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The Ipswich Tiger Post is located in the former Masonic Temple/Legion Hall, which was built in 1922. The building has served the community well for many years, but there comes a time when buildings require more upkeep and repair than can be justified and simply need to be replaced. The Tiger Post has reached that point and representatives from several organizations have formed a committee to meet and come up with plans, location, and ideas how to pay for a new building. Two members of the...
Optometrist Melanie Weiss will share her powerful message of hope and recovery in the Ipswich School Theater on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019 at 7 p.m. Her addiction to prescription pain medication began after several surgeries. In 2016 she was arrested and charged with burglary after taking medication from someone's home. She pleaded guilty. Her optometry license was suspended until January 2019. Weiss will speak to Ipswich and Edmunds Central high school students Thursday afternoon. The public is...
Galen Gisi has been hospitalized in Minneapolis, Minn. battling heart issues. A heart pump was installed to help improve the damage done to the heart. Cards may be sent to him at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, 800 East 28th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55407....
The South Dakota Association of Towns and Townships (SDATAT) held their annual meeting Dec. 7 and 8, at the Arrowwood at Cedar Shores in Chamberlain/Oacoma. Each year the S.D. Association of Towns & Townships recognizes members of small towns and township boards in South Dakota that have served forty or more years as governing officials. The 40-Year Service Award was presented to John Blomster from Edmunds County, Pembrook Township having served 58 years; Mark Perkins from Brown County, South Detroit Township having served 51 years; Curtis O...
Our winter weather certainly goes from one extreme to the other, but we haven't had a whole lot of -20 degree weather yet this season, so those extremes that are averaged out just might be raising our averages at least a tiny bit. And we got rid of quite a bit of that snow, at least around the countryside and even on our driveway. So all that is left are some bigger drifts and ice, where the snow melted in the afternoons and re-freezes overnight. There are quite a few events around the area. And they're not all athletic competitions! For...
The quarterly meeting of the Edmunds County Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) will be held Thursday night, January 10, at 7 p.m. at the Roscoe Fire Hall meeting room. For more information contact chairman Leland N. Treichel, 287-4394 or edmunds [email protected]....
Kathleen Stevens age 72, formerly of Ipswich passed away Monday December 31, 2018 in Sioux Falls. A funeral Mass was said at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 4, 2019 at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Sioux Falls, with burial at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Sunset Memorial Cemetery in Aberdeen. Kathleen was born Dec. 6, 1946, on the way to the hospital on Highway 12 near McLaughlin. She grew up on the family farm with her seven siblings before graduating from McLaughlin High School in 1964. She then graduated fr... Full story
Matilda Kiesz, 97, of Aberdeen, died Friday, December 28, 2018 at Bethesda Nursing Home in Aberdeen. The funeral was held Friday, January 4, at 1:30 p.m. at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Aberdeen. Matilda (Voegele) Kiesz was born March 8, 1921, to Christ and Katherine (Kapp) Voegele on a farm near Roscoe. She was one of 12 children who grew up on that farm. She attended school in Roscoe, but since her parents couldn't afford to send all of their children to high school boarding school, she later... Full story
Marcella M. Thomas, 86, of Aberdeen, and formerly of Roscoe, passed away Wed-nesday, January 2, 2019, at Angelhaus in Aberdeen. Mass of Christian burial was at 10:30 a.m., Monday, Jan. 7, 2019, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Aberdeen, with Father Mark Lichter as celebrant. Burial followed at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Aberdeen. Marcella M. Heilman was born March 29, 1932, in Bowdle to Lawrence and Regina (Heilman) Heilman. She was raised on the family farm near Bowdle and attended country... Full story
Ipswich sustained its first two losses of the boys' high school basketball season with a pair of Lake Region Conference setbacks last week. Warner held the Tigers to 35 points in Ipswich Thursday in a 15-point win and Ipswich then traveled to Aberdeen for a 62-46 loss to Aberdeen Christian on Saturday. Against Warner, Ipswich hung around within striking distance the entire game, with the final margin being inflated a bit by Tigers needing to foul for possession in the late going. The visitors...
Ipswich/Leola/Bowdle (I-L-B) attended a mat tourney in Miller on Saturday. Of 17 teams there, the Tigers placed 15th with 25 team points. (Burke/Gregory edged Philip Area 211 to 187.5 for the team title.) The I-L-B contingent was led by Carter Heinz with a fourth-place effort at 195 for 16 team points. Next was Tanner Frickson placing eighth at 120 for five team points. Zach Geditz added the remaining four Tiger team points by placing eighth at 170. Total results at Miller: 106-Parker Gill was pinned, :53; lost 18-15. 120-Tanner Frickson won...
The Ipswich Lady Tigers' varsity basketball team dropped a 62-55 decision to Warner in the Tiger Den last Thursday. Warner led 15-6 after a quarter, but to Ipswich's credit, the Lady Tigers weren't going home any time soon. They only trailed their powerful league rival by 10 points at intermission, 28-18 and narrowed that even further with a 23-15 third-quarter rally. But Warner maintained its composure down the stretch with a 20-14 edge in the final quarter and the ultimate seven-point...
Ipswich-Area young wrestlers competed in Mellette on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2018. Results were: First Place: Lane Braun Second Place: Emri Braun, Levi Patch, Lewis Judkins, Bryce Hochalter Third Place: Chance Miller, Ben Hoyle Fourth Place: Tyler Gellhaus, Serenity Manning, Marley Guthmiller, Tucker Habeck, Gunner Knittel Northern State University hosted an AAU Wrestling Tournament on Jan. 6, 2019. Local results were: First Place: Lane Braun, Gunner Knittel, Kadyn Weisser Second Place: Levi Patch, Caysen Knust, Brannon Coulson, Draycen Easterby,...