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Ipswich Trail Days will have a new look in 2021. The event will take place on the weekend of June 19, allowing a fun-filled Father's Day weekend. Country music star Neal McCoy will perform on the big stage Saturday night. McCoy has released 15 studio albums on various labels, and has released 34 singles to country radio. In 1993, McCoy broke through with the back-to-back #1 singles No Doubt About It and Wink from his platinum-certified album No Doubt About It. McCoy has reached millions of viewe...
The Ipswich Middle School 7A class read the book "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer. The book is the story of William Kamkwamba's tiny village in Malawi. A terrible drought struck the village and his family lost all of the season's crops, leaving them with nothing to eat and nothing to sell. William explored books to find a solution. He came up with the idea that would change his family's life forever: he would build a windmill. Made out of scrap metal and...
The South Dakota Department of Health announced the statewide opening of Group E, of the states’ Phase I priority groups. Those included in this group include fire service personnel and critical infrastructure workers. Those eligible can receive their COVID-19 vaccine through a healthcare network or through a participating federal retail pharmacy site across the state. “We are delighted to open up priority group E, well ahead of our original schedule,” said Kim Malsam-Rysdon, Secretary of Health. “We continue encouraging those eligible to sche...
The congregation of the UCC Church wants to celebrate the Easter season and the arrival of spring with a FREE meal for local friends, neighbors and the community on Sunday, March 28. Due to COVID, meals will not be served inside, but instead will be distributed in “to go” containers at the back door of the fellowship hall from 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Enter the alley from the street north of the church and school so that your vehicle is facing south with your driver’s side door toward the back door of the hall. Everyone is welcome...
The Ipswich Middle School and High School Band and Vocal Concert was postponed until Tuesday, March 30, at 7 p.m. The concert will feature the contest music the groups are working on. Choirs are under the direction of Nate Collins and bands under the direction of Becky Nierman. The public is welcome to attend, masks are recommended....
The Ipswich High School Prom will be held on Saturday, April 10. The 2021 prom theme is “Blast from the Past.” The Grand March will begin at 8 p.m. in the School Theatre, with the doors opening at 7:30 p.m. Masks are recommended....
The Summit League occasionally produces an upset or two during the NCAA men's and women's national basketball tournaments and it appears that has already happened this year. But not regarding the women's brackets. The lower seeded women's teams from the Summit League, both from South Dakota each lost their respective tourney openers to the higher seeded teams. So that closed out the 2020-21 campaigns for both the USD women and the SDSU women, who were actually an at-large entrant after sustaining a Summit tourney loss. Now for the men's Summit...
NAP March 15 was the last day to buy coverage for the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP). NAP provides risk protection against multiperil losses for crops that insurance is not available. This is a reminder that we are still waiting on production from a few producers who carried the coverage in 2020. Just like crop insurance, you need to provide your production to keep your proven yields up. Please contact the office if you have any questions. QLA April 9 is the extended deadline for the Quality Loss Assistance (QLA) Program....
From the Ipswich Tribune March 1, 1928 edition IPSWICH SOCIAL EVENTS The Girl Scout’s met Tuesday. Dorothy Salter passed her tenderfoot test. This makes 11 second class scouts. At the next meeting Ruth Beals and Blanche Hawkins will set a table correctly for a two course luncheon. Marion Trude and Ethel Perry will have the subject of fire prevention and what Scouts should do to prevent fires. The program at this meeting was in charge of Ruth Beals and Mildred Cole. Basketball, games and a lunch was on the schedule. The captain and lieutenant w...
A large contingent of both girls and boys are reporting for pre-season track and field workouts in Ipswich in preparation for their initial indoor meet scheduled for March 25 at the Barnett Center in Aberdeen. Their first outdoor meet will hopefully be on April 6 in Ipswich (the Ipswich Early Bird). The season will progress towards the May 20 Region 2B meet in Gettysburg and then the State B at Rapid City on May 28-29. The Tigers' head coach is Todd Thorson. Girls first and seniors first!...
Two Aberdeen based basketball teams had their seasons come to an end last week in the Barnett Center in Aberdeen. The Northern Wolves, hosting their regions, lost a heart-breaker in overtime in the championship game. Aberdeen Christian also lost a State B championship bid on Saturday there, dropping a 59-43 outcome to top-seeded DeSmet. This seemed to be one of those tournaments where everybody was really playing for second place, with DeSmet gaining convincing wins on its way to its B championship. Aberdeen Christian had upset Canistota 55-49...