Articles from the January 6, 2021 edition
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Looking back at 2020 - July to December
JULY The Mina Lake Freedom Festival was held on July 3. The event featured guest speaker Vice Admiral Lyle Bien, a South Dakotan, and sky divers and airplane flyovers. The Independence Day weekend...
Shooting Sports begins soon for 4-H members
The Edmunds County 4-H BB Gun and Archery Shooting Sports programs will be starting this month. These programs take place at the 4-H Building in Ipswich and are open to youth between the ages of 8 (by January 1, 2021) and 18 that are registered 4-H m...
County LEPC meets Thursday in Roscoe
The Edmunds County Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) will hold their quarterly meeting on Thursday, January 7, at 7 p.m. at the Roscoe Fire Hall. A CERT meeting and a Citizen’s Corp. Council meeting will be conducted after the LEPC m...
By Fiddlin' Around
One of the annual events that hadn’t been postponed due to the virus was the South Dakota Snow Queen Festival. Phase one, the Junior Snow Queen, was crowned last Saturday in Aberdeen. That would be Miss Faulkton, Olivia Hadrick. Miss Congeniality L...
Robert "Bob" Moser
Funeral Services for Robert "Bob" Moser, 80, of Leola were Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020, at 11 a.m. in Leola at St. James Lutheran Church. Burial will be at a later date. Robert died December 23, 2020, at... Full story
Mike Shaw
Mike Shaw, 58, was born January 30, 1962 in Queens, New York, an avid music lover and musician. He passed away Sunday, January 3, 2021 in his home in Ipswich. Grateful for having shared Mike's life... Full story
Eugene Conn, Sr.
Our husband, father, and grandfather unexpectedly passed away on Dec 26, 2020 while ice fishing. The funeral service for Eugene Francis Conn, Sr., 81, of Roscoe, SD was at 9:30 a.m., Thursday, Dec.... Full story
Phil Heintzman
Phil Heintzman, 94, Onaka, SD, died Sunday, December 27, 2020 at the Bowdle Nursing Home. Private Mass of Christian Burial was at 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020 with Father Darin Schmidt, Celebrant.... Full story
Tom Uhrich
Tom Uhrich, 83, Rapid City, was called to his eternal home on December 27, 2020, surrounded by his family. He was born on August 27, 1937 to Stanis and Clara Uhrich in Roscoe. Tom married Jean... Full story
Courthouse Christmas
This week the folks who decorated trees for the Wily Wizards Christmas at the Courthouse will be taking their trees down. During December those who viewed the various trees could make a donation for...
Warbirds sneak by Tigers
The Ipswich boys' basketball team rallied from an early 13-3 quarter deficit, but it fell just short, resulting in a razor-thin 37-36 win by the Wolsey-Wessington Warbirds over the Tigers during the Big Bo Classic action in Wolsey last Wednesday. It...
Lady Tigers get win at Big Bo Classic
The Ipswich girls' basketball varsity outlasted Wolsey-Wessington 55-45 last Wednesday afternoon in Wolsey. Halle Heinz and Katie Bierman combined for 44 points, led by Heinz with 33 points and Bierman with 11. Heinz included two treys and Bierman,...