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
The employees of the Milbank School District completed their 4th Annual A Walk Around the World challenge and increased their mileage to 29,473 miles. That’s equal to walking two trips from Milbank to Tibet and back to Milbank and more than around the world – the circumference of the... Read more
Girls Golf Gets Ready for a Gripping Season
Milbank Area Golf April 11, 2017 0
The MHS girls golf team plans to replicate its trip to last year’s state tournament, according to Coach Mark Keeton. Keeton, who is beginning his seventh season as head coach, says, “To accomplish this, we need to finish in the top three teams at the Region 1A meet.” The... Read more
Wild Land Fire Breaks Out West of Milbank
Local News April 11, 2017 0
The Milbank Fire Department responded to a call Friday, April 7, at 2:49 p.m. where a large wild land fire broke out west of Milbank at 149th Street and 469th Avenue, just north of the railroad tracks. According to Milbank Fire Chief Kevin Schuelke, the fire spread to an... Read more
Drug Dogs Search MHS
Local News April 10, 2017 0
The Watertown Police Department, the Milbank Police Department, and Milbank High School used a K9 unit to search the Milbank high school building and parking lot on Thursday, April 6. MHS principal Dan Snaza said, “The dogs check the lockers within the building and the cars in the parking... Read more
G&S Auto Celebrates Grand Opening
Local News April 10, 2017 0
G&S Auto of Milbank celebrated its Grand Opening with a ribbon cutting, sponsored by the Milbank Area Chamber of Commerce, Friday, April 7. The used auto sale business at 1512 Morningside Drive is owned and operated by Gene Wendland and Steve Stern. Read more
