St. Lawrence School Open House Open House for St. Lawrence School students will follow Mass and the picnic at Lake Farley Park on Saturday, August 22.  Students are invited to meet their teacher, stow supplies, and tour the school.  The school will remain open until 7:30 p.m. Koch School Open... Read more

The annual National Night Out event, sponsored by the Milbank Police Department, Grant County Sheriff’s Office, South Dakota Highway Patrol, Game, Fish and Parks, Grant-Roberts Ambulance Service and the Milbank Fire Department was rated a success by event organizers. For the first time, the event was held at Lake Farley... Read more

Main Street Milbank will open Friday (August 14) according to Jason Kettwig, city administrator. “They will be sweeping the streets and sidewalks and removing the barricades very early Friday,” he explained. The work is just two days behind schedule. “That’s just how things go,” Kettwig noted. Construction on the intersection... Read more

The Milbank Area Bulldogs kicked off their 2015-2016 season with their first practice today.  Under the direction of head coach Jeremy Tostenson, players were issued equipment and lockers, followed by a National Guard leadership presentation, and the team’s Gold Card Blitz.  The first practice was held from 6 to 8:30... Read more

The co-ed softball league in Milbank concluded its season Monday with the Brass Rail earning the championship title. The team was the overall winner of the season-end tournament as well as in the league standings. In the double-elimination tournament, the Brew Jays defeated the Brass Rail in its first contest,... Read more

Joyce Steinle, age 91, of Alexandria, MN, and a former local Milbank, SD resident for many years, died on Tuesday, August 11, 2015, at Knute Nelson Care Center in Alexandria, MN. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, August 22, 2015, at 10:30 a.m. at the Mundwiler Funeral Home Chapel... Read more

Robert Sanasack, 97, of Graceville, died on August 11, 2015. Mass of Christian Burial will be held Saturday, August 15, 2015, at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Graceville beginning at 10:30 a.m. Visitation will be held one hour prior to Mass. Burial will be in Graceville Consolidated Cemetery. Robert is... Read more

The building site for the new Milbank Area Hospital Avera and Avera Medical Group clinic is progressing on schedule for the expected completion date of late fall 2016. The new state-of-the-art 78,000 square foot facility located on 18 acres in east Milbank adjacent to State Auto and the American Lutheran... Read more

School registration has been completed and the numbers of students is looking nearly identical to last year, according to Superintendent Tim Graf. As of the end of the work day Tuesday (today), the number of students is estimated at 912. That number is comprised of 316 high school students in... Read more

EDITOR NOTE: This piece was written by Milbank High School senior-to-be Shauna Pauli and submitted on August 10. The next OTA event will take place in Sioux Falls on August 28. Milbank High School seniors Tanner Hackwith and JP Lindquist, junior Shauna Pauli, and sophomore Kaitlyn Rufer took a road trip... Read more