Articles from the August 21, 2019 edition


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  • Welcome Back to School

    Aug 21, 2019

    Ipswich School students went back to school on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019. The school day runs from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. An open house was held on Monday, Aug. 19. Students could check out their classroom and meet their new teacher....

  • Richland Church has activities for all ages

    Aug 21, 2019

    The Richland Church will kick off their Wednesday Fall Family Night Ministries on Wednesday, September 4 at 7pm. There is something for the entire family: CLUBHOUSE for children, Youth Group for students in grades 7-12, a Women’s Study and a Men’s Study. The Fall Kickoff Party will have a variety of inflatable games, as well as snacks and games for kids of all ages. Students will meet their new class teachers for the 2019-2020 year. CLUBHOUSE is a ministry to children aged three years through sixth grade at the Richland Church. CLUBHOUSE mee...

  • Pasture tour north of Beebe Corner

    Aug 21, 2019

    The Edmunds County Conservation District, Ducks Unlimited and USDA-NRCS invite you to a Pasture Tour Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at Jonathan and Sheena Rohrbach’s. Registration starts at 8:30 a.m. The tour starts at 9 a.m. and concludes at 12 p.m. Morning refreshments and a light lunch will be provided. Attendees can find the tour one of two ways from Roscoe: five miles north and 5.5 miles east or from Beebe Corner: five miles north and 1.5 miles west. Once there, Jonathan will discuss the history of the operation, his experiences, and the b...

  • 4-H Performing Arts Troupe

    Aug 21, 2019

    A portion of the South Dakota 4-H Performing Arts Troupe did musical numbers from their show in the Brown Co. Fair on Sunday. The full cast will perform at the State Fair on Saturday, Aug. 31 and Sunday, Sept. 1. The cast rehearsed the show June 9-15 in the NSU campus in Aberdeen. Jayna and Kylee Sanborn are Ipswich High School students. They are McPherson County 4-Hers....

  • Local dancers present recital in Ipswich

    Aug 21, 2019

    The summer dance students of Ashley Geist-Cusick will present a free recital for the public on Sunday, August 25 at 7:30 pm in the Ipswich High School Theater. The recital will feature students from Ipswich, Roscoe, Hosmer, Bowdle, Eureka, Hoven, and Selby. Students performing range in age from three to sixteen years. Geist-Cusick says, “Our recital is a celebration of the work, focus, and fun that students experience each week in class. It is an honor to bring this creative opportunity to the surrounding areas. I look forward each year, to w...

  • Local judging teams at S.D. State Fair

    Aug 21, 2019

    4-H Members have the opportunity to participate in several judging contests or skill-a-thons at the state fair. They include sheep, swine, beef, rabbit, goat, dog, horticulture, and consumer decision making. Judging classes consist of similar items which must be placed in order from the best to worst based on given criteria. Some classes include the giving of reasons why they placed the items in that order. These reasons may be oral to defend their placings or written which build memory skills to remember the details of the class. Members that...

  • Blood Drive on Thursday

    Aug 21, 2019

    Did you know that only five percent of the population donates blood to meet 100% of patient blood needs? The next opportunity to give locally will be Thursday, Aug. 22 at Father Bormann Hall in Ipswich from 12 to 3:45 p.m. The Ipswich Lions are sponsoring the drive. Contact Larry Stafford, 605-216-7354 to make an appointment or call Vitalant at 877-258-4825 for more information. Misconceptions are a big reason why more people don’t donate blood but new donors are always in high demand. “It’s surprising to hear the reasons why many people think...

  • Fiddlin' Around

    Aug 21, 2019

    Welcome to a new school year, because it's now here. Or if you'd still rather want to say that school is right around the corner, it's now a very sharp and short corner. Of course there'll be a little interruption of our area school schedules with the State Fair in Huron and to our area 4-Hers, good luck with your projects and livestock showings. And there promises to be a lot of great music at the upcoming fair, some free and some not so free. And that was certainly one of the features of last week's Brown County Fair in Aberdeen. You could...

  • The Library Remembers When...

    Aug 21, 2019

    From the Ipswich Tribune September 14, 1927 edition A TOWN WITH NO NEWSPAPER What would your town be if your newspaper should go out of business? It would soon be known as a city of the dead. It would grow backward so fast that in a short while your streets would be a good grazing place for cattle and the only traffic who were moving away or those pass you would have would be the peopling thru from one live city to another. Newspapers are modern builders of cities as well. As they progress so will the home city progress. It is money in your...

  • Donald Heilman

    Aug 21, 2019

    Donald Heilman, 77, Bowdle, died Saturday, August 17, 2019 at the Bowdle Hospital. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m., Wednesday, August 21, 2019 at St. Augustine's Catholic Church, Bowdle with Father Darin Schmidt, Celebrant. Interment follows at the Church Cemetery. Donald James Heilman, son of Mary (Materi) and Math Heilman, was born at Bowdle on July 8, 1942. He was brought up on the Heilman farm five miles north and two miles east of Bowdle. He attended country school and then farmed...

  • Volleyball team begins play on August 27

    Aug 21, 2019

  • Ipswich-Edmunds Central team begins season on the road

    Aug 21, 2019

    Coached by Brian Hogie, assisted by Tyler Severson and Austin Manzey, the 2019 Ipswich/Edmunds Central varsity football roster currently consists of 31 players. Last year's Tiger team qualified for the post-season playoffs for the first time in a few seasons and the 2019 Tigers would certainly like to be in the hunt for a playoff berth again this year. The state championships will be hosted in Brookings this year, due to a remodeling project at the DakotaDome in Vermillion. But talk about a...