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The Ipswich Wrestling Booster Club had their annual AAU Wrestling Tournament on Sunday, Jan. 24 in the Ipswich School. Both school gyms were set up for the many area young wrestlers to compete....
Mobile Food Pantries travel across South Dakota distributing free food to individuals and families in need. The Feeding South Dakota Mobile Food Pantry will return to Edmunds County in early February. The Food Pantry will be in Ipswich on Tuesday, Feb. 9 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Food will be distributed by the 4H building. The Food Pantry will be in Bowdle on Wednesday, Feb. 10 at St. Paul Lutheran from 1 to 2 p.m. The Food Pantry distributes free food to individuals and families in need. Distributions operate on a first-come, first-served...
The Ipswich Lions Club recently provided popcorn for Activity Day at the Ipswich Public School. Elementary through Middle School students stopped by the Lions Concession stand to enjoy a bag of popcorn donated by the Ipswich Lions Club. Since Mother Nature cancelled the holiday movie before Christmas break, the Lions served popcorn on Activity Day. Helping with popcorn on Activity Day were Lions Club members: Jerry Brooks, Lester and Colleen Forkel and Rich Lacher....
South Dakotans’ apprehension of an impending drought has been growing, and rightfully so, says Laura Edwards, SDSU Extension State Climatologist. According to the latest National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration climate outlook, there will be minimal moisture reprieve in the months to come. The U.S. Drought Monitor map released January 21 shows over 60 percent of the state in Moderate (D1) to Extreme (D3) drought categories. The remaining nearly 40 percent is in the Abnormally Dry (D0) category. Three months ago, only 42 percent of the s...
February is right around the corner, believe it or not. And one of the first things we associate with February is a ground hog for obvious reasons. And I guess there will also be a Super Bowl in early February despite the coronavirus pandemic. Our weather hasn't been very winter like lately, regarding snow anyway. The storms mostly miss us to the south and we are lucky to catch the bottom end of a North Dakota storm from time to time. We go from unusally mild to fairly cold, but not bitterly cold for this time of year so we are getting spoiled...
More than 2,100 students at the University of South Dakota are being honored for their high achievement during the fall 2020 semester with the release of the Dean’s List and Academic Honors. Ben Kulesa of Ipswich is on the Dean’s List. Full-time, undergraduate students are named to the Dean’s List if they received a 3.5 GPA for courses they took in the fall 2020 semester, and they had no incomplete or failing grades. For part-time students, those with fewer than 12 credit hours, the recognition is called Academic Honors....
South Dakota students were among the 4,312 North Dakota State University students to be placed on the fall 2020 dean’s list. Avery Sylte of Ipswich is on the list. A student must earn a 3.50 grade point average or higher and be enrolled in at least 12 class credits to qualify for the dean’s list....
Mass of Christian Burial for Joseph K. Scherr, 91, of Aberdeen, was at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Aberdeen. Interment with military honors followed at Sacred Heart Cemetery. Joe was born December 31, 1929 to Leonard and Theresa (Reinbold) Scherr at Strasburg, N.D. He was baptized at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Strasburg. As a youngster, the family moved to a farm west of Roscoe. He was raised on the farm and attended country school. He worked on the family... Full story
Nada Elizabeth Cox passed away Thursday, January 14, 2021 at Avantara Ipswich. A gathering of family and friends was held on Jan. 23 at Gramm Funeral Home in Ipswich. Graveside Service at Holy Cross Cemetery. Nada Elizabeth Cox, better known to most as "Lizzie," was born March 7, 1948 at Oakes, N.D. to Albert and Theresia (Zahn) Cox. She spent her youngest years on a farm near Verona, N.D. and the family then moved to a farm near Lehr, N.D. She attended high school in Ashley, N.D. before going... Full story
The Tigers split hoops trip to James Valley Christian in Huron. Ipswich went 1-1 in a girls/boys basketball doubleheader versus JVC last Saturday. Boys first in this case because the Tigers boys indeed come away with a 48-34 win! But the Lady Tigers were edged by a single point, 43-42. And their two losses at this point in time were by a combined total of three points. Meanwhile the boys were able to jump out to a 14-9 first quarter edge and ended the half with a 22-17 edge. The third quarter then belonged to Ipswich 16-13, followed by a decisi...
Ipswich dodged more than one bullet in a boys' high school basketball win over Faulkton last Thursday in Faulkton. Eric Severson scored on a turn-around jumper from the paint, which would give Ipswich a narrow 46-44 lead with just over a minute to play. Yes, that lead would stand up, even though the Tigers missed some crucial free throw chances that would have helped their cause even more! Faulkton would indeed get one final opportunity to win or send the game into OT, but the Trojans missed...
The Ipswich girls utilized outstanding final-quarter performances to capture two high school basketball girls/boys twin-bills during the school week last week, one at home in Ipswich and the other on the road to Faulkton. In the latter instance Ipswich carved out a 40-37 lead when Halle Heinz netted the second of her two free throw tries with 12 ticks on the scoreboard clock. But that still left the hosts with ample time to send the game into overtime. "They did have a shot to tie it up," said...
The Ipswich/Bowdle Wrestlers were in action Mobridge on Tuesday, Jan. 19 to compete in the Mobridge-Pollock Invitational. The I/B team secured a second place team finish behind the home team Mobridge-Pollock. The Tigers had three champions - Brady Unser, Tanner Frickson, and Grant Weisser. Lucas Rowland and Kadyn Weisser had second place wins. I/B results were: 106 - Lane Miller was pinned 1:06, lost by tech fall 20-5, was pinned 3:14 for fourth place (4 points) 113 - Brady Unser won by major de...
The Ipswich/Bowdle wrestlers competed in the Kingsbury County Invitational on Jan. 23 in Arlington. Redfield Area won the tourney with 248.5 points, followed by the hosts with 127.5 points. The I/B wrestlers were eighth in the 12-team tourney. Marley Guthmiller placed first in the girls division. I/B wrestlers Tanner Frickson and Lucas Rowland placed second for the boys. “Saturday was a very important tournament. We were able to see some region opponents that we have not seen this year,” Coach Todd Naasz said. “We also had the opportunity to wr...