At the beginning of this year’s legislative session, we brought in a legislative life coach, for lack of a better term.  He was a former Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives who had a horrible scandal filled fall from grace.  One of the points he brought up in the discussion was... Read more

The Milbank Area Lady Bulldogs completed its regular season in style Thursday night in front of a large home crowd at the Milbank Armory. The Lady Bulldogs outlasted Deuel 41-38 to earn a victory in its last game of the regular season and improve to 6-14 overall. Both teams struggled... Read more

The Babbel-Ons Toastmasters Club met Thursday, February 18, in the State Auto cafeteria with Jessica Roggenbuck serving as the Toastmaster. The word of the day was “Bumfuzzle” which means to confuse, perplex and fluster. Dave Schaack was the speaker for the day. He worked in the Advanced Communicator Gold Communication... Read more

Donley Dickinson, age 87 of Wilmot died February 19, 2016, at the Wilmot Care Center. Services will be held at a later date. Read more

Maxine “Cookie” Pew, age 84, of Milbank, SD died Thursday, February 18, 2016, at Avera Prince of Peace in Sioux Falls, SD. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Milbank with Father Gary DeRouchey celebrating the... Read more

The Milbank fifth grade boys basketball team captured first place at the eight-team tournament in Benson, MN, Saturday, February 13. The locals won all four of their games for the day. They defeated Benson, BBE and Montevideo in pool play before downing KMS in the championship tilt. Team members included... Read more

Greetings from our State Capitol as we are working through various pieces of legislation. All 105 legislators make the trip to Pierre with ideas from our home districts along with proposals that come from organizations. I enjoyed having the Langford Area senior government class recently visit the Capitol and we... Read more

The Milbank High School speech and debate team captured second place in the small schools sweepstakes at the Rushmore Challenge in Harrisburg Friday, February 12. The team was awarded a stuffed tiger for a trophy. Senior Rebekah Tuchscherer led the team with an undefeated record in Lincoln-Douglas debate. Other students competing... Read more

Country singer and songwriter Craig Morgan headlines the country concert Friday, July 15, for Lake Farley Summer Event Series 2016. Morgan’s hit Almost Home put him on the map in 2002. His additional hits include: Redneck Yacht Club, International Harvester, More Trucks Than Cars, Tough, This Ole Boy, and Little Bit... Read more

Members of the Milbank Area Retired Teachers Association will meet on Thursday, February 18th at 11:00 a.m. in the meeting room of the Pizza Ranch. Mundwilder Funeral Home will be giving an informative presentation at the meeting this month. A short business meeting will be held after the presentation and lunch.... Read more