Members of the public and students in the Milbank School system will have the chance to hear Melanie Weiss, OD, and Paul Weiss talk about their personal experience with her addiction to opioids and recovery. The free sessions will be Tuesday, September 10.
The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) conducted a public hearing Monday, August 26, in Watertown to hear comments on a proposed wind energy facility.
THE MILBANK HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1979 gathered August 1-3 for a 40th class reunion. The 53 members who attended started the celebration Thursday, August 1, with a social gathering at the home of Cheryl and Neil Pauli.
Towering high above Gus Guenther’s garden in Milbank is a 14-foot sunflower. He and his wife, Bernice, have watched in surprise as the plant grows beyond expectations. Gus has never had a sunflower grow that tall.
The South Dakota Senior Health Information and Insurance Education (SHIINE) program is advising the public to be suspicious of anyone who is offering free genetic tests and then requesting the individual’s Medicare number.
Former Milbank residents, Neil and Terry Bagaus, founded the Suns of the West in 1969 and are celebrating 50 years of music. The band will perform at several shows in South Dakota to mark the anniversary.
The Grant County Christian Service Council distributed four and one-half tons of free food to 219 families on Wednesday, August 21, in Milbank. Both figures were records for the event.
The new Koch School principal, David Graf, was on duty to greet students, such as Preston Laskowske, on the first day of the new school term. All the area schools are now back in session. For details about enrollment, look for a separate story elsewhere in this issue.
The 2019-2020 school year is in full swing as area students returned to class last week. Enrollment numbers are trending upwards for the most part compared to last year.
Residents of Grant County, as well as travelers passing through the area, will soon be able to receive automated notification of weather alerts, public safety announcements and more. The new alert system, CodeRED, will be contracted with OnSolve, based in Florida.
