Local School Board members honored for years of service
Local School District Board members were honored by Associated School Boards of South Dakota with the Distinguished Service Award, which honors school board members for reaching milestone years in their service on their local school board. The...
Family farmers and ranchers advocate in D.C.
Farmers Union members from across the country gathered in Washington, DC for the 2023 Fall Legislative Fly-In September 11-13, 2023. A group of South Dakota family farmers and ranchers were in D.C....
Bee colony loss hurts ag industry and consumers
By: Abbey Stegenga South Dakota News Watch August 6, 2023 For more than a decade, beekeepers in South Dakota and around the country have been fighting against historically high annual colony loss...
National Honor Society induction ceremony planned on Sept. 28
The 2023 Ipsodak National Honor Society Induction Ceremony is planned on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023 at 9 a.m. in the Ipswich High School Theater. The public is invited to...
Paws for a Cause
Members of the Wily Wizards 4-H Club spent Sunday afternoon at the Aberdeen Humane Society. They spent the time walking dogs, socializing kittens, cleaning kennels and making dog treats. All as a...
Ipswich Lions donate to support local drug dog
The Ipswich Lions Club recently gave a donation to the Edmunds County Sheriff's Department to help support the local K9 drug dog, Tess. Deputy Pete Eng with Tess, and Edmunds County Sheriff Jonathan...
Volkssport Club plans Ipswich walk
The Prairie Wanderers Volkssport Club is having a first ever Volks-Walk in Ipswich on Friday September 22. All are invited to join them in the walk around the town of Ipswich. They have two Five Kilometer routes. (3.1 Miles each). You may walk...
Edmunds County 4-Hers earn livestock honors
There were 37 livestock exhibits representing Edmunds County at the S.D. State Fair. They had several members who were awarded top honors in their division. The honors include: Senior Brady...
Roseland announces candidacy for District 23 State Senate
Steve Roseland announced his candidacy for the South Dakota State Senate for District 23. With nearly 30 years of experience as an elected official, Roseland touts his experience in agriculture and...
Ipswich Tigers face state's top VB teams
Ipswich went up against a pair of perennially talented Lake Region Conference volleyball opponents last week. The Tigers first journeyed to Warner last Tuesday and the result was a 25-5, 25-11 and 25-3 setback for the visitors. Two nights later...
North Central at cross country in Chamberlain
North Central attended a cross country event in Chamberlain last Thursday. The NC girls placed 12th as a team behind the host team Chamberlain (which placed first) and 11 more teams. The NC boys, meanwhile, were sixth among their 18 eligible...
NC Thunder at Ipswich Invite
North Central placed seventh in a Subway Invitational volleyball tourney in Ipswich last Saturday. The Thunder were indeed able to defeat Ipswich 2-1 in their seventh-place placement game. They won...
Tigers run at Battler Invitational
The Ipswich cross country members attended a meet in Gettysburg last Saturday. For the varsity boys, Ipswich's Xavier Kadlec placed third in 17:44.53 and Tyler Gellhaus was 14th in 19:27.56 -- not enough entrants to place in the team standings. But...
Ipswich hosts 8-team Subway Invitational
Ipswich was defeated in each of its three Subway volleyball tournament pool play appearances last Saturday in the Tiger Den. The Tigers would start their tournament with a three-set 2-1 loss to...
Thunder football
The North Central football is playing a JV football season. Their recent competition was North Central vs. Britton-Hecla game. The JV Thunder team won...
Tigers stop Wolverines
Despite giving up a harmless last minute touchdown, the Ipswich Tiger football team came away with an impressive 44-20 road win vs. Herreid/Selby Area and were still able to line up in their victory formation last Friday. One reason had to be...
Thunder stops Lions at home
The NC Thunder topped Langford Area in straight sets during LRC volleyball action last Tuesday at home in Eureka. But the visitors were definitely able to hang in all three sets. The Thunder would create identical 25-23 wins in each of the first...
Fiddlin' Around
The equinox is just approaching, but you already know that with the cool temps in the morning and evenings. And you don’t want to be driving west on the Highway at sunset. I’m not sure if that is the case at sunrise heading east. I won’t be...
Florence Malsam
Florence Malsam, 91, of Hosmer, passed away Saturday, September 16, 2023, at the Primrose Cottages. Arrangements are pending with Schriver’s Memorial Mortuary & Crematory, Aberdeen. www.s...
Gerald Rohrbach
Funeral Service for Gerald Rohrbach will be at 11 a.m. Friday, September 29, 2023, at the UCC Congregational Church, 203 N. 4th Street, Ipswich. Pastor Tim Fugman will officiate the service....
Allen Roth
Allen Gene Roth, passed away peacefully in Mesa, Arizona, on Wednesday, July 12, 2023, at a refined age of 94. A Memorial Service for Allen will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, September 23, 2023, at...