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Ipswich students started a new school year on Wednesday, August 22, 2018. The school has three new teachers this year: Valerie Duncan, Tyler Severson, and Carlee Wika. Their profiles can be found below. Valerie Duncan Teaching position: Second grade, Title Math and Enrichment Family and Background: My husband, Stephen, and I live in Ipswich with our four young kids. I graduated from NSU, then moved here in 2010. Teaching Experience: Subbed in Aberdeen. Taught K-3 at Rosette for two years. Ran...
An Ashley, N.D. man is taking a trip that was his dream for three years. Scott Schlepp is driving a covered wagon pulled by two spotted draft Belgian horses. He started the Wa-gon South Trip at the Canadian border on August 1, 2018. He plans to drive the wagon to Brownsville, Tex. - a trip of more than 2,000 miles. Schlepp spent a few days in the Roscoe park last week. He gave wagon rides to some Edmunds Central elementary students. Schlepp said he plans to travel about 20 miles a day. He...
The members of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Roscoe invite you to join them on Sunday, September 9 at 4 p.m. Pastor Glen Hieb, a Roscoe native, will be the guest preacher as the congregation and friends gather to give thanks to God and rejoice in 125 years of His grace. St. Paul's Ladies' Aid will host a time of coffee, snacks and fellowship beginning at 3 p.m. in the church basement. A catered meal will be served at the Roscoe Legion Hall following the service with a freewill offering...
COMMERCIAL CLUB The Ipswich Commercial Club will meet on Wednesday, Sept. 5 at noon in the Valley office. LEGION AUXILIARY Ipswich American Legion Auxiliary will meet on Tuesday, Sept. 11 at 7 p.m. at the FEM Building. There will be no supper this month. They will get the Auxiliary programs started for this year. All are welcome to the meeting....
The annual Ipswich Flower and Garden Club Harvest Supper is planned on Friday, Sept. 7 from 5 to 7 p.m. in the UCC Fellowship Hall in Ipswich. Funds raised help support painting and maintenance the Ipswich Pioneer Village....
The Powell Church at the Pioneer Village in Ipswich will have their annual gathering on Sunday, Sept. 16 at 3 p.m. Dale and Leann Frederickson will tell about their trip to Europe. There will be special music by John and Paula Damaska. Everyone is invited to attend the service. There will be a potluck meal following the service at the UCC Church Fellowship Hall....
Did you notice the red planet in the vicinity of an orange full moon in the southeastern sky over the past weekend? You could indeed see Mars really well with the naked eye (even with our aging eyes). And when people are actually preparing and planning to go there some day, that makes the viewing more enjoyable. Of course, you can see some other planets right now, as well in other corners of the evening sky, if not still a meteor or two. It all has made the night sky quite interesting during the month of August that's now nearly completed. I...
Mass of Christian Burial for Annette Jones, 52, of Ipswich, was at 10 a.m. Saturday, August 25, 2018, at Holy Cross Catholic Church, in Ipswich, with Father Russell Homic serving as Celebrant. Burial followed at Ipswich City Cemetery. Annette Marita Hammrich was born January 22, 1966, in Ipswich to Clarence and Darlene (Scholand) Hammrich. She attended Holy Cross Catholic School until sixth grade, then joining Ipswich Public School and graduating with the Class of 1984. Annette was united in... Full story
The funeral for Lowell J. Walter, 72, of Bath and formerly of Ipswich, is 3 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018 at Gramm Funeral Home in Ipswich. Burial will be at Holy Cross Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. to the time of the service on Thursday. Lowell died Monday, August 27, 2018 at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls. Arrangements by Gramm Funeral Home of Ipswich. Online guest registry at grammfuneralhome.com.... Full story
John (Bill) William Smith died at his home surrounded by his family on Monday, August 20, 2018. The family will have a celebration of his life on Sept. 22 from 2-4 p.m. at the town hall in Woolstock, Iowa. Bill was born on January 19, 1934, to Joseph and Nancy (Steen) Smith in Luther, Iowa. He married Wilma H. Wever on July 27, 1958, at the EUB Church in Ralston, Iowa. Bill served in the Korean War. He started driving a truck for an uncle at the age of 15 and became a career truck driver for man... Full story
Ipswich-Edmunds Central improved to 2-0 with a 22-12 Lake Region Conference high school football victory over Northwestern Area last Friday in Mellette. In a battle between two quite evenly-matched teams, Ipswich-Edmunds Central gradually took control of the line of scrimmage both ways. Yes, the hosts had scored first after the two teams had vied for field position. Northwestern indeed got a two-yard TD pass from Gavin Bohl to Zech Clemens and a brief 6-0 lead with 1:38 left in the opening quarter. The hosts would also get on the board with a...
Ipswich earned a narrow 12 to 14 girls' varsity cross country team championship over Aberdeen Roncalli last Saturday in Mobridge. The win was facilitated by four Top 20 individual performances from Lady Tiger runners, featuring Aleah Steger in first at 20:46.35, followed by Tessa Kilber in second place at 21:42.72. The third Top 20 Lady Tiger performer proved to be Emily DeRaad in 12th at 23:25.16 and Kari Kanable was the fourth IHS Top 20 runner, placing 18th among 31 total runners at 24:28.47. The IHS boys didn't have the required varsity...
Ipswich opened its 2018 high school volleyball campaign last Thursday with a homecourt 3-1 win over Aberdeen Christian. Ipswich won the back-and-forth opening set 25-22 and had an even easier 25-13 win of the second set. But during the break between the second and third sets, the visitors must have decided that they weren't quite ready to leave, because they grabbed the momentum with a 25-19 win of the third set. Ipswich then also had to battle back from an early deficit in the fourth set. But t...