The Milbank Area boys and girls track teams improved with each meet and are peaking now towards the end of the season. As a result, the list of qualifiers for the state Class A meet is growing. At the Sisseton Legion Relays April 29, Jake Anderson made a state qualifying... Read more

Athletes from Milbank High School were recognized for a year of excellence in the sports world during the MHS athletic banquet in the Milbank Armory this evening. The highlight of the evening was the Heart of the Bulldog Award. This award is given to one female and one male who... Read more

Sixth-graders from Milbank Middle School joined the city-wide Shape Up Milbank Days. The students, along with their teachers, helped clean up by collecting 20 bags of garbage from the school grounds, Hurley Park, the track area, ditches, and the baseball field. Read more

The Milbank Area Retired Teachers Association has scheduled its monthly meeting for Thursday, May 19, at 11 a.m. at Pizza Ranch in Milbank. The speaker for the meeting will be Tabitha Radermacher, who will inform the members all about acupuncture. She graduated from the College of Acupuncture at Northwestern Health... Read more

The Milbank High School music department will perform their spring concert Tuesday, May 17, at 7:30 p.m. in the high school theatre. The high school concert band and choir, conducted by Susan Karels and Miriam Schwenn, will present their contest pieces performed at the Region III Large Group Contest. Additional... Read more

Carole Huber and Vicki Strege submitted their resignations to the Milbank School District Board of Education tonight at the regular school board meeting. Mrs. Huber will resign as a middle school English teacher, and Mrs. Strege, as the high school Spanish teacher. Mrs. Huber graduated from Northern State and devoted... Read more

Jackson Schwandt of Milbank was sworn in as an attorney by Judge Vincent Foley on Friday, May 6, in the courtroom of the Grant County Courthouse. He has been interning with Attorney William Coester of Milbank since November and upon processing of the paperwork by the Supreme Court, will begin his practice... Read more

Taco John’s of Milbank awarded college scholarships to three Milbank High School seniors. Tera Hanson, Dalton Fox, and Miranda Madsen each received a $500 scholarship for higher education next fall. Hanson will attend the University of South Dakota (USD) in Vermillion and Fox will attend Dakota State University (DSU) in... Read more

Students from Milbank Middle School made 11 tie blankets which were donated to St. William’s Care Center in Milbank recently. The middle school student council group led the project by purchasing the material needed. The various homeroom classes in grades six through eight cut and tied the blankets to finish... Read more

The Milbank High School girls golf and boys tennis events scheduled for today, Monday, May 9, have both been postponed because of the rain. The girls golf meet in Groton has been postponed. Teams are attempting to reschedule the tournament but a date has not been determined. The boys tennis... Read more