Steve Hicks has purchased 1st Choice Real Estate in Milbank from Trudi Niedert. The sale was completed on Friday, August 2. Steve, a 2009 graduate of MHS, is happy to call Milbank home again after living and working in Fargo for 15 years. “We’ve got a lot going on,”... Read more
The Milbank Firechiefs face the Hartford-Humboldt Gamecocks on Saturday, August 10, at 1 p.m. in their first game of South Dakota’s 2024 Class B Amateur Baseball Tournament. The 31-game state tournament starts today at Cadwell Park in Mitchell. The 32 teams who made the cut will be shaved down... Read more
Tomorrow, August 7, is the last day of registration for Milbank’s elementary, middle, and high schools. Registration is being held in the Milbank Elementary School gym. Special Olympics will be serving malts from 9 a.m.until 4 p.m. A free will donation is requested. Valley Queen will be serving grilled... Read more
Shawn Stemsrud, a graduate of the MHS Class of 2018, received the South Dakota American Choral Directors Association (SDACDA) Encore Award. Stemsrud was recognized for his award during the 2024 Honor Choir and Reunion Alumni Choir Concert held at the Washington Pavilion in downtown Sioux Falls on August 2.... Read more
Anna Neugebauer, Camryn Sovell, Ashlynn Batchelor, Graham Lightfield, Garrett Weber, and Bryan Meyer – all students at MHS – performed in concert with the 50th South Dakota High School Honor Choir at the University of Sioux Falls on Friday, August 2. Lynda R. Hasseler, D.M.A, a professor of music... Read more
Dave Page Explains Cause of WVEC Power Outages
Local News August 6, 2024 0
Dave Page, general manager of Whetstone Valley Electric, reported cooperative customers experienced two power outages –one last weekend and one early this week. Both stemmed from equipment working in those areas. On Saturday, August 3, approximately 200 Whetstone Valley Electric members north and west of Millbank experienced an interruption... Read more
Eric Townsend, head coach for the MHS cross country teams says, “ It’s hard to believe, but we are about two weeks from the official start of the 2024 season. Townsend outlined information and the practice schedule for the first days for both boys and girls in grades 7-12.... Read more
The Big Stone City Branch Library registered 49 kids for two sessions of their summer reading program. Along with their guests, the program accommodated 57 children during the two-month program. Each week, the kids enjoyed activity sheets, games, songs, and special events such as the live professional ventriloquist show.... Read more
Two area American Legion baseball teams battled for a spot in the state tourney during the Region 1B championship game on Friday, July 26, in Castlewood. Milbank Post 9 faced Big Stone City Post 229. Big Stone City emerged victorious 6-1. With the win, the Badgers of Post 229... Read more
A donation account has been set up at Minnwest Bank in Summit to help the family of Darius Small finance funeral and burial expenses. Small, 20, of Summit was killed in a vehicle pedestrian accident near Wilmot on Sunday, July 28. Checks can be made payable to Stacy Stickle/... Read more
