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The Ipswich Class of 2020 had their commencement ceremony on Saturday, July 18 in the school gym. Members of the Ipswich Class of 2020 shared their class flowers, white chrysanthemums, with family and friends during the Commencement ceremony. Many of the classmates left a flower on the empty chair of their classmate Jayna Sanborn, who passed away earlier this school year. Salutatorians Tessa Kilber and Grace Beyers and Valedictorian Jordan Richardt spoke during the ceremony. Each class member...
Chip and fog seal operations began on July 21, 2020 and will be applied to three highways in north central South Dakota. • Highway 12 - 14.5 miles, from Roscoe to Ipswich • Highway 253 - eight miles, from Hosmer west to Highway 47 • Highway 45 - 10.4 miles, from Highway 12 to the McPherson County Line Traffic will be reduced to one lane guided through the project with the use of flaggers and a pilot car. A delay of up to 15 minutes can be expected while traveling through the work area during daytime hours. Loose gravel will be present for a...
South Dakota closed the 2020 budget year on June 30 with a surplus of $19.1 million, Governor Kristi Noem announced. Although total revenue finished $7.9 million lower than adopted estimates, the state general fund budget ended with expenditures approximately $27.2 million lower than budgeted. The state spent $74.8 million in Coronavirus Relief Funds in fiscal year 2020. “Despite the challenges with COVID-19, South Dakota remains in a strong financial position,” said Governor Noem. “As many states closed their economies, I trusted South Dakot...
The South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) announced that the Mina Lake Sanitary District public water system and the system’s operation specialists have been awarded a Drinking Water Certificate of Achievement Award. “Most customers do not realize what it takes to meet all of the requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act and all too often take for granted the behind the scene efforts of these unsung heroes to provide their communities with safe drinking water. We are especially grateful for these essential emp...
Where is the summer going? And obviously spring disappeared just before that. But at least July and August are both 31-day months which is good. Many people are no doubt so busy with summer work that they could use that 31st day of the month and then some to begin catching up (If that's possible!). And July is also one of those months with five Wednesday newspaper editions, making it even more challenging. It has certainly felt like summer with extraordinary heat and humidity and an occasional down-pour of rain. It was certainly a rainy Monday...
From the Ipswich Tribune September 7, 1927 edition BATHING Somebody ought to start a movement for a brand bath tub centenary in 1942. It will be just 100 years since the first bathtub was installed in America. Adam Thompson got himself into hot water, literally and figuratively with that tub. Newspapers roasted him. Statesmen complained that he was destroying the democratic simplicity of the republic. Doctors predicted rheumatism and inflammation of the lungs for anybody who used such an unholy contraption. Ministers condemned it is ungodly...
Dorothea "Dot" Marie Meyer, 93, of Mina, passed away Wednesday, July 15, 2020, at Avera Heart Hospital in Sioux Falls. Mass of Christian burial was at 11 a.m., Tuesday, July 21, 2020, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Aberdeen, with Father Michael Kapperman, Celebrant. Burial followed at Sacred Heart Cemetery. Dorothea Marie Meyer "Dot" was born in Aberdeen, August 26, 1926 to Christian and Gertrude (Weinreis) Morgen. She grew up on a farm near Warner and graduated from Warner High School in...
Virgil Binfet, 78, of Mobridge passed away Thursday, June 25, 2020, at the Mobridge Regional Hospital. A memorial visitation was Sunday, July 12, 2020 at Kesling Funeral Home. There was a private Mass of Christian Burial. Inurnment will be at Black Hills National Cemetery. Virgil (Virg) J. Binfet passed peacefully to Eternal Life, June 25, 2020, at the Mobridge Regional Hospital, surrounded by love with his family and friends. Virg, 78, was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma in June of 2014. He...
The Mass of Christian Burial for Gaylan Lee Graves, 75, of Aberdeen, was at 9:30 a.m., Saturday, July 18, 2020, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Aberdeen. Father Mark Axtmann and Father Michael Kapperman were Celebrants. Burial followed at Bath Memorial Cemetery. Gaylan died Tuesday, July 14, at Avera St. Luke's Hospital, Aberdeen. Gaylan Lee Graves was born on May 20, 1945, to Harold and Ruth (Smith) Graves in Aberdeen. He grew up and attended school in Bath. Gaylan was active in basketball...
ora et labora… A Daily Routine Who can honestly say that the daily rhythm of their life has not been upset to some degree by the introduction of the COVID-19 virus into American society? While millions around the world have become infected, we are fortunate at least that the mortality rate of the current virus is significantly lower than the previous pandemic. In fact, to quote numbers, in 1918 the influenza epidemic was notable for its virulence where over 20 million people died worldwide: approximately half a million (500,000) in the U...