Everything You Need to Know About MHS Homecoming 2019
Date: 2019 MHS Homecoming week is September 23-27. 2019 Homecoming Theme: Reality TV. Each class entertains the audience with themed skits during Coronation. The Senior Class chose The Bachelor. The Juniors chose American’s Next Top Model. The Sophomores chose Chopped and the Freshmen Class selected Dance Moms. Judging will... Read more
Batchelor Wins and Bulldog Teams Take Top Spots at Cross Country Meet
Milbank traveled to a cross country meet in Ipswich on Saturday, September 14. The Bulldog boys’ team captured first place, and the Lady Bulldogs were nudged out of first place by only one point by Aberdeen. Nick Batchelor won the meet individually. “Ipswich did a great job of piecing... Read more
Dawgs Put Up a Fight Against Dakota Valley
The Milbank Bulldogs suffered a 27-14 loss to Dakota Valley on Friday, September 12. “The kids played hard and gave a great effort,” stated MHS Head Football Coach Adolph Shepardson. “We just have some things we still need to tighten up and improve.” Milbank’s record dropped to 1-3 with... Read more
Lady Bulldogs Served a Loss by Sisseton
The Lady Bulldogs struggled with their serving and suffered a 3-0 loss to their rival, the Sisseton Redmen, in a road game on September 12. Milbank’s record dropped to 2-6 with the loss. Milbank ended the match with 42-53 serving for 79 percent. “Our serving percentage was not good,”... Read more
Bulldogs Split Matches at Brandon Valley Jamboree
The Lady Bulldog tennis team competed in the Brandon Valley Jamboree on September 13-14 in Brandon. Milbank defeated Vermillion and Spearfish, but fell to Sioux Falls Lincoln and Brandon Valley. “Our two wins were against teams in our Class A system, and the two losses were against AA schools,”... Read more
Rhianna Welberg is this season’s first Who’s That Bulldog? featured athlete. Rhianna, a senior tennis player at MHS, is the daughter of Jodi and Kevin Welberg. Rhianna began playing tennis in the fourth grade thanks to her friend Landon Brown. “He was taking tennis lessons and I wanted to... Read more
ASK ARLO: Lost Town Between Milbank and Big Stone City
Arlo Levisen is the President of the Grant County Historical Society. He has extensive knowledge on the history of the area, including: Grant County History, Big Stone Lake History, the History of the Holland Grist Mill, the History of the Milbank Congregational Church and much more! Send in your... Read more
Muellenbach Gets a Win Against Watertown
The Milbank Lady Bulldogs tennis team suffered an 8-1 loss to Watertown at Cantine Courts on Tuesday, September 10. “Watertown is a solid team,” stated Milbank head coach Abbey Trapp. “I was happy to see how many games we won, even though we did not win the match.” Hattie... Read more
Progress Report on Main Street in Milbank
John Forman, Milbank City Administrator, reports, “When it’s happening, work on the downtown streets is going very well, and when it’s not, we are all frustrated.” According to Forman, “All sanitary sewer and water services were fixed in the 200 block of Main Street and storm sewer was installed... Read more
Lady Bulldogs Take Seventh at Montevideo
The Lady Bulldogs volleyball team secured a seventh-place finish at the Montevideo, MInnesota tournament on Saturday, September 6. Milbank won their final match of the day against Ashby, Minnesota, in their placing match. “We were the only South Dakota school at this tournament,” said Lady Bulldog head coach Nancy... Read more