Juniors Inducted into Milbank Honor Society
Local News April 18, 2017 1
Fourteen Milbank High School juniors were inducted into the Milbank Honor Society on April 18. This year, the Milbank School District dropped participation in the National Honor Society and created the Milbank Honor Society. “We decided to try this for a year and will evaluate it for the future,”... Read more
Lars Andersen’s journey at the 2017 South Dakota National Geographic State Bee took him to eighth place. Lars is an eighth-grader at Milbank Middle School. Fifth-grader Maggie Kruger represented St. Lawrence School. The contest was held on the campus of Northern State University in Aberdeen. In the eight-question opening... Read more
Milbank Road Construction Plans Finalized
Local News April 17, 2017 1
The City of Milbank is preparing for its busiest time of the year – road construction season. According to Jason Kettwig, administrator for the City of Milbank, the city’s biggest road construction project this summer is Viola Street, south of Highway 12. “We will be doing total reconstruction of... Read more
Grant County Courthouse Undergoing Renovations
Local News April 17, 2017 0
The Grant County Courthouse is getting a face lift by Mid-Continental Restoration Company of Parkston, South Dakota. The company is using a tuck pointing method to update the facade. “Work is being done to remove the caulking that is bad between the seams of the brick and re-caulk it... Read more
MHS Receives Outstanding Student Council Award
Local News April 17, 2017 0
The Milbank High School Student Council received the 2017 South Dakota Outstanding Student Council award during the 30th Annual State Convention of the South Dakota Student Council Association (SDSCA) in Rapid City April 9-11. The convention took place at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center with over 1,000 students and... Read more
Resignations Accepted by School Board
Local News April 14, 2017 0
Staffing changes for the 2017-2018 school year were approved by the Milbank School District Board of Education during its regular meeting April 10. The board approved the resignation of Sandy Tucholke, Melissa Bastien, and Cassandra Meyer. Tucholke has been the Koch Elementary School nurse since 2005. In her resignation... Read more
Milbank High School tracksters Jonny Ash and Taylor Thue received the First Annual Arlen Conrad Memorial MVP Award at the conclusion of the South Dakota National Guard track and field meet in Milbank on April 11. Ash won first place finishes in the boys triple jump and 1,600-meter sprint... Read more
Milbank Middle School seventh grader, Korbin Leddy, has been awarded a Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation Youth Grant through Youth Service America (YSA). The grant will support Leddy in heading a community service project to address the issue of childhood hunger. Grant funds will be used to reward the Milbank... Read more
The Milbank Area Lions Swim Team (MALST) welcomes Aarron Schuelke to its coaching staff for the 2017 season. He will serve as the assistant coach. Jodi Street is beginning her second season as coach. “I am very excited that Aarron has been hired as my assistant this season,” stated... Read more
Three Qualify for HOSA Nationals in Florida
Local News April 12, 2017 0
Kimberlly Aburto, Mallory Trapp, and Kerissa DeBoer placed in the top three at the 5th Annual South Dakota HOSA State Leadership Conference held in Sioux Falls April 6-7. They earned a trip to Orlando, Florida to compete in the National Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) Future Health Professionals... Read more
