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The Ipswich Golf Association Board met with its members last Sunday night to discuss the idea of building an lpswich Community Special Event Center. The golf board put a committee together several months ago and the committee presented the proposal to the members. The members were in support of moving forward after discussing the plans and agreeing what a huge addition this would be for the entire Ipswich Community. The Special Event Center has been discussed for several years, but without a mot...
The Roscoe Community and Vitalant will have a Blood Drive on Tuesday, July 16 from 9:15 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the American Legion Post. To make an appointment go to vitalant.org (code: roscoe) or call Carol Geier, 605-287-4740. Seven hundred donors are needed every day to meet the blood needs of hospital patients in our region. Blood Facts: • Blood travels through 60,000 miles of vessels inside you, enough to wrap around the earth’s equator roughly 2.5 times. • An average adult body contains 10-12 pints of blood. • Someone needs blood every two...
After being rescued from a farm yard and cleaned up the Loyalton School wood flag pole is up and flying Old Glory again. The Loyalton school was built in 1927 so to the best of their knowledge this is the flag pole that was put up at that time. Rod, Kirsten and Cash Anderson fixed it up and now is in the Anderson's yard ....
The Feeding South Dakota Mobile Food Pantry will return to Edmunds County with a new time. The Food Pantry will be in Ipswich Tuesday, July 9 2024 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Edmunds County 4-H Building. They will be here only for one hour. Proxy pickups are allowed. Complete the SD Feeding form and give it to your proxy to bring with to the food distribution. For more information contact Lynn Gauer, 605-426-6173 for the Ipswich site....
Tickets are on sale now for the annual 4-H Achievement Days BBQ which will be held on Monday, August 5 at the 4-H grounds in Ipswich. Note the date change. BBQ beef sandwiches will be served. Serving will be from 5:00 p.m. until 6:45 p.m. The BBQ will be followed by the Monday evening program which includes the pet show and the crowing of the 4-H Royalty. Advance tickets are available from any 4-H Member or the Edmunds County Extension Office until Wednesday, July 24. Purchase of a ticket not only buys you a delicious meal but also supports...
A long July 4 weekend is scheduled for the area and nationwide as well. Mina Lake, for instance, has a full slate of activities, many of which are on July 3. Including fireworks, highlighted by a Lizzy Hofer Band concert. So bring your ears for that and the loud, loud, loud fireworks display. Faulkton will have its Wild West Day fireworks display on the 5th. They will have their bull riding event Friday. The parade is Saturday, July 6. The actual July 4, 1776 events created the initial holiday. The USPS mail service, as well as government...
By Sen. John Thune In July 1776, John Adams wrote to his wife of Independence Day, “I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations … It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other from this time forward forever more.” Although Adams thought we would celebrate July 2 – the day the Continental Congress voted to declare independence and two days before the Declaration of Independence was approved – our celeb...
From the Ipswich Tribune July 17, 1930 edition Receives Bonus for Work T. E. Jones left his home Monday morning at exactly six o’clock bound for the country to do service work among the farmers. He had 2000 pigs to treat for worms this week and proposed to get an early start. His son Leighton started at about the same time for his work in Campbell County. The elder Jones received $25.00 in gold as special bonuses because of the volume of sales made during the month of June as a special recognition from the Moorman company. In May he led the s...
Dakota Wesleyan University recently conferred 222 degrees to students graduating – six associate degrees, 160 bachelor’s degrees and 56 master’s degrees. The graduates included Tessa Gohl, who received a B.S. Nursing degree, Summa Cum Laude....
Funeral Service for Dean Lee Hodson, 95, of Ipswich, was 2 p.m., Friday, June 28, 2024, at Schriver Funeral Home, Ipswich. Burial was at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Powell, following the funeral service. Dean was born July 13, 1928, to Walter and Lizzie Hodson at their farmstead established in 1887. In 1917, it was renamed Sunny Creek Farm. He attended country school and graduated from Ipswich High School in 1946. He met Bonnie Jensen and in 1949 they were married. To this union, they had two sons,...
The memorial service for Curtis R. Kranzler, 67, of Aberdeen, was held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, June 22, 2024, at Spitzer-Miller Funeral Home, with Dan Cleberg officiating. Military honors were provided by Sidney L. Smith American Legion Post 24. Burial will be at South Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Sioux Falls, SD, at a later date. Curtis died Friday, June 14, 2024, at Aberdeen Health and Rehab. Curtis Roland Kranzler was born April 11, 1957, to Clifford and Violet (Hirschkorn) Kranzler in Napa,...
The memorial service for Dale Fredrickson, of Aberdeen, will be at 2 p.m., on Friday, July 5, 2024, at the New Life Fellowship, with Rodney Johnson officiating. Burial was held at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church on Friday. To hear Pastor Rodney of New Life Fellowship speak in memory of Dale, follow this link, https://youtu.be/7fYdXmcRqvs. Arrangements by Spitzer-Miller Funeral Home, Aberdeen. www.spitzerfuneralhome.com...
The Roscoe Class of 72 had met to celebrate 50 years of graduation and had so much fun that they decided to meet again to celebrate everyone turning 70 years old!! So a Birthday Party happened on June 8 complete with cake! The highlight of the evening was when Mr Doug Banik, English teacher from Freshman and Sophomore years, joined the group. Topics of discussion included tumbling, Romeo and Juliet, and diagraming sentences!!...
Roscoe High School 1950’s and 1960’s graduates are invited to gather on Saturday, July 6 in the Arbor Springs Community Center, 1201 8th Ave. NE in Aberdeen at noon. Bring snacks to share and your favorite drink. For more information contact Paul Mardian, 605-290-1450....
The Edmunds County 4-H Horse Show was held on Wednesday, June 26 at the Yellowstone Trail Complex in Ipswich. The six participants were from Edmunds, McPherson, and Walworth counties. Edmunds County participants were Jacey Rossow and Quincy Olivier. Champion Showman from Edmunds County was Senior Quincy Olivier. Participants have the option of going to the State Horse Show in Huron in July. Ribbon results from the events were: Western Showmanship: Juniors- Chancey Kessler-Red, Charlee...