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FEM Electric Association in Ipswich would like local residents to be aware of the dangers of covering up the various utilities with snow this winter. With the continued onslaught of snow events, they would like to remind everyone when moving, pushing or blowing snow, please be aware of your surroundings and do not cover up electric equipment like transformers, also known as 'green boxes', or pile snow up next to utility poles with meters or transformers on them or under any highline wires. They...
South Dakota Music Education Association (SDMEA) sponsored the Middle School All-State Band at the Huron High School on March 1 and 2, 2019. The group featured musicians in grades 6-8. Ipswich musician Sam Grabowska was a member of the group. He plays baritone. Students from all over the state had to audition to be in the bands. To celebrate the SDMEA's 20th anniversary, guest conductor and composer Tyler S. Grant conducted the Festival Band. He wrote a piece for the Festival Band to premiere...
Students from Ipswich participated in the school-level competition of the National Geographic GeoBee on January 23. Gavin Wollman, an eighth grader, won first place. Graciella Lange, an eighth grader, was second and Kadyn Weisser, a seventh grader, finished third place. The school-level competition is the first round in the annual National Geographic GeoBee, a geography competition designed to inspire and reward students' curiosity about the world. Questions cover not only geography, but also...
Despite weather issues, Ipswich Lady Tiger girls basketball fans showed up to cheer the girls in the State B Tournament in Huron March 7-9. The Lady Tigers placed seventh in the tourney. "Cheer Leader" Ben Kulesa, left, helped organize the Ipswich Lady Tiger fans during the State B in Huron....
Offutt Brass, the brass ensemble from the United States Air Force Heartland of America Band will perform a free, family-friendly entertaining and patriotic community concert on Monday, March 25, 2019 at 7 p.m. in the Ipswich School Theatre. This outstanding six-member musical group from Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, is comprised of two trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba and percussion. With a program that features a wide musical variety of classical, jazz, popular marches, and patriotic...
Congratulations to the Ipswich girls for qualifying for the State B girls' high school basketball tourney in Huron and going out with a seventh-place win will be memorable. Especially in the seventh-place game against a team, Waverly-South Shore, that did have a six-foot plus player and that the Lady Tigers had edged W-SS during the regular season, so the Coyotes had extra incentive to win. The IHS Lady Tigers were quite possibly the underdogs going into the tourney, with a lack of overall team height being a major reason. One six-footer and...
Ipswich High School vocal students performed in the regional small group contest held in Aberdeen on February 6. The mixed ensemble received an excellent rating and a duet with Jayna Sanborn and Gavin Wollman received a superior rating....
From the Ipswich Tribune, Thursday, August 13, 1931 edition MARCUS P. BEEBE MEMORIAL LIBRARY DEDICATION EXERCISE FRIDAY, AUG. 21 The Marcus P. Beebe Memorial Library, which will be dedicated on Friday evening, August 21 at 7:30 o’clock is a gift to the city of Ipswich by the widow, sons and daughters of the late Marcus P. Beebe. The building which is of a selected type of English Architecture is made of uncut native prairie boulders separated by a well defined tracing of white mortar. The trimmings are of brown with gables of fancy stucco in de...
Ipswich captured seventh-place at the State B girls' high school basketball tourney in Huron last Saturday afternoon with a 52-49 victory over Waverly-South Shore, a team that the Lady Tigers had also narrowly edged in overtime during the regular-season. "As for the W-SS game, we just did a much better job of boxing out and rebounding," said IHS coach Brian Hogie. "That led to us getting in some transition, which led to a little more offensive rhythm." So the Lady Tigers came into the game...
Ipswich stunned Corsica-Stickney with an early 8-0 lead on opening day of the girls’ State B in Huron and still led 12-10 with a quarter in the books. Credit Abby Grabowska with a free throw to initiate Lady Tiger scoring and she then added a layup-up off a long Kamryn Heinz assist. Halle Heinz contributed a layup and a three-ball before Corsica-Stickney could get untracked. But C-S fans, though out-numbered by a huge Ipswich fan base, would eventually celebrate a 61-32 victory. Their team oustcored Ipswich 19-8 in the second quarter and also w...
Trailing 58-37 late in the third quarter against White River on Friday afternoon in the consolation bracketing of the State B girls' high school basketball tourney in Huron, the Ipswich Lady Tigers got a third-quarter buzzer-beating steal basket from Halle Heinz. But it still left the White River Lady Tigers up 58-39 with a quarter to play. And Ipswich would then also double its Lady Tiger counterparts from White River 22-11 down the stretch to eventually lose a 69-61 verdict. The game clock...
Ipswich hosted a welcome home and awards presentation for the IHS Lady Tiger basketball team in the School Theatre on Sunday, March 10 at 7 p.m. Coach Brian Hogie introduced the players and summed up his thoughts on the tourney and the whole year. The year including multiple adversities that the team dealt with, including injuries. Hogie called this a special team, especially the seven seniors, because of their attributes and care for their teammates both on and off the court. He talked about th...
Several Ipswich area youth wrestlers competed in the Region AAU wrestling tournament in Pierre. Results were: First place: Parker Gill Second place: Tanner Frickson, Matt McCloud, Denver Wolff, Marley Guthmiller, Sophia Knittel, Brantley Schwartz Third place: Justin Rohrbach, Kadyn Weisser, Serenity Robinson, Chance Miller, Tucker Habeck, Ryder Steen Fourth place: Brady Unser, Lane Braun Fifth place: Gunnar Knittel, Sixth place: Levi Patch, Ben Hoyle Did not place: Oliver Dana, Tyler Gellhaus, Draycen Easterby, Rowen Bollinger The top three in...
Ipswich/Leola/Bowdle wrestlers have been named to the Lake Region Conference Wrestling All-Conference team. Junior Carter Heinz and eighth grader Lucas Rowland have been named to the team. Tanner Frickson, eighth grader, is an honorable mention pick. Conference Champions Faulkton had five on the list: Alex Aesoph, Tate Schulte, Gage Carter, Gage Martinmaas and Parker Geditz. Leighton Weber was an honorable mention pick. All-Conference team members from Warner/Northwestern were Trey Fortin, Cody Laron and Lincoln Fortin, with honorable mention...
The 2019 South Dakota Boys State B basketball tournament is slated for Aberdeen on March 14,15,16 in the Barnett Center. And two of the eight schools in this year's tourney had also competed in the recently concluded State B girls' event in Huron! De Smet indeed won the girls' B and is seeded fifth in the boys' event at 21-2. The Bulldogs will meet number-four Jones County, 19-2, in the second afternoon game on Thursday, beginning at approximately 1:45 p.m. And who is seeded first this year? The White River Tigers, at 20-2, a perennial...
HIGH SCHOOL Avery Sylte has been chosen as the Subway High School Student of the Week. Avery is a great student who takes pride in her work. Avery challenges herself by taking different classes that our school offers (including shop class). A testament to her hard work, Avery is earning a perfect 4.0 GPA this semester. Avery keeps herself busy with being in the School Play, volleyball, cheer leading, NHS and track and field. MIDDLE SCHOOL Cody Russell has been chosen as the Subway Middle School Student of the Week. Cody is a quiet student who...