Articles from the April 8, 2020 edition


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  • Heroes

    Apr 8, 2020

    Avantara Ipswich nursing home honors their staff with these signs in front of the facility - "Heroes Work Here." Many homes, businesses and even the school have decorated with hearts....

  • Hearts galore

    Apr 8, 2020

    To encourage all of us hearts are showing up in many windows and doorways. Mandy Gill of Bismarck, N.D. started the #aworldofhearts Facebook page as a way to show support for all of us. The page boosts members from all across the country, who post pictures of the hearts. This window can be seen in Ipswich. Take a drive and see how many hearts you see and then go hunting for teddy bears....

  • Governor closes school year

    Apr 8, 2020

    by Dr. Dan Swartos, SDHSAA Executive Director With the Governor’s announcement of in-person school closure for the remainder of the school year, all remaining SDHSAA events for 2019-20, to include all spring activities and all postponed winter events, are cancelled. This is an unprecedented time across our state and country, and we do not make this decision lightly. We thank all of the participants, their coaches/directors/advisors/administration, their parents, and everyone else who has dedicated tremendous amounts of time, passion, and e...

  • Feeding SD coming April 28 with changes

    Apr 8, 2020

    Feeding SD is scheduled to return to Ipswich on April 28 at 11 a.m. There will be a change in how things will be done. Those coming for food will remain in their cars and receive their food via drive-through service. A volunteer will come to your car to get the necessary information and you will then proceed by the food truck for your box of food to be loaded. There will be one box of food per family and a maximum of two boxes per vehicle. Senior nutrition boxes for April and May will also be delivered at this time. This will allow for maximum...

  • Easter Message

    Apr 8, 2020

    Editor’s Note: I asked Father Timothy Smith to write an Easter message for Easter. Usually we have a schedule of Easter services, but not this year due to the coronavirus outbreak. Father Smith is the pastor of Holy Cross Catholic Church in Ipswich, Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Leola and Saint Thomas the Apostle in Roscoe. by Father Timothy Smith “Something strange is happening—there is a great silence on earth today, a great silence and stillness.” These words from an ancient sermon in the early centuries of Christian faith describe our exp...

  • Fiddlin' Around

    -deg|Apr 8, 2020

    No more sports to write about in this column for awhile now, as it appears, due to the corona virus. But we could mention that our area conferences, the LRC and the YTC, were well represented in the Class B Boys All-State basketball team that was recently announced. There were first-teamers Andrew Rohrbach of Aberdeen Christian and Zech Clemens of Northwestern from the LRC and Rohrbach's team qualified for what would have been their first-ever State B appearance right at home in Aberdeen. Meanwhile, the YTC featured Nick Wittler on the first...

  • City Ordinance takes steps to insure public safety

    Apr 8, 2020

    Members of the Ipswich City Council met in special session on April 1, 2020 to discuss COVID-19. They met online via teleconference. Mayor LeRoy Kilber presented Ordinance 2020-02, “an emergency ordinance of the city of Ipswich to address a public health crisis by implementing certain measures which have been deemed necessary to slow the community spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19).” The ordinance outlines steps the city will take to implement social distancing as part of the national emergency declared by President Trump on March 13 and Gov...

  • Go fly a kite

    Apr 8, 2020

    David Crissman and his granddaughters took advantage of the windy conditions here to fly "old-fashioned" drones. Natalie, Aubrey and Sophie Crissman went to the Ipswich Athletic Complex to fly kites last week. Looks like they got "A's" in kite flying, with all three flying high....

  • Dee Harrison

    Apr 8, 2020

    On March 21, 2020 Delores (Dee) Harrison went home to heaven in the arms of the angels. Delores (Dee) Eve Harrison was born on October 24, 1928 in Ipswich to John and Katherine Dosch. She was raised there on a farm with her two brothers and three sisters. She married Emil Hettick on Nov. 27, 1947. Emil and Dee had six children together. The family moved to Missoula, Mont. in 1958. Emil passed away on May 16, 1970. Soon after Emil's passing, Dee started work at the University of Montana from...

  • Delores Kumpf

    Apr 8, 2020

    Delores Kumpf, 86, passed away on March 30, 2020. Delores was born September 11, 1933 at home in Long Lake to Adam and Katherine Kappes. She married Robert Hieb on July 19, 1953 in Long Lake. They farmed east of Roscoe for 25 years and raised four children. Robert passed away June 14, 1995. Delores moved to Aberdeen and married Melvin (Bud) Kumpf. Bud passed away on January 13, 2002. Delores worked as a cook at Primrose Apartments in Aberdeen for many years. She loved to garden and spend time...