Articles from the May 17, 2023 edition
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Graduation 2023
Thirty-three IHS Seniors graduated during the 2023 Commencement ceremony Saturday, May 13. Tyler Hettich gave the Valedictorian address and Ashley Ptacek gave the Salutatorian address. The high...
2023 Ipswich students earn scholarships and awards
The Ipswich Academic, Music and Athletic Awards was held on Thursday, May 11 in the School Theatre. IHS seniors earning awards included: SENIORS Ian Beyers – NHS Cord, Regent Scholar, Presidential A...
Art Expo planned
The Marcus P. Beebe Library is planning an Art Expo during June. Local artists are invited to display their talent at the library from June 1 to 30 during library business hours. Registration is now open and forms are available at the library, city...
Food Pantry available for all
The Edmunds County Food Pantry is now located in the new Edmunds Co. building across from the Courthouse in Ipswich. To schedule a one-on-one appointment with the Pantry Supervisor call and leave your name and phone number with the Sheriff’s O...
Powell Cemetery clean-up coming
The Powell Cemetery clean-up is planned on Tuesday, May 23 at 6 p.m. The rain day will be May 25 at 6 p.m....
Lions Blood Drive
The Ipswich Lions Club and Vitalant will be sponsoring a Blood Drive on June 27 from 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Holy Cross Hall. The portal is now open to make an appointment at vitalant.org or call 877-258-4825....
By Fiddlin' Around
Can you believe this? Believe it or not, it is nearly time for the 2022-23 school year's varsity athletic events to conclude with their respective post-season schedules. This will indeed be do or die time in both track and field action and golf. So...
Letters
To the Editor: Ipswich School Board Today, in Biden’s economy, everyone is affected in one way or another. Well just about everyone. My following comment here is one of a concerned taxpayer in which our hard-earned money keeps the Ipswich School a...
NRCS encourages landowners to inventory shelterbelts
Across the prairies and fields of South Dakota, shelterbelts play an important role in providing wind protection to farmsteads, fields, livestock, and wildlife. These groves of trees aid in caring for our natural resources by slowing erosion and...
Erma Meier
Erma Meier, 91, of Roscoe, passed away Sunday, May 14, 2023, at Avera St Lukes's Hospital in Aberdeen surrounded by her family. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m., Friday May 19, 2023, at... Full story
Wayne Sowards
Wayne Charles Sowards, 64, Hosmer, passed away peacefully surrounded by family at Bowdle Nursing Home on Wednesday, May 10, 2023 of liver failure. Wayne Charles, son of Ethel (Schilling) and Raymond... Full story
Ipswich golfers do well at invitationals
Florence/Henry Invite The Ipswich Tiger boys' golf team attended and won a recent Florence/Henry Invitational at the Prairie Winds Country Club on May 11. The Tigers edged runners-up Webster 257 to 259, while Arlington was third at 277. Ipswich's Che...
Men's Softball League team
Monday, May 8 was the opening nignt for men’s 14” slowpitch softball in Aberdeen. The Ken’s Super Fair Foods/ Lux Candle Company team took the mound against Splitters of Warner. Ken’s/Lux won both games. Some former Ipswich athletes make up the tea...
Big day for Ipswich track and field in LRC
It was a memorable day for this year's version of the Lake Region Conference track and field action on Tuesday, May 9 in Ipswich! "What a day for the Tigers," explained Coach Thorson. "I couldn't be...