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“You Won’t Get Board in 4-H” is the slogan for the 2024 Edmunds County 4-H Achievement Days on August 4-6. Mark your calendars and plan on stopping by to see the accomplishment of our youth. Activities take place at the 4-H Grounds in Ipswich. Sunday afternoon starts off the three days with the Cat Show starting at 2 p.m. at the 4-H Building. The Horse Fun Day at the Trail Complex starting at 4 p.m. will finish off the Day. Monday kicks off with the Dog Show starting at 8 a.m. The dogs will be judged on obedience, agility, rally, and showmanshi...
A shop at Mina Lake was destroyed by fire on Friday, July 26. Four fire departments were called to battle the blaze - Ipswich, Roscoe, Warner and Aberdeen Rural....
The Storybook Land on Tour will present “A Year With Frog and Toad” August 7 and 8 on local stages. The musical will be presented in the Edmunds Central Fine Arts Gym in Roscoe on Wednesday, Aug. 7 at 10 a.m., sponsored by the P.A.C. They will have popsicles for all the kids. A free-will offering will be taken. The next day, Thursday, August 8, the Marcus P. Beebe Library will sponsor “A Year with Frog and Toad” at the Bandshell on Main Street in Ipswich. Pre-show entertainment begins at 10 a.m. with the show at 10:30 a.m. Everyone is welcome...
The 14th Annual Hosmer Lawnmower Poker Run had a record 230 hands. Winners were Jason Ellwein, Angie Heilman and Amy Gunza. The event is held to raise funds for equipment for the Hosmer Fire Department. Raffle prize winners were: Ranger-Dick Malza; $1000-David Schneider; Trip-Gail Gutjahr; $500-Brad Braunworth...
The 2024 Edmunds County 4-H Achievement Days, “You Won’t Get BOARD in 4-H,” will kick off on Sunday, August 4 with the Cat Show. The show will start at 2 p.m. at the 4-H Building in Ipswich. Choosing of the Grand Champion Cat as well as Champion Cat Showman will take place. The Dog Show will start off the second day, Monday, August 5, starting at 8 a.m. at the 4-H Building. 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. Parti...
Now we have another weekend to search for rummage goodies. The Ipswich Commercial Club has their annual City-Wide Rummage Sale on Saturday. If you look at the ads on page 9 of this week’s Tribune you find other places to search for treasures. We get emails with stories with a variety of topics. Today there was one with the best and worst cities for garage sales. The worst was Deerfield Beach, Florida. The best was Los Angeles, Calif. I probably won’t make it to either location. We’ll see what we can find locally....
The Ipswich U10 girls softball team competed in a tournament in Watertown recently. The girls had a successful weekend, placing third in their division. They had a great opening day, defeating Watertown 14-3 and then Redfield 10-0. Game three on Saturday would be one of their best games of the tournament. Ipswich fell behind by eight, but they would not give up. They came back with five runs in the next inning. Both teams battled, with the Ipswich team eventually losing the battle 14-12. The...
Important Dates 08/13/2024 – Edmunds County COC meeting @ 10:00 a.m. 08/01/2024 – Deadline to file COC Election Nominations. 08/01/2024 – 2024 primary nesting season ends. 08/02/2024 – CRP managed haying begins - Check with FSA BEFORE haying. 08/14/2024 – ERP 2022 (Emergency Relief Program) Track 1 and 2 Deadline. 08/31/2024 – CRP managed haying ends. 09/10/2024 – Deadline to remove CRP bales. 09/15/2024 – Deadline to report CRP hayed/grazed acres. 11/15/2024 – Deadline to report fall seeded crop acreage. USDA Now Accepting Applications for...
From the Ipswich Tribune September 4, 1930 edition First Achievement Day Very Successful Affair The first Achievement Day held in Ipswich for the members of the 4-H Baby Pork club proved most successful. Seventeen members were on hand with their club pigs at the Ipswich Feed and Sale Barn when the judging was started at 11:00 am., Saturday, August 30. After the judging was completed all record books were checked up by Elmer Bjerke, government extension agent and prize winners were announced. Judging was done by County Agent Dittmer of Brown...
Mass of Christian Burial for Sebastian Scherr of Roscoe will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 31, 2024, at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, 605 N. Andrew Street, Roscoe, with Fr. Timothy Cone serving as Celebrant. Burial will follow at Morningside Cemetery. Sebastian Scherr, 96, was born November 28, 1927, in Strasburg, N.D., to Leonard and Theresa (Reinbold) Scherr. He was baptized at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Strasburg where he also attended elementary school. In 1943, his...
Hosmer and Vitalant will be sponsoring a Blood Drive on Tuesday, August 6 from 9 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in the Hosmer Fire Hall. To make an appointment go to vitalant.org or contact Judy, 605-283-2430 or Carol, 605-283-2354. Every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood. This could be a little girl in the ICU or a mother with Stage 3 leukemia. The entire process is very safe and very fast, and you will feel amazing knowing you potentially saved up to three people. Basic Requirements & Recommendations • Must be at least 16 years old • Wei...
The St. Paul's Congregational Church had an auction on Friday, July 26 in Hosmer. Ulmer Auction conducted the auction of the church real estate and contents. The church was sold to an out-of-state buyer....