The Milbank Area Bulldogs wrapped up its regular season with a 75-45 loss to the Madison Bulldogs Monday, February 22, on the road and fell to 5-15 overall. The Region 1A boys basketball tournament will begin Monday, February 29, in Groton. Milbank Area trailed 21-8 at the end of... Read more

William and Hope Karels, children of Jason and Susan Karels, were prize winners at the Watertown Farm and Home Show. William earned the County Best of Show award for his grape jelly and qualifies for exhibition at the 2016 South Dakota State Fair. He also earned first place with his homemade... Read more

The Milbank High School career day Thursday, February 18, was rated a success by MHS principal Dan Snaza and the Grant County Development Corporation. Over 200 junior and senior students from Milbank, Grant-Deuel, Summit and Wilmot took part in the event that featured over 22 local businesses. “We had really... Read more

The Milbank Area Retired Teachers Association (MARTA) named Hallie Schulte as the top winner of this year’s AARP Grandparent essay contest. Schulte is a fifth grade student from Koch Elementary School and is the daughter of Ginny and Jeremy Tostenson and Calvin and Jena Schulte. Hallie was chosen as the winner from... Read more

The Milbank Middle School student council challenged fellow students during a toilet paper donation drive recently. Mr. Olson’s sixth grade class won the competition. “Toilet paper is something the Grant County Food Pantry is currently in need of,” explained Heidi Wellnitz, school counselor. “We are excited to say that the... Read more

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