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The County Bond Election will be held on March 12, 2024 in Edmunds County. The election polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. At the election, the following question will be voted upon: Shall Edmunds County, South Dakota, issue and sell its negotiable general obligation bonds in a principal amount not exceeding $7,400,000.00 issued in one or more series, bearing interest at such rates as may be determined by the County Commission, payable and maturing from one and not to exceed 25 years after the date of issuance, for the purpose of...
by Spencer Cody Edmunds Central Science teacher Ten teachers from nine school districts joined Edmunds Central students in a Pollination Institute hosted by the Edmunds Central School District and Adee Honey which was made possible by funding through a Specialty Crop Block Grant from the USDA. Pollination Institute participants left Roscoe on a bus on February 14 and picked up teachers at stops along the way as they traveled to the institute site location in Bakersfield, Calif. During the...
The Feeding South Dakota Mobile Food Pantry will return to Edmunds County soon. The Food Pantry will be in Ipswich Tuesday, March 12, 2024 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. by the Ipsiwch Swimming Pool, due to election day voting. The Food Pantry will be in Bowdle on Friday, March 8 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church. Proxy pickups are allowed. Complete the SD Feeding form and give it to your proxy to bring with to the food distribution. If you have any questions regarding the form contact the South Dakota Department of Education by...
Big surprise here, but the return of Daylight Savings Time is just around the corner. And I'm still getting used to the current time! I would imagine that would also be true for many of our readers if we took a poll. But it is between late winter and early spring according to my calendars. So sometimes you don't really receive a whole lot of daylight this time of the year anyway. It can be cloudy and or foggy for several days That has been especially true this year. But we can still get a lot of wind from time to time. So isn't March supposed...
The Hosmer Seniors will meet for a noon meal on Thursday, March 21 at the Legion. Bingo will follow....
To the Citizens of Edmunds County: I am writing today to encourage you to support the upcoming bond election that would create a new law enforcement facility here in Edmunds County. As some of you may know we had shut our jail down and move our dispatch and sheriff’s office to a temporary location in November of 2022. Since that time it has become clear to me and our staff that the status quo is not working. Now is the time we must address this issue for the betterment of our county. This facility would do several things for our county. It woul...
To the Editor: The Edmunds County proposed Sheriff's Office, Jail, and Dispatch building project is ultimately the Edmunds County voters decision, although as a concerned citizen and as one of your Edmunds County Commissioners, I am interested to continue the conversation about a county issue that affects all of Edmunds County residents as well as all the travelers through Edmunds County. The Commissioners along with the Edmunds County Sheriff Office is focused on serving Edmunds County through professional emergency protection services...
From the Ipswich Tribune April 17, 1930 edition Bank of Ipswich Poultry Contest Proving Popular The Bank of Ipswich Boys and Girls poultry contest has far exceeded anticipation. 600 entrants are reported. That means that 600 boys and girls of Edmunds County in Ranges 67, 68, 69 and 121-70 and 122-70 will be raising White Plymouth Rock chickens this summer. The second best chicken is to be delivered to the Bank of Ipswich in the fall when a poultry show will be held. Eggs for the contest have been purchased by the bank from Hecla, Claremont,...
March 1 the Ipswich Knights of Columbus held their second Friday Fish Fry. Approximately 175 attended for good food, family, fellowship, and friends. Thanks for all the community support. Their third fish fry will be held March 15....
Dwayne M. Leboldus, 79, died Friday, February 23, 2024 at the Estelline Nursing and Care Center in Estelline. Funeral services were at 10:30 a.m., Friday, March 1, 2024 at Lien Funeral Home, Bowdle, led by Father Timothy Cone. Interment followed at the St. John the Baptist Catholic Church Cemetery, Onaka, with military graveside rites by the John J. Peters American Legion Post No. 159, Hoven. Dwayne Michael Leboldus, son of Mary (Stappler) and Mike Leboldus, was born at Hoven on January 25,...
Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Court St. Katharine Drexel #2516 has selected as its Lenten Branch project the Watertown Pregnancy Resource Center, Haven Center. Haven Center is the newest, non-profit pregnancy medical facility, one of ten in South Dakota. Haven Center offers 100% free services to men and women facing an unplanned pregnancy. Services include lab-quality pregnancy and STI testing, ultrasound, confidential support, options counseling, and abortion pill reversal. Clients have...
In South Dakota, half of the state's approximately 50 million acres are considered rangeland and provide the grazing area needed for more than 4 million beef cattle. South Dakota is also home to a diverse range of native plants and wildflowers, scattered throughout the state. What is the relationship, if any, between wildflowers and grazing cattle? According to novel research from South Dakota State University student Kaitlyn Preszler, rangeland with areas of high wildflower diversity is better...
The Ipswich Junior Government class attended the Legislative session, in Pierre, on February 21. Students visited with District 23 Legislators, toured the Capitol, and observed the Legislative session....
Senate Report by Bryan Breitling Final Legislative Week With the end of session, there are a few more deadlines to focus on this week. Monday, all bills need to pass both houses, and by Wednesday, the General Budget bill needs to be heard in the House, followed by the Senate on Thursday, the last day of the 2024 legislative session. So, we will work toward the resolution of the final bill, conference committees, and final budget negotiations to pass a balanced budget in South Dakota! In Joint Appropriations, this eighth week, we completed...
With Trevor Heinz still unavailable due to his hand injury, Ipswich would end up losing a Region 6B boys high school basketball verdict to Highmore-Harrold last Tuesday in the Tiger Den. The final score, 39-31, would prove to be the largest lead by either school in the entire game. Ipswich had narrowly led 9-8 at the end of the first quarter, but H-H would go ahead 20-16 at intermission and then lead 29-24 with a quarter to play. However Ipswich would stage a little fourth-quarter rally of its o...
North Central's boys basketball team was upended 51-31 by McLaughlin last Tuesday in Region 6A action. McLaughlin would jump ahead 10-8 in the opening quarter and then led 20-16 at the half. They would fuel their win with a 10-5 third-quarter edge and then coasted to their win. The Thunder obtained 10 points from Donovan Nelson and Cole Beitelspacher was next with seven points followed by Dawson Walz and Tim Rucker with four points each. And Brady Beitelspacher, Zane Haar and Jade Jacobs each added two points to their cause. But McLaughlin got...
Thirty-one Ipswich Area youth wrestlers competed in the District 4 Tournament in Redfield on Saturday, March 1, 2024. The top eight from the District move on to compete at Region competition on Saturday, March 9 in Huron. Local wrestler District results: Tot: 37# Sutton Howard 2nd 43# Fletcher Hoyle 5th 46# Archer Hoyle 3rd 49# Cole Braun 1st 49# Liam Unser 3rd Bantam: 44# Stetson Heilman 3rd 47# Asher Miller 1st 53# Colter Johnson DNP (did not place) 53# Elliott Kallas 2nd 57# Cayson Howard 1st 61# Elmer Braun 1st 70# Oliver Miller 4th 76#...