Articles from the April 17, 2019 edition
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Superintendent honored
The Ipswich Board of Education was proud to announce that Supt. Trent Osborne was selected as Region V Superintedent of the Year. There are 21 area schools in Region V. Osborne was previously...
Trail Days parade honors volunteers
The Trail Days parade committee has chosen the theme for the 2019 parade — “A salute to the volunteer”. The parade will be held on Saturday morning, June 8, 2019. The plan to honor all of the clubs and businesses that volunteer numerous hours to help...
Trail Days encourages community events
To ensure your organization, church or business has its Trail Days event listed on the official flyer, send details to [email protected] before the May 1 printing deadline. Trail Days will be Friday, June 7, Saturday, June 8 and Sunday, June...
Tiger Post plans progressings, your help is still needed
The Ipswich Tiger Post building and fundraising committee has been raising funds for the new Tiger Post building for several months. The project is on schedule and should be ready around October 1, 2019. “We have to raise around $25,000 yet to m...
Feeding South Dakota pantry coming on April 25
The Feeding South Dakota Mobile Food Pantry will return to Edmunds County on Thursday, April 25, 2019 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Edmunds County 4-H Building in Ipswich. The Food Pantry distributes free food to individuals and families in need....
Celebrating Easter this week
The United Church of Christ will host the annual Community Good Friday Worship Service on April 19, 2019. The service will begin at 6:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome. Other services celebrating the Easter season include: First Baptist Church The... Full story
Fiddlin' Around
There are two historical events to mention in this week's short column. The first one is that record-breaking snowfall last week in our local area and the second achievement is pro golfer Tiger Woods winning the Masters for the umpteenth time after f...
Letters
Dear editor, Twenty years ago a group of community leaders met to discuss the possibility of developing a program to meet the needs of a growing number of elementary students who were home alone after school each day. This was a big undertaking for...
FEM Electric among co-ops assisting after winter storm last week
Crews from nine electric cooperatives as well crews from at least three contractor construction companies are assisting with repairs at cooperatives hardest-hit by Winter Storm Wesley. Throughout South Dakota, electric cooperative crews have been...
The Library Remembers When...
From the Ipswich Tribune MANY BIG FIRES It is doubtful whether any town in the state has suffered from more destructive fires than Ipswich, the county seat of Edmunds County. Having been built as a boom town entirely of lumber and in a very reckless...
Viola Mohr
The memorial service for Viola G. Mohr, 95, of Aberdeen, and formerly of Roscoe, was at 11 a.m., Friday, April 12, 2019, at Spitzer-Miller Funeral Home, Aberdeen, with Pastor Justin Dauck... Full story
Norma Schneider
The funeral for Norma Schneider, 83, of Ipswich, is 4 p.m. Monday, April 22, 2019 at Gramm Funeral Home, 720 N. 6th Street, in Ipswich. Pastor Mark Gullerud, of Zion Lutheran Church, will lead the worship service. Burial will be at a later date in... Full story
Record snowfall
Ipswich received snow in a blizzard last. Ipswich Weather Observer Marv Seyer recorded 16 inches of snow on April 11. That came after 9 inches on April 10. Seyer said the 16 inches was the most snow...
