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The Stephanie Miller-Davis Memorial Fund was established to remember Stephanie while continuing her investment in children. The fund supports early childhood literacy in South Dakota with a focus on rural communities. The fund supports communities that are willing to establish a Dolly Parton Imagination Library for their children. The fund will pay for 100% for four years and 50% in year five. The Marcus P. Beebe Memorial Library in Ipswich applied for the Stephanie Miller-Davis grant for their...
The Ipswich School District will join districts across the state to thank school board members for their leadership and service to our local school district and community during South Dakota School Board Recognition Week from February 15-19. “It is our hope, that we all recognize the unique roles that school boards play in promoting and advocating for quality education,” said Superintendent Trent Osborne. The board members serve as advisers, decision-makers, problem solvers, and advocates of the Ipswich Public School District. They are ele...
Nominations are being taken for the annual Ipswich Betterment Award. Nominate a person you think has made a difference in Ipswich. Last year there were two winners — Marv Seyer and Jake Hammrich. Send nominations to “Ipswich Betterment Award,” Box 677, Ipswich, SD 57451. The deadline for nominations is Feb. 20, 2021. The nominees are voted on by the Ipswich Development Corporation. The award is presented by the Ipswich Commercial Club....
The Ipswich Area Foundation starts 2021 with two new board members, Angie Kulesa and Judy Steen. They join the other local members: Vaughn Beck, Sylvia Davis, Deb Gillick, Harlan Heitz, and Dave Penfield. The board will manage the funds that are generously given for the betterment of the community. The Ipswich Area Foundation is a group dedicated to the future of Ipswich and the surrounding community. Memorial gifts and donations to the Ipswich Area Foundation are invested with the South Dakota Foundation, who administers the fund. Up to five...
How do you spell brr, this way, or even more r's depend how cold it really has been lately? So should we go brrrrrr or even more of the letter r to describe our recent bitterly cold spell. But it sounds like we might, just maybe get some relief in the long range forecast. And this word relief begins with the letter R. So depending on the amount of relief we can go rrelief or rrrelief or even more rrrrelief. You get the point and the month of March is literally right around the corner and its post-season sports events. So good luck to all the...
Norbert Jangula will celebrate his 85th Birthday on February 20, 2021. Greetings may be sent to 221 S. 5th St., Ipswich,. SD 57451....
Jerry and Barb (Wendt) Braun will celebrate their 50th Anniversary on February 20, 2021. Greetings may be sent to them at 36786 126th St., Wetonka, SD 57481....
From the Ipswich Tribune February 23, 1928 edition FINE ARTS VALENTINE PARTY The Fine Arts club had a valentine party last Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. A. L. Beardsley. Twenty were present, the husbands and friends of the members shared in the entertainment. Mrs. E. G. Trotzig and Mrs. Loren Parmley were guests. Valentine decorations of red and white hearts and cupids graced the rooms and table appointments. Bridge was played progressively. Mrs. Ed Lass and P. D. Selby won the high score prize. A valentine box was the cause of much...
Local students have been named to the dean’s list for academic excellence after the fall 2020 semester at South Dakota State University. To earn dean’s list distinctions in SDSU’s colleges, students must have completed a minimum of 12 credits and must have earned at least a 3.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale. Area students on the list include: Cody Blocker (4.0 GPA) of Hosmer; Angela Heinz (4.0 GPA), Kari Kanable, Taylor Maurer, Benjamin Pond (4.0 GPA), and Jordan Richardt, all of Ipswich; Autumn Pitz and Aleah Steger (4.0 GPA) of Mina; Ethan Beyer...
Ipswich dropped a 65-55 non-conference girls' high school basketball outcome to the Lower Brule Sioux last Thursday in the Tiger Den. (Lower Bule is a member of Region 2B, along with Ipswich and that evening's girls' action launched a girls/boys doubleheader that was ultimately swept by the Sioux.) But Ipswich's girls would hang around within striking distance for much of the game, because the visitors' largest lead would by 13 points, 21-8 early in the second quarter. They had jumped out to a...
Points were sometimes a little hard to procur in a Warner Classic non-conference girls’ basketball game between Ipswich and Arlington last Saturday in Warner. But when it was all said and done, Arlington had defeated Ipswich 36-30. Arlington got off to a 11-5 first-quarter lead and still led 25-11 at intermission. But the Tigers would claw their way back into contention during the second half, outscoring AHS 10-8 in the third quarter and 9-3 down the stretch. (Arlington had led by as many as 16 points.) Halle Heinz would lead Ipswich that after...
By Lura Roti for S.D. Farmers Union Stephanie Jung used to schedule kidding for after the New Year. Then, the purebred Boer goat breeder realized if she moved the date back a few weeks, she and her husband, John, would have some help. "Any smart mother would schedule kidding around Christmas break when she has two, two-legged kids to help her," explains the Edmunds County rancher. Stephanie's sons, Kale, 18, and Jacob, 12, are experienced and enjoy the work. "I like being outside and helping,"...
Ipswich dropped a non-conference but inter-regional boys' high school basketball encounter to the Lower Brule Sioux by a final 54-43 verdict last Thursday in the Tiger Den. The boys' victory would indeed cap a sweep of the girls/boys twinbill by the visiting Sioux. Josh McQuarie got Ipswich on the scoreboard first, but the Sioux countered with a trey. McQuarie would total 12 first-quarter points on the way to an 18-point scoring evening. His last basket of the quarter produced a 15-15 deadlock,...