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The Ipswich Commercial Club presented the annual Ipswich Betterment Award at the IHS basketball game on Feb. 19 . This year's winner is Judy Steen. Her nomination listed the many things she does in Ipswich: • Very active in her Church. • Helps to deliver senior meals. • Helps with the recycling projects in Ipswich. • Very instrumental in the Mike Williams benefit. • Currently serves on two Trail Days committees and have volunteered her time since its start. • Helped with feeding lineman dur...
The Feeding South Dakota Mobile Food Pantry will return to Edmunds County on Thursday, March 7, 2019 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Edmunds County 4-H Building in Ipswich. The Food Pantry distributes free food to individuals and families in need. Distributions operate on a first-come, first-served basis. Bring a container to carry groceries. No I.D. is required. Fill out and sign a short information sheet. For more information contact Lynn Gauer, 426-6173....
The Ipswich Cheerleaders sponsored a Cheer Camp. The little cheerleaders presented a dance routine during the Feb. 19 girls' basketball game....
The Ipswich Lady Tigers bench counts down the seconds to victory in the Region 2B title game in Ipswich on Feb. 21. The win earned them a trip to the SoDak 16. Ipswich (#7) will play Bridewater-Emery (#10) at 6 p.m. in the James Valley Christian gym in Huron. The eight winners of the SoDak 16 games will compete in the State B tournament in Huron March 7-9, 2019....
The Tiger Post Fund Drive is moving forward with hopes of having bid plans drawn up and awarding the contract in early April. The estimated cost of the total project came in at $450,000. This price includes a garage, driveway/parking lot, and miscellaneous expenses built in to the cost. Currently reporting money and pledges are at $317,500, according to committee member Mike Hammrich. The committee and board members are aggressively pursuing tax-deductible gifts to help this project become a reality for the coming school year. If you are...
It's nearly March and you all remember the old saying about March, if it comes in like a lion, it will go out like a lamb. We can all hope that is true this year in particular. Because March looks like it could be coming in rather chilly and blustery to say the least. I won't even mention the S word or the W M words or even the F R words, just being this cold is bad enough. OK, I will mention them — snow, wintry mix and freezing rain. It might be a while before you trade your snow blower for a lawn mower, but that grass might be doing s...
The South Dakota Cross Country and Track and Field Coaches Association (SDCCTFCA) Hall of Fame 2019 Class were inducted during a ceremony Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019 at the South Dakota National Guard Armory in Sioux Falls. Inductees included 1961 Ipswich graduate Buzz Stevenson. Stevenson's coaching reached the high school and collegiate level in South Dakota. He coached at Huron, Yankton and finished his career as a long-time head coach at Dakota State. He was also inducted to Dakota State...
From the Ipswich Tribune, Thursday, May 30, 1935 edition WHITE MAN MAY HAVE LIVED IN STATE IN 1170 Welsh Culture May Have Been Brought to Dakotas 800 Years Ago, Evidence Found South Dakota may seem considerably removed from Old World culture and background, but along the time that Columbus was picking Florida lemons there were replicas of fortresses and strongholds along the Missouri river similar to those used in the days when Henry the Second was conquering Wales. Records in the state historical society coupled with claims of ancient...
Melvin Morris, 80, suddenly passed away Friday, February 15, 2019 at his home in Ipswich. The funeral was at 10:30 a.m., Monday, February 25 at the UCC Church in Ipswich. Burial will be at a later date. Melvin Henry Morris was born 8-8-38 near Loyalton in the home of his parents, David Henry Morris (Hank) and Elma Lorna (Drager) Morris. He was the first of 3 boys. Brother Kenneth followed almost exactly three years later and baby brother, Eugene nine years later. With no girls to help mama,...
Ipswich claimed a Region 2B girls' high school basketball bracket championship, edging Sully Buttes 42-41 in their 2B upper-bracket title game last Thursday in Ipswich. Ipswich had blasted Potter County 67-46 in a semifinal outing last Tuesday in Ipswich. Faulkton, meanwhile, eventually prevailed in the lower-bracket with an easier 53-27 upset win over Herreid/Selby Area played last Tuesday at Selby. Faulkton, 15-6, is seeded 12th among the 16 regional survivors and will face fifth-seeded...
The Region 2B boys' high school basketball action got under way on Monday, including a lower-bracket play-in game and in that lower bracket, Ipswich hosted Eureka/ Bowdle as the number-seven seed vs. ten. And the hosts captured a 70-28 win to advance to face Potter County in Gettysburg in a lower-bracket semifinal on Tuesday. Number-three Leola/Frederick was to host sixth-seeded Faulkton Area in the remaining lower-bracket semifinal. Those winners will also meet at the home of the higher seed...
Ipswich prepared for its boys' high school regional tourney action with two homecourt regular-season games last week and the Tigers split both outcomes. They upended Sunshine Bible Academy 69-49, but lost to Potter County by a 67-64 verdict two nights later. Against SBA, Ipswich never trailed and gradually pulled away. The Tigers led 24-13 after a quarter and upped their lead to 49-24 at intermission. They narrowly won the third quarter 9-8 to take a commanding lead into the final quarter, even...
Ipswich will host the AAU District 4 wrestling tournament on Saturday, March 2 in the Ipswich school. Weigh-ins are from 7 to 9 a.m. and wrestling begins at 10 a.m. There are more than 50 youth wrestlers from Ipswich, Edmunds Central, Leola, and Bowdle in the Ipswich Area program....
Ipswich/Leola/Bowdle wrestler Carter Heinz (22-14) placed eighth in the 195 division at the State B Wrestling Tournament Feb. 22-23 in Rapid City. He scored 8.0 team points. Carter made it look easy in his first match. He pinned Preston Norrid of Winner Area in 28 seconds. His other matches throughout the two-day tournament included: Quarterfinal - Garrett Heil (Hot Springs) 45-5 won by fall over Heinz (Fall 1:49) Consolation Round 2 - Heinz won by fall over Grady ONeill (Groton Area) 17-25...
HIGH SCHOOL Junior Max Geditz has been chosen as the Subway Student Athlete of the Week. Max has been a spark plug off the bench for the Tigers. Max has averaged 13.5 points the last 7 games of the season. Max has put a lot of time in the gym and the weight room this past year to make him one of the main contributors in the Tigers line up. MIDDLE SCHOOL Seventh grader Trevor Heinz has been chosen as the Subway Student Athlete of the Week. Trevor is a leader on both ends of the floor. His teammates look to him in important situations in every...