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Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church celebrated the Ipswich church's centennial on Sunday, July 16. The service was held in Zion's worship home in the Schriver Funeral Home. Pastor Zachary Sippert, of Zion Lutheran and Redeemer Lutheran of Bowdle, led the service. He chose Scripture readings looking at the Congregation's past, future and present. The opening hymn, "Amazing Grace," highlighted their history. "The Grace of God got them through hardships," Pastor Sippert said. Pastor Mark Tiefel of...
County residents couldn't resist a second chance to watch fireworks on Friday, July 14 at Mina Lake. The Fireworks Extravaganza was preceeded by Snowmobiles on the Water. Snowmobile drivers took their sleds across the lake near the bridge. A few made it across and a few weren't that lucky. The quickest trip across was less than 18 seconds. Two snowmobiles had to be rescued and towed to shore....
The Traveling Lantern will present “Rhonda Appleseed & the Tree that Learned How to Speak” on Friday, July 28 in the Ipswich Bandshell. The pre-show begins at 9:30 a.m. with the show at 10 a.m. Rhonda is a descendant of Johnny Appleseed, and everyone calls her Ronnie. When she learns about her great-great-uncle's story, she grows fascinated and then proud. Ronnie decides that she wants to follow in his footsteps. She decides she will protect nature and all the creatures on our planet from climate change. But how? She takes a journey to vis...
The 2023 Edmunds County 4-H Achievement Days will kick off on Wednesday, August 2 with the Dog Show. The dog show will start at 8 a.m. at the 4-H Building in Ipswich. Dogs and their owners have been practicing since May and will show their skills in obedience, showmanship, agility, and rally. Members are coached by Hannah Holsing. Participation in this show qualifies them to attend the State Dog Show. The Cat Show will start around 1 p.m. in the front area of the 4-H Building. The members will have their cats judged and be able to enter the...
Our sump pump has been intermittent lately. But I think it was mostly dry last week. But that was OK because it allowed some outdoor Fourth of July-related activities including some that had been postponed due to too much rain. One of these would have been their scheduled Fireworks which they postponed until last Friday evening. They were also able to have their snowmobiles on the water competition (Mina Lake obviously) that night. Where I guess only the spectators would have minded bad weather during the competition. But the entrants probably...
The Ipswich community hosted a blood drive with Vitalant on June 27 at Holy Cross Catholic Church which helped collect a total of 36 units of blood products for patients in need. A total of 31 individuals volunteered to donate blood and 30 individuals were able to successfully donate at the Vitalant blood drive on June 27. A total of six donors also came forward to donate Power Red Cells (2RBC) which collects two units of red blood cells while returning platelets, plasma and a saline solution back to the donor. Vitalant expressed their...
Richard Lester will celebrate his 80th Birthday on July 31, 2023. Greetings may be sent to him at 57 Belair Circle, Sturgis, SD 57785....
Anyone who came into the Ipswich library from June 22 to July 11 made paper links to add to the Kindness Chain. On July 12 the children took the chain outside and stretched it out from the sidewalk corner all the way down the sidewalk to the light pole. The kids then walked around the library with the chain. The paper chain starts at the library door and goes around three sides of the building. They were a little short of making it around the whole building....
This summer crews worked to improve the Ipswich School football field. The field was shaped after the grass was removed. A watering system was installed, followed by the addition of new sod. Rolls of sod were spread behind a small tractor....
The Roscoe softball season ended July 10. The last games were played in Eureka. The teams were coached by McKenzie Preszler, assisted by Sydnee Malsam and Shailyn Harford....