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Many IHS students participated in the 2020 Prom "Grand March" on Friday evening, May 15. Each participant was divided from the others with a stick for social distancing. The prom goers were dressed for the event and many had flowers for the event. The event had been postponed due to cold weather last week....
The IHS Graduation parade was postponed a day until Sunday afternoon, May 17, due to rainy conditions on Saturday. Many IHS seniors designed their own parade entries. Retiring teachers - Anita Doschadis, Lynette Heitz, and Joy Kehrwald - were also honored....
The Ipswich High School Awards Night was held virtually last week. The ceremony can still be seen on the school’s Facebook page. Winners of a variety of awards for the 2019-2020 school year included: SENIORS Grace Beyers – Personal Finance Award, Art IV Award, Presidential Academic Achievement Award, Vernon Streit Memorial Scholarship, Avera Auxiliary Scholarship, Avera St Luke’s Scholarship, Web Water Scholarship, Plains Commerce Scholarship Tyrone Braun – Industrial Tech II Award, Build Dakota Scholarship Mckenzie Bowers – National Honor Soc...
The Ipswich American Legion is planning a Memorial Day observance on Monday, May 25 at 5:30 p.m. in the Ipswich Cemetery. The public is invited. Practice social distancing by remaining in your vehicle or standing beside it....
This has certainly been a surreal spring, but there are some bright spots from time to time. And literally hats off to the high school seniors around the area and state. But here too there have been unique experiences to remember including in Ipswich a once postponed prom grand march postponed to last Friday evening due to weather. Then Edmunds Central had its unique soggy drive-through honoring its Class of 2020 Saturday morning. Followed by Ipswich's senior parade around the streets of Ipswich on Sunday afternoon, postponed from Saturday’s r...
Tessa Kilber has been named the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Good Citizen candidate for Ipswich High School this year. She was among a list of senior nominees selected by the high school faculty and then voted upon by the senior class. Qualifications for the award are based on four areas: dependibility, service, leadership, and patriotism in family, school and community. Tessa, a senior at IHS, is the daughter of Scott and Bobbie Kilber....
From the Ipswich Tribune April 1, 1925 edition DISTILLED ARRESTED AND FINED Pete Kraft of Bowdle Territory was taken into custody by Marshall Ring of Bowdle and State Deputy Sheriff Smith Saturday on charge of manufacturing moonshine. He was taken to Selby by the officials and States Attorney Hembd where he pleaded guilty to the charge before Judge Bottum and sentenced to serve thirty days in jail and a fine of $250.00...
Awards were presented to the band and vocal music students during the 2019-2020 school year. An Award of Appreciation was presented to Jayna Sanborn, in appreciation of her four years of outanding support and dedication to the Ipswich Music Department. She participated in band and vocal, sharing a wealth of talent in many different groups for four years. Jayna was also awarded the Outstanding Vocal Award. William Kadlec received the Outstanding Band Award. All-State Choir trophies and pins were presented to Soprano Jayna Sanborn, Alto Kylee...
Tessa Kilber was a winner of the P.E.O. STAR Scholarship, as well as the local Chapter BB P.E.O. Scholarship. The P.E.O. STAR Scholarship was established in 2009 by the International Chapter of the P.E.O. Sisterhood. Through April 30, 2020, scholarships totaling $12.8 million have been awarded to 5,142 young women. The STAR Scholarship is a non-renewable $2,500 scholarship for graduating high school senior women which must be used in the academic year following graduation. Local chapters are able to nominate one graduating high school senior...
The Ipswich Lions Club recently announced their 2020 Scholarship winners. Winners for this year include: Maxwell Geditz, Tessa Kilber, Jordan Richardt and Lexi Stafford. Each student will receive a $500 scholarship after they begin their second semester of school in 2021. The Ipswich Lions Club awards four $500 scholarships on an annual basis....
Darnelda Heilman, 77, Bowdle, died Saturday, May 16, 2020 at the Bowdle Nursing Home. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at St. Augustine's Catholic Church, Bowdle, with Father Darin Schmidt, Celebrant. Interment follows at the Church Cemetery. Darnelda Doris Ehresmann, daughter of Magdalena (Christman) and Fred Ehresmann, was born at the Eureka Hospital on March 10, 1943. She was brought up on the farm six miles northeast of Hosmer. Her formal education... Full story
The Marcus P. Beebe Library in Ipswich is now open Tuesday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. New books have been added to the shelves at the Library in Ipswich Books for adults include: The Perfect Couple, Winter in Paradise, What Happens in Paradise, Summer of ‘69 by Elin Hilderbrand; All the Wrong Places and The Bad Daughter by Joy Fielding; Sunset Beach by Mary Kay Andrews; The Number Game, Moral Compass and Spy by Danielle Steel; A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende; Under the Influence and To Die For by Joyce Maynard; Duct Tape K...
The Ipswich Awards Night was done by video due to the coronavirus pandemic. You may still watch it on the school’s Facebook page. This covers the athletic portion of the event, highlighted by Tess Kilber being named the winner of girls’ Outstanding Senior Athlete Award. The boys’ Senior Athlete Award went to Carter Heinz. What more can you stay about their versatility? Both Heinz and Kilber have experienced success at the state level culminating with Kilber’s 2019 8th place Cross Country run at the State B. The number eight was also signifi...