Articles from the January 2, 2019 edition


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  • State Snow Queen Festival begins Jan. 4

    Jan 2, 2019

    Queen Hannah Sumption and Jr. Queen April Simon, along with the South Dakota Snow Queen Festival, invite you to join them for the 73rd South Dakota Snow Queen Festival, to be held January 4-12, 2019. Representatives from local communities will be featured at the Jr. Snow Queen Coronation and Talent Contest held the evening of January 5, 2019 at the Aberdeen Civic Theatre. The program will begin at 7 p.m. Jr. Miss Ipswich Emily DeRaad and Jr. Miss Edmunds Central Emma Beyers will compete in the...

  • Looking back at 2018 - July to December

    Jan 2, 2019

    What a second half of the year! JULY Mina Lake held its annual Freedom Fest on July 3, including fireworks. A 4-H Project Day was held on July 11 at the 4-H building in Ipswich. GROW South Dakota hosted a QuickBooks Workshop at the First State Bank in Roscoe on July 12. Verna Kay Boyd gave a talk at the Marcus P. Beebe Library on Monarch Butterflies and their endangerment. And Tiger Post students helped by planting a garden of beneficial plants that are favorable for them and then they released...

  • Ipswich Lions provides treats for holiday entertainment

    Jan 2, 2019

    The Ipswich Lions Club provided popcorn for the holiday movies at the Ipswich Public School on Friday, Dec. 21 before the Christmas break. Elementary through Middle School students stopped by the Lions Concession stand after their holiday movie to enjoy a bag of popcorn donated by the Ipswich Lions Club....

  • 4-H Shooting Sports Open House Sunday

    Jan 2, 2019

    An open house for BB Gun and Archery will take place on Sunday, January 6, 2019 at the 4-H Building in Ipswich at 4 p.m. Shooting Sports is open to all youth ages 8-18 as of January 1, 2019. Youth must be 4-H members to participate. Coaches and information for each discipline will be available. Practices, postals, and the state shoot will be discussed. Targets will be set up for youth to try out each discipline. Guns and bows are available to youth to use; but it is recommended to purchase your own so they can be customized to your child....

  • Fiddlin' Around

    -deg|Jan 2, 2019

    Our wintry weather played havoc with activities around the eastern half of the state at least, including many high school sporting events that will be pending regarding their re-scheduling. We celebrated Christmas with Tena’s family. Niece Emily, in the Navy in California, showed up to surprise her Mom in Canton. And we made it back home before the precip. began. We found out it was difficult to find a place for supper on Christmas day, until we stopped in the Summit C-store. That was like an oasis in the desert. Last week our printers went t...

  • Donald Geier

    Jan 2, 2019

    Mass of Christian Burial for Donald Geier, 71, of Huron and formerly of Roscoe, was Friday, Dec. 28, 2018 at 4 p.m. in St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church in Roscoe. Fr. Russell Homic served as Celebrant. Burial will be in Morningside Cemetery. Donald was born October 26, 1947 at Aberdeen to Wendelin and Maggie (Malsam) Geier. He was born a twin and his brother, Adam, passed away at birth. Donald survived but was severely handicapped. His parents lovingly cared for him until he was six years...

  • Wilma Steen

    Jan 2, 2019

    Wilma Steen, 79, of Aberdeen, died Monday, Dec. 24, 2018 at Prairie Heights Healthcare in Aberdeen. A memorial service is being planned for this summer. Arrangements with Gramm Funeral Home of Ipswich. Obituary available at www.grammfuneralhome.com ....

  • Games cancelled, postponed

    Jan 2, 2019

    The blizzard weather caused some postponements and/or cancellations involving area sports teams. An Edmunds Central boys’ trip to a holiday classic in Wolsey on Friday was not to be that day. The Ipswich girls were also scheduled to play Chester Area in the Huron Holiday Classic on Friday and that was cancelled. Also a Waubay/Summit girls/boys twinbill originally scheduled for Dec. 29 in Ipswich has been postponed and will be split into two separate nights. The Waubay/Summit boys will visit Ipswich on Jan. 11 and their girls will head west o...

  • American News honors

    Jan 2, 2019

    IHS senior netter Abigail Grabowska is on the Aberdeen American News All-Area high school volleyball team. Ipswich native Shayne Geditz is the AAN All-Area football coach of the year, coaching Faulkton....