69, of Milbank, SD, died on Thursday, May 26, 2016, at the Sioux Falls VA Medical Center. Memorial services will be held on Thursday, June 2, 2016, at 4:00 p.m. at Mundwiler Funeral Home in Milbank with Rev. Penny Tower officiating. Visitation will be held for... Read more

Emanuel Lutheran Church (ELC) mission sewing group presented quilts to the ELC class of 2016 on Sunday, May 15. Graduates included, left to right, Eliza DiNatale, Rachelle Gabriel, Jacob Jackson, Alyssa Ehlebracht, Dalton Koch, Cara Berkner and Tera Hanson. “Life is like a patchwork quilt. Give Jesus the pieces and... Read more

The Milbank Area Summer Backpack Program is underway this week, but is still accepting enrollments according to organizer Jenn Falk. “We have had just one distribution date so far, so there is time to enroll. The enrollment process works the same as during the school year. Families can enroll or... Read more

The Milbank Bulldogs battled for wins during the state tennis tournament this past weekend, but came up empty despite a valiant effort. “It was a rough few days for our team in the sense of getting shut out, but the effort was there,” explained head tennis coach Jim Dahl. “It... Read more

The Milbank Firechiefs amateur baseball team is back in action and off to a solid start for the 2016 season. The locals are 2-1 thus far and look ahead to win the district tournament and advance deep into the state tourney this year, according to team manager Jesse Krause. Krause... Read more

POET Biorefining of Big Stone City was awarded the 2015 Environmental Health and Safety Excellence Award. The award is given each year to the top plant within the POET system for its environmental health and safety (EHS) performance. “Safety is our main goal in everything we do – everything,” expressed... Read more

Records were broken, a region title was captured, additional athletes qualified for the state track meet and seasons best times were achieved during a highly successful Region 1A meet for the Milbank Area Bulldogs track and field teams Thursday, May 19, in Groton. The boys team secured the Region 1A... Read more