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...

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 natura...

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...

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...

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...

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 f...

House Report by Scott Moore The summer has gone by quite quickly and the start of a new school year has arrived. Remember to be careful as you drive through our communities as there will be multiple bicycles and young walkers crossing our streets...

Did you ever get a wedding invite from somebody that you didn't know was even on the planet? We recently did exactly that. It was missing its entire address on the envelope, only addressed to PO Box Ipswich. The Post Office took a stab and put it in...

Important Dates August 25 — Deadline to Apply for ECP Fencing for snow damage. September 1 — Deadline for Non-Emergency Haying of CRP. September 4 — Office closed in Observance of Labor Day. October 15 — Deadline to complete fence repair...

Fortunately the heaviest rain storms avoided us early Saturday during the opening hours of the Ipswich community rummage sales. But the precipitation would unfortunately intensify which still didn't hinder the sales that were totally indoors. On the...

Hosmer was certainly a busy place last Saturday and hopefully that will also be the case this week in Ipswich. Why you might ask? That city will be hosting the annual 4-H Achievement Days starting on Wednesday at the 4H grounds. And all you rummage...

This column is often about the weather and it really should be this week, featuring a heat wave that's in progress pretty much all over the country the way it sounds! But it might get a little cooler later in our work week? We'll see about that! But...

Our sump pump has been intermittent lately. But I think it was mostly dry last week. But that was OK because it allowed some outdoor Fourth of July-related activities including some that had been postponed due to too much rain. One of these would...

Man, July is almost half over and you all know what that means. One recent evening last week was feeling real chilly. Already felt like fall was right around the corner. And school as well! Go in any store and you can see Back-to-School deals. With...