Seventeen-year-old Adam Bury of Milbank is serious about his fun. Bury’s hobby is motocross racing. He’s good at it and has a room full of trophies to prove it. Two years ago, he was the top racer at the Midwest Regional Shootout. He made first place by accruing the... Read more
Lake Farley Summer Events Series Starts Saturday
Local News June 22, 2017 0
The 2017 Lake Farley Summer Event Series starts Saturday, June 24, and there’s fun for everyone. Why not plan to spend the day? Start with the Community Parade. The parade starts at 10:30 a.m. and travels north on Main Street to Highway 15 near Lake Farley Park. (Entries are... Read more
Zach Waletich to Lead Tennis Camp in Milbank
Milbank Area Tennis June 21, 2017 0
Milbank High School graduate and tennis standout, Zach Waletich, will lead a youth tennis camp in Milbank at Cantine Courts. The camp is being organized through Courts Plus Community Fitness center in Fargo, ND, with tennis director and Minnesota State University Moorhead (MSUM) head coach Oliver Summers. He will... Read more
Simone de Beauvoir said, “There is something in the New York air that makes sleep useless.” Fifteen students from the MHS art and media club, accompanied by teachers Nancy Pauli and Nancy Quade, made the same discovery on their recent visit to the Big Apple. Their five-day trip included... Read more
The City of Milbank, along with city administrator Jason Kettwig and Police Chief Boyd VanVooren, have been named as defendants in a lawsuit filed by David Mogard, former police officer with the Milbank Police Department. The suit, filed with Northern Plains Federal Court, claims Mogard was wrongfully terminated... Read more
Kassubes Win Big Stone Walleye Classic
Local News June 19, 2017 0
Cory and Chris Kassube won first place in the 2017 Big Stone Walleye Classic on Big Stone Lake Saturday, June 17. The team took home $4,000 for reeling in six fish weighing 17.40 pounds. Dave Cornelius and Gary Roder finished second earning $2,400 for six fish at 17.30 pounds.... Read more
Jake Adams Drafted by Houston Astros
Local News June 19, 2017 0
Jake Adams, Iowa Hawkeye home run record holder, All-American, and Golden Spikes Award semi-finalist, is headed to the big leagues. Adams, the son of Milbank natives Bob and Laurie (Unzen) Adams, was selected by the Houston Astros in the sixth round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft. The... Read more
Some fathers have a good thing. Some fathers have a good thing and keep it going. In sports, there’s Laila and Muhammad Ali. In music, there’s Miley and Billy Ray Cyrus. At the movies, you find Jaden and Will Smith, Colin and Tom Hanks, and dozens of others. And... Read more
McKenzie (Krakow) Johnson is the new manager at Big Stone Therapies. Johnson, a 2010 graduate of Grant-Deuel High School, obtained her physical therapy assistant degree from Lake Area Technical Institute in Watertown in 2012. She was employed for four years at the Sisseton clinic as a PTA and site... Read more
The Grant County Christian Service Council, through its partnership with Feeding South Dakota, gave away nearly 12,000 pounds of food on June 15, at the 4-H Extension building. About 200 guests took home frozen hams, meatballs, hamburger patties, sausage, bacon, cheese sticks, cabbage, potatoes, onions, apples, crackers, jello, and... Read more
