Kylynn Schwandt Meets Governor Noem During Girls Day Out
Local News March 29, 2023 0
What could be better than a Girls Day Out with your mom? Nothing! But Kylynn Schwandt has a special souvenir to remember one of her mother-daughter dates. While Kylynn, a sixth-grader at Milbank Middle School, and her mother, Bre Schwandt, were in Watertown pampering themselves with manicures, they noticed South... Read more
Milbank’s Special Olympics basketball teams competed in the state Special Olympics basketball tournament at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls on Saturday and Sunday, March 25-26. Over 60 teams and 900 athletes participated. The Milbank schoolers team brought home third place and the adult team took fourth place. In addition, Reese Schuneman... Read more
Whetstone Valley Electric Cooperative held its 81st Annual Membership Meeting on Thursday, March 23 at Milbank High School. The meeting also included an election for district manager positions. The winner of the $500 cash drawing was Diane Berkner of Milbank. Macy Mueller won the $100 drawing held for attendees between the... Read more
South Dakota’s 73rd Annual High School All-State Band Grand Concert was held at O’Gorman High School in Sioux Falls on March 25. Lewis Band, under the direction of Robert Sheldon, performed ‘Aegean Festival Overture”, “Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral”, “Pacific Crest”, and “Pas Redouble”. Ellie Neugebauer, a senior at MHS, played the clarinet.Clark... Read more
The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust has awarded Ortonville Area Health Services (OAHS) $102,614 in grant funds to purchase ultrasound machines as part of a $26.4 million ultrasound initiative in Minnesota. The initiative includes nearly $18.3 million to help Minnesota hospitals and health centers purchase ultrasound... Read more
Mayor Raffety Addresses Milbank Water Issues
Local News March 27, 2023 0
Mayor Pat Raffety released this letter to the residents of Milbank. Raffety addressed the questions people have been asking the members of the city council; City of Milbank Water System The Milbank City Council has recently had several meetings to discuss the City water supply and rate structure. As... Read more
Seventeen juniors and four seniors from MHS were inducted into the National Honor Society on Monday, March 27. The honorees included: Raul Berrones Pedraza, Jenna Dexter (Sr.), Nicholas Fonder, Aubrey Fraasch, Jayden Johnson, Hope Karels, Isaiah Korstjens (Sr.), Maggie Kruger, Amelia Pederson, Kadence Rausch Frank, Joseph Schulte, Brooke Schwagel,... Read more
According to Principal Brenda Anderson of St. Lawrence Catholic School in Milbank, when you achieve a goal 10 years in a row, that achievement isn’t a fluke or luck. It’s a habit. Anderson said, “Students and staff at St. Lawrence School put in the extra effort this year by raising $16,785... Read more
The Big Stone City Fire Department was dispatched at 4:23 a.m. on Thursday, March 23, to the POET Bioprocessing ethanol plant at 48416 144th Street in Big Stone City for a dryer fire. The Milbank Fire Department was also paged to provide mutual aid in the form of a... Read more
Joel Foster, executive director of the Grant County Farm Service Agency (FSA), reminds agricultural producers and private landowners that the deadline for applying for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) General signup is April 7. There are currently 23 million acres enrolled in CRP, with 1.9 million set to expire this... Read more
