Monday was allegedly the first day of spring, believe it or not. Up in this neck of the woods, you wouldn't necessarily believe it with the chilly weather we have had to endure lately. But South Dakota's snow cover seems to melt away quite faster in...

Since the introduction of the SoDak 16, State Tournament teams are more matched from top to bottom than in the “Good Old Days!” That seventh place game can even be exciting because nobody but nobody wants to go home winless. But when it was all...

Senate Report by Bryan Breitling 2023 Legislative Session Review WOW! What a busy and exciting nine weeks of the 2023 South Dakota Legislative Session! We were able to accomplish many good things for South Dakota this year. For starters, operationall...

Upcoming Meeting In case you missed it, I would like to remind everyone that the City Council is going to have an informational meeting regarding the sewer plans. It will be held on Monday the 20th at 6:00 pm. Please try to attend the informercial if...

Congratulations to the Ipswich boys' varsity basketball team for making a deep run into the playoffs. (The Tiger boys were scheduled to face familiar faces from Aberdeen Christian during their SoDak 16 game in Aberdeen that was scheduled for...

Senate Report by Bryan Breitling 2023 Legislative Session Week Eight We are nearing the end of the 2023 session. There are some policy bills still making their way through the process, including some hoghouse bills that are being tried a second...

The midweek weather systems are getting old. Especially when we have to deliver our Wednesday newspapers to the Post Office. We got a call last Monday morning from our printer in Ortonville, Minn. They wanted us to send them the completed newspapers...

Senate Report by Bryan Breitling 2023 Legislative Session Week Seven As we near the end of the 2023 legislative session, major milestones are being achieved. Wednesday, Feb 22 was crossover day, when all bills need final action in the house of origin...

To the Editor: Our ability and responsibility to vote A petition to bring to a vote Resolution #2023-02, Uniform Assessment Rate, has been circulated and filed. This is a resolution passed by the Ipswich City Council that will assess $80 per linear f...

DEADLINES March 6 — Deadline to apply for ECP due to November 6th fire March 15 — Deadline for 2023 ARCPLC Election & Enrollment March 15 — Deadline to purchase 2023 NAP Coverage March 22 — NRCS and Conservation District Workshop June 2 ...

It's out with your Valentines-related colors of red and white and now you should quickly be replacing your decorations with the color green for St. Patrick's Day on March 17. And remember that February only has 28 days so don't procrastinate. But on...

House Report by Scott Moore As we finish week six in Pierre, we are also seeing some work/legislation that is getting completed. The atmosphere is positive in the caucus and there is good debate both in caucus and on the floor of the House Representa...

I overheard an expression after the Super Bowl that this game was one for the ages. That may or may not be true, sports fans will just have to wait and see. There is certainly a youthful Kansas City quarterback who could rather quickly make people...

Senate Report by Bryan Breitling 2023 Legislative Session Week Five We are now more than halfway through the session. Up to now, the policy committees have been working through their bills and appropriations has heard the budgets and plans from all...

February is a short month, but a lot of scheduled (and unscheduled) February events are starting to pop up. So you might just have to pencil them on your calendars as reminders. And lately the weather has been fairly mild for this time of the year....

House Report by Scott Moore Week four in Pierre has been busy and good. HB1080, titled prohibiting certain medical and surgical interventions on minor patients came out of Health and Human Services committee 11 yeas-2 nays and came through the full...

I think I’ve mentioned this once before in this column about my Cincinnati Bengals hat that actually very closely resembles an Ipswich Tiger hat. I thought I would be able to dig it out for the Super Bowl, but no such luck. The Bengals apparently...

House Report by Scott Moore Week three was once again a good week in the House of Representatives. We got SB41 across the finish line. This is the $200 million housing bill that was a carryover from 2021. Good debate was held on Monday January 23 bot...

I refuse to believe this, but January is almost over. No matter what calendar, they all say the same. Yes, even the Chinese New Year is finally upon us, including their New Years Day that was actually on Sunday the 22nd. Of course we had to eat some...

House Report by Scott Moore As we gaveled out completing week two for SD legislation, I have several updates/comments. South Dakota Tourism had their annual convention which I was able to attend. After listening to some discussion and sitting...

It won't be too long and the Famous Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil will be making his annual appearance. And I'm betting he will be emerging from his underground burrow again this year. And quite possibly it might be still covered with snow in that...

Senate Report - by Bryan Breitling 2023 Legislative Session Begins! The 2023 Legislative Session opened on Jan 10th with Governor Noem’s State of the State Address. “Our state’s agriculture industry is now a $32 billion industry, and it’s...

We are quickly approaching mid-January, believe it or not! And that means that a federal Monday holiday will be observed on January 16 — Martin Luther King Jr. Day. And there are plenty of sports events remaining in January. And probably even more...

Assistance for Edmunds County Fire Assistance is now available for producers who suffered damage to fences in the November 6, 2022 fire.  FSA will take applications for the Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) January 9, 2023-March 6,...

Can you believe it the holiday season is done and we are actually in a new year, so happy new year. I once had a landlady that would always say "I would like to be the first person to wish you a Happy New Year." The only problem with that was that...