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JULY The Mina Lake Freedom Festival was held on July 3. The event featured guest speaker Vice Admiral Lyle Bien, a South Dakotan, and sky divers and airplane flyovers. The Independence Day weekend was a stormy one for local residents. Ipswich weather observer had wind gusts of 70 to 80 mph on July 4. Ipswich Sanford Health Clinic thanked locals for their support with drive-thru treats. The South Dakota Department of Health distributed $500,000 grant funds for mosquito control and West Niles...
The Edmunds County 4-H BB Gun and Archery Shooting Sports programs will be starting this month. These programs take place at the 4-H Building in Ipswich and are open to youth between the ages of 8 (by January 1, 2021) and 18 that are registered 4-H members. Both disciplines will begin on Monday, January 11 at 6:30 p.m. with a cleanup/setup night. Coaches Joe Galbraith and Jim Kanable will also discuss the time and date of practices and any changes in the program. Members MUST be accompanied by an adult to help with individual instruction and di...
The Edmunds County Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) will hold their quarterly meeting on Thursday, January 7, at 7 p.m. at the Roscoe Fire Hall. A CERT meeting and a Citizen’s Corp. Council meeting will be conducted after the LEPC meeting. A complete agenda is posted at the Edmunds County Courthouse in Ipswich and at 205 1st Ave. in Roscoe. Everyone is invited to attend the LEPC meetings. If you have any questions contact Leland Treichel at 287-4394....
One of the annual events that hadn’t been postponed due to the virus was the South Dakota Snow Queen Festival. Phase one, the Junior Snow Queen, was crowned last Saturday in Aberdeen. That would be Miss Faulkton, Olivia Hadrick. Miss Congeniality Lydia Meier of Groton has Edmunds County ties. Phase two will be the Senior Snow Queen events, culminating with Saturday’s crowning of the Queen. Ipswich will be represented by Lindsey Grabowska. Ipswich’s junior candidate was Karlie Gohl. Edmunds Central did not have queens this year. The weath... Full story
Funeral Services for Robert "Bob" Moser, 80, of Leola were Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020, at 11 a.m. in Leola at St. James Lutheran Church. Burial will be at a later date. Robert died December 23, 2020, at his home in Leola, due to complications from COVID-19. Robert, the first born of Christian and Martha (Mehlhaff) Moser, was born January 22, 1940, in Ashley, N.D. He was raised in Hillsview and attended school in that area. He worked in Eureka for Boschee's Meat Market as a butcher for many years.... Full story
Mike Shaw, 58, was born January 30, 1962 in Queens, New York, an avid music lover and musician. He passed away Sunday, January 3, 2021 in his home in Ipswich. Grateful for having shared Mike's life are his wife of 12 years Judy Shaw (Arneson); parents, Larry and Ida Shaw; sibling, Mark Shaw and his son Cody; stepson, Joshua Bastian; and of course his dear granddaughter, "booboo" Audrina Rayne Bastian. If you did not know Mike, you would have wished you did. He was always a loving husband and an... Full story
Our husband, father, and grandfather unexpectedly passed away on Dec 26, 2020 while ice fishing. The funeral service for Eugene Francis Conn, Sr., 81, of Roscoe, SD was at 9:30 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020 at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Roscoe. Burial with Military Rites at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Aberdeen. Eugene was born on October 19, 1939 to Francis and Erna (Brick) Conn near Aberdeen. He was raised on a farm and attended elementary country schools, Simmons Junior High,... Full story
Phil Heintzman, 94, Onaka, SD, died Sunday, December 27, 2020 at the Bowdle Nursing Home. Private Mass of Christian Burial was at 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020 with Father Darin Schmidt, Celebrant. Phil, daughter of Katherine (Binfet) and Philip Stappler, was born July 27, 1926 10 miles north of Onaka, Hillside Township, Edmunds County. Phil received her formal education at Hillside N. Rural School. Following her schooling, she stayed with her parents on the farm, boarded in Ipswich, where she... Full story
Tom Uhrich, 83, Rapid City, was called to his eternal home on December 27, 2020, surrounded by his family. He was born on August 27, 1937 to Stanis and Clara Uhrich in Roscoe. Tom married Jean (Roesch) Uhrich on July 6, 1959. Tom and Jean owned and operated Homecraft Bakery and later Uhrich Goldsmiths and The Clock Shop. They enjoyed many trips together, mainly in their motorhome. They were married until Jean's death in 2018. He was blessed to have a second love when he married Marie Holm. He... Full story
This week the folks who decorated trees for the Wily Wizards Christmas at the Courthouse will be taking their trees down. During December those who viewed the various trees could make a donation for their favorite. This year's winning tree was decorated by Emily and Gerard Kadlec. The funds raised go to the Wily Wizards 4-H Club to help with the costs for the event....
The Ipswich boys' basketball team rallied from an early 13-3 quarter deficit, but it fell just short, resulting in a razor-thin 37-36 win by the Wolsey-Wessington Warbirds over the Tigers during the Big Bo Classic action in Wolsey last Wednesday. It immediately followed a girls' game there that was won by Ipswich 55-45. The Tigers narrowed their halftime deficit to 19-15 with a six-point second-quarter scoring edge, trailing just 19-15 at the half. Ipswich also continued that momentum in the third quarter for a 28-25 lead of its own. But the ho...
The Ipswich girls' basketball varsity outlasted Wolsey-Wessington 55-45 last Wednesday afternoon in Wolsey. Halle Heinz and Katie Bierman combined for 44 points, led by Heinz with 33 points and Bierman with 11. Heinz included two treys and Bierman, one. Next was Chesney Olivier with five points and Hailey Bierman, Lindsey Grabowska and Halie Feldman with two points each. Mya Boomsma tallied 19 points to lead the hosts and Faith Nelson was next with nine points. Ipswich had led 16-12 after a quarter and 24-21 at intermission. The Tigers also...