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The Build Dakota Scholarship Board has selected 356 students as recipients of the Build Dakota Scholarship for the 2018-19 school year. Local recipients of the scholarship are Hunter Graham of Ipswich, who will be in the Precision Machining program at Lake Area Technical Institute; Cody Lunders of Roscoe, who will be in the Diesel Technology program at Lake Area; and Wyatt Haux of Mina who will be in the Electrical Construction and Maintenance program at Mitchell Technical Institute. The scholarships cover tuition and fees, books, equipment,...
Local gardens have been producing a variety of vegetables despite the spotty precipitation this summer. Gardeners have been sharing their bounty with their neighbors, friends and family....
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....
Gov. Dennis Daugaard recently submitted three pieces of legislation to be considered during the special legislative session on Sept. 12. “After working with the Department of Revenue and consulting with legislative leaders, I am proposing two bills that will allow the State of South Dakota to benefit from the national tax fairness victory that we led,” Gov. Daugaard said. Senate Bill 1 revises the language of the 2016 law relating to the imposition of an injunction against collection of sales tax on remote sales, now that the U.S. Supreme Cou...
You are invited to display your talent on stage during the Ipswich School’s second annual “Ipswich Has Talent” talent show to be held on Tuesday, November 20 at 7 p.m. in the Ipswich School theater. “If you sing, play, dance, juggle, tell jokes, perform tricks, act, or whatever your talent may be, we would like you to share that with us,” said music instructor Charlene Blondo. Students in grades six and up along with the community – YOU – will perform. The deadline to sign-up is October 1. If you would like to participate in this community and...
St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Roscoe will have a special service on Sunday, September 9 at 4 p.m. to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the building of their church. 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...
Thanks to our entire South Dakota Congressional delegation Senators Mike Rounds and John Thune and our lone House of Representatives delegate Kristi Noem and also the help of the National Newspaper Association, the tariff on newsprint has apparently been lifted. And that was certainly good news to newspapers, the ones that were able to sustain themselves through the crisis. It was especially significant that the news broke just before the Labor Day holiday weekend, so newspaper staffs definitely had an extra reason to celebrate the holiday....
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....
Lowell James Walter (72) of Bath, was born July 12, 1946 to Allen Walter and Inez (Taylor) Walter at Faulkton, South Dakota. He died August 27, 2018 after a three week stay at Avera McKennan Hospital due to pneumonia complications. At a young age, Lowell moved with his family to Garrison, N.D. then relocated to Lemmon, where he attended grade school, always claiming to be the second grade spelling champ. At ages 9 and 10 Lowell and his sister, Carol, would collect and sell pop bottles for... Full story
Graveside service for Cornelia "Cornie" Ellwein, 97, of Libertyville, Ill. will be 11:00 a.m., Monday, Sept. 17, 2018 at Morningside Cemetery at Roscoe. Rev. Raymond Pomplun will officiate. Cornie passed away peacefully on August 26, 2018, at Radford Green Health Care in Lincolnshire, Ill., surrounded by the love of her family. Cornie was born July 20, 1921, to Jacob and Anna (Nehlich) Mayer near Roscoe, and attended rural schools in Edmunds County. She studied piano under several teachers,... Full story
Ipswich split a pair of 3-1 non-conference high school volleyball outcomes last week, both on the road. Last Tuesday the IHS Lady Tigers lost to their Groton counterparts in three really close outcomes -- 25-23, 25-20 and the fourth set 26-24, respectively. But Ipswich stayed alive with a 25-22 win in the third set. The Lady Tigers then got back into the win column two nights later in Waubay. And Ipswich coach Trent Osborne wasn’t really all that disappointed with the loss to Class A Groton. “The girls played great,” he said. “Groton is a to...
Ipswich-Edmunds Central got on the scoreboard first, but eventually succumbed to Langford Area 34-14 in a Lake Region Conference "Battle of the Big Cats" high school football game in Langford last Friday. The Tigers’ two touchdowns were respectively produced by that first-quarter scoring drive, capped by Ben Kulesa’s four-yard strike to Daniel Braun and a two-point conversion hook-up by the same duo and then a short fumble-recovery return to paydirt by Jacob Nierman in the third quarter. That latter TD temporarily lifted Ipswich-EC into a 14-...
For the second straight week, the Ipswich girls have narrowly defeated runner-up Aberdeen Roncalli in a high school cross country meet, this time at the Pheasant Invitational, ran at the Fisher Grove Golf Course near Redfield last Thursday. And on Thursday the Lady Tigers manufactured a little more breathing room over Roncalli, resulting in a nine-point 17 to 26 win. Credit Lady Tiger Aleah Steger with an individual win in 19:24.5. The runner-up was Jessica Boekelheide of Northwestern Area in 19:50.22. Ipswich's next runner, meanwhile, in the...
Miss Ashley's Summer Dance Recital featured dances of all ages from the area. The recital was August 25 in the Ipswich School Theatre. The teacher and choreographer was Ashley Geist-Cusick....