Football Preview: The Battle of the Bulldogs
The Milbank Area Bulldogs will battle it out on the gridiron with the Madison Bulldogs Thursday night in the final game of the regular season. The Madison Bulldogs are undefeated this season with an 8-0 record going into this matchup. The past two seasons Madison has been the Class... Read more
Milbank Area Drops to Tough Northwestern Team
The Milbank Area Lady Bulldogs dropped 3-0 to a very tough Northwestern team in non-conference high school volleyball action Saturday in Mellette. The locals season record falls to 12-10 with the loss. “They (Northwestern) are just very good,” noted head volleyball coach Nancy Hoeke. The Lady Bulldogs lost all... Read more
Runners Earn Berth to State Cross Country Meet
During the Region 1A meet in Webster Thursday, The Milbank Area girls cross country team, along with three individual boys, earned the right to compete at the State Class A meet in Sioux Falls Saturday, October 24. The girls team secured third place in the team standings with 50... Read more
Bulldogs named I-29 Conference Champions
The Milbank Area Bulldogs secured its first I-29 Conference championship title Friday night. They cruised to a 46-13 victory over the Sisseton Redmen. The Dawgs improved to 6-2 with just one regular season matchup remaining. Milbank Area’s defense started the game a bit slow. The Bulldogs were unable to... Read more
Steph Bagaus will be Missed by the Community
Steph Bagaus, community service worker for Inter-Lakes Community Action Partnership (ICAP) in Grant County, has resigned from her position and will be relocating to Sioux Falls to take on new opportunities. Steph was honored with an open house Wednesday. Her last day at the Grant County Courthouse will be... Read more
Johnson, Tuchscherer Place at State Tennis Tourney
  Junior Paige Johnson and senior Rebekah Tuchscherer led the Milbank Area Lady Bulldogs with a top-10 finish at the state girls tennis tournament last weekend in Brandon Valley and Sioux Falls. Johnson earned ninth place at number three singles with a 10-6 consolation championship victory over Rapid City... Read more
Milbank Ford and MHS #2 in the Nation
      Darin Mertens and Kendall Van Peursem, representatives from Milbank Ford and Mercury, presented a check in the amount of $6,000 to Milbank High School Friday night for its efforts from the Drive 4 Ur School event. The annual event was staged during school registration where area... Read more
Whitman Delivers Kits to Sanford Children’s Hospital
Christena Whitman of Girl Scout Troop 43415 completed her Girl Scout Silver Award project recently by delivering Caring Kits for Kids to Sanford Children’s Hospital in Sioux Falls. With generous donations from the Milbank community, Whitman was able to put together 114 kits for the children at Sanford. The... Read more
Bulldogs Edge out Quarriers in Playoff Hunt
The Milbank Area Bulldogs secured a 26-21 victory over the Dell Rapids Quarriers Friday night at AB Campbell Stadium in a push to secure a playoff spot later this month. The Dawgs improved their record. They now stand at 5-2 with just two games remaining in the regular season.... Read more
Adam Thomas Represents Milbank at State Golf Tournament
Adam Thomas of Milbank Area was the lone competitor for the Bulldogs at the state Class A boys golf tournament at Pine Hills Golf Course in Milbank Monday and Tuesday, October 5-6. Thomas tied for 55th place in the tournament with a final two-day score of 182. He wrapped... Read more