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Several waves of rain and wind blew through Ipswich Sunday evening, June 7. So many branches blew down around town that the city offered to pick them up through Wednesday. Local residents could place their downed branches on the curb for city pick-up. Weather observer Marv Seyer clocked wind bursts up to 70 mph....
Only 29.21% of Edmunds County registered voters turned out to vote for the 2020 Primary Election. The turnout for county Republicans, who had several issues to vote on. In the Edmunds County Commission District 4, the Roscoe and Hosmer area, Chad Preszler was elected over incumbent Dennis Hoyle. Republicans voted for two of four candidates for State Representative in District 23. The county winners were Spencer Gosch and Charlie Hoffman. Those results mirrored the results throughout District 23. Gosch and Hoffman have no competition in the...
The Ipswich Lions Club will host a blood drive with Vitalant on Monday, June 29, 2020 in Fr. Bormann Hall from 1 to 6 p.m. As the sole blood provider to nearly 70 hospitals across the Dakotas and western Minnesota, Vitalant needs at least 250 donors each day to meet the needs of this region. The blood supply is dependent on selfless donations from volunteer donors, ensuring patients have the vital resource they require. Donors can make a convenient appointment to give blood at http://www.vitalant.org or by calling (877) 258-4825 or Larry...
Ipswich youth enjoyed the opening of the swimming pool on Monday. The pool is open daily from 1 to 5 and 6 to 8 p.m., weather permitting....
Our weather certainly suggests that there could be climate change at work, because the daily weather conditions seem to be going from one extreme to the other lately. Take this past weekend and even into Tuesday for example. One day we're experiencing blowing dust because it had been getting quite hot and dry. Especially for this early into June. But then we get copious amounts of blowing rain (and in some area’s hail). That all started on Sunday evening and continued overnight into Monday a.m. And then overnight Monday into Tuesday a.m. we g...
The Marcus P. Beebe Library in Ipswich is now open Tuesday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. New books for adults include: The Mountains Sing by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, The Big Finish by Brooke Fossey, The Wolf at Twilight and The Girl Who Sang to the Buffalo by Kent Nerburn, Camino Winds by John Grisham, Sea Wife by Amity Gaige, Greenwood by Michael Christie, Hello Summer by Mary Kay Andrews, Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler, The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel, When the Men Were Gone by Marjorie H. Lewis, Untamed by Glennon Doy...
Ken and Clara Roerig will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on June 13, 2020. Greetings may be sent to them at 43450 138th Street, Webster, SD 57274....
The funeral service for Gwenda Kolb, 79, of Aberdeen and formerly of Ipswich, was at 2 p.m. Friday, June 5, 2020 at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Ipswich. Fr. Timothy Smith led the service. Burial was in Holy Cross Cemetery in Ipswich. Gwenda Katharina Ertz was born September 29, 1940 to Edward and Irene (Pfaff) Ertz in Ipswich. She was raised on a family farm south of Ipswich and attended country school for a few years. She then attended Holy Cross Catholic School and graduated from Ipswich...
Irene Rissmann, 93, a longtime resident of the Ipswich-Roscoe-Hosmer area died peacefully at Avantra Nursing Home in Huron on May 29, 2020. Irene had been residing at the Willshire Retirement Community in Huron for the past few years. Irene was born in Hosmer on April 29, 1927, to John and Pauline Nehlich (nee Weiderich). She attended school in Roscoe, received post high school education in Aberdeen, and taught in rural schools in the area. Irene was also Edmunds County Auditor for about 15...
Former Ipswich/Edmunds Central standout Carter Heinz was named to the Blue team's roster of the South Dakota High School All-Star Football game. The game would have been played this month at the Dakota Dome in Vermillion, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Heinz was an outstanding senior leader for the Tigers on both sides of the ball. He helped his team into the S.D. playoffs and was named to the All-Area team....