The final food giveaway of the year by the Grant County Christian Service Council will be Wednesday, October 9, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. or until the food is gone at the Grant County 4-H exhibit building in Milbank.
As a result of recent changes to a state grant program, Grant County officials have had to scramble to revise the five-year bridge plan before finalizing the 2020 budget.
Organizers of the annual fundraising campaign for Grant County Combined Appeal (GCCA) have set the goal for this year’s campaign at $185,000. That’s up from last year’s target of $182,900.
As it embarks on its 23rd year, the board of directors of It Only Takes A Spark invites cancer patients in Grant County to make application for financial assistance. All new applications should be sent to It Only Takes A Spark, PO Box 105, Milbank, SD 57252.
Signup is ongoing for the Market Facilitation Program (MFP), a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) program to assist farmers who continue to suffer from damages because of unjustified trade retaliation from foreign nations.
When the youth pheasant hunting season begins Saturday, October 5, local hunters should keep their eyes pealed for banded birds that will have been released in public walk-in hunting areas in Grant County.
The annual sewer main cleaning commenced in Milbank on Monday, September 23, with HydroKlean performing the service. Crews will be working north of Seventh Avenue to Railway Avenue, between and including South Main Street, east to Viola Street.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued an opinion in support of the City of Milbank’s stance in a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by former Milbank police officer, David Mogard, in 2017.
