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Scrapbooking has evolved from the ones our parents and grandparents would make. They would glue corners and stick in the photos or cards and invitations, etc. Most of the signed cards would display a full name, but not always. We found a couple old...

Senate Report by Bryan Breitling The 2024 Legislative Session opened with a frenzy! We are seeing a significant jump on bills flowing through the legislature! This early bill entry and committee processing should alleviate the crossover day...

The weather has certainly been topsy-turvy across the country lately. Points way way south have been getting our type weather. And vice versa we had been getting their weather. Until last week. I guess that when you average our highs and lows it...

Senate Report by Bryan Breitling 2024 Legislative Session Begins! The 2024 Legislative Session opened on Jan 9th with Governor Noem’s State of the State Address, highlighting how our state promotes freedom and small government. This first week, in a...

One of the things that you could do during the New Year would be to write a book! Yes, write a book. It might not be as difficult as you might think. You should indeed think about it. And if you go ahead with your ideas, I did read somewhere that...

Wasn't there a lot of information in last week's Tribune? Of course a lot of it was Christmas related which is good! This week's New Year's edition might be hampered a little by that winter storm that they were forecasting. But we hope that won't be...

This column has very often been about weather or sports and this year is no exception. Games (and school) have pretty much allowed to be held thanks to the influence of a weather pattern of El Nino that has mostly produced mild and dry Pacific air...

December 2023 As 2023 ends and the 99th South Dakota legislative session is ready to begin January 9, 2024, it seems like a good time for an update. My first year as a South Dakota legislature has been informative, educational, and enjoyable....

I can't believe next week will be our Christmas edition and all that good stuff. So if we haven't contacted you and you would like your info in the paper please call or email or stop by the office. With Christmas and New Year’s Day both on Monday, w...

It’s certainly a busy time of the year for sports fans. They can still watch pro and colleges that are still in contention. But you can now see and hear the winter sports results in hockey, basketball and wrestling, to name a few sports. And there a...

USDA to provide More Than $3 Billion to Commodity and Specialty Crop Producers Impacted by 2022 Natural Disasters The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will provide more than $3 billion to commodity and specialty crop producers impacted by...

November is almost over, but not until our November 29 Tribune. Yes, this would be one of those rare five Wednesday months. Really rare because November is also one of those shorter 30-day months! But I hope that you guys had taken some time to be...

Happy Thanksgiving! Yes let’s say that right now. Because I probably shouldn't mention all the shopping stuff that you could do the rest of the weekend. But enjoy all those great bargains that you will no doubt find. Meanwhile the Warner v...

The past weekends high school state football championships at the Dome indeed turned out to be quite interesting. Even if you aren't necessarily that much of a football fan! But two of our LRC members advanced to the Dome. One of them would be the...

Three of the five teams that beat Ipswich in football this year are heading to the Dome in one division or another. The Tigers were first defeated by Faulkton and their head coach Ipswich grad Shayne Geditz. The Tigers were then defeated by unbeaten...

We enjoyed watching the All-State Orchestra and Chorus in Rapid City Saturday evening on Public TV. It is challenging trying to pick out the Ipswich and Edmunds Central vocalists in the sea of faces. We actually have a shirttail relative from Rapid...

It was a busy weekend and not just for sports. For one thing — congrats to the new Ipswich Snow Queens, Miss Ipswich Karlie Gohl and Junior Miss Ipswich Anna Nierman. And you can hear some loud noises from the area hunters and their dogs. We hear a...

We did barely manage to get up in time for the Gypsy Day parade Saturday in Aberdeen. It turned out that it would be fairly decent weather-wise as the day would progress. We caught most of the bands and there were some really impressive ones....

It is definitely time for homecoming week Gala Week in Ipswich and also NSU's Gypsy Day parade early Saturday to help celebrate their homecoming week. And Ipswich's Gala Day parade is scheduled for Friday afternoon And let's hope that all the...

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 findi...

Things are already happening fast regarding the September activity events. There was one thing though that you may have missed and that was Patriot Day on 9-11. But we hope that you did remember the reason for that day and at least were able to fly...

Monday holidays always seem to make the rest of the work week go faster. Indeed they do! So we hope that your extended holiday weekend ending on Labor Day Monday went worthwhile and that you got a lot accomplished. But it was quite warm in fact...

We are asking you to submit items for the newspaper by Friday afternoon due to the Labor Day holiday on Monday, Sept. 4. The office will be closed on that day. Thanks for the cooperation. One down and one or two to go! That's right the Edmunds...

To the Editor: TO THE CITIZENS OF IPSWICH: Do you realize how some of your city tax dollars are being spent? Most recently, on several occasions, I personally observed that the city has been using tax payer resources to spray for mosquitoes at Golf...

Believe it not, we got a taker last Wednesday morning for the Wedding RSVP card we got in the office. Abigail and Mathieu were family of a local person who read “Fiddlin’ Around”. Glad we could help. We have talked about how you can see which food li...