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Ipswich School Homecoming festivities are planned for October 2-6, 2023. The theme is Traveling with the Tigers. Coronation will be Thursday, Oct. 5 at 7:30 p.m. in the School Theatre. Royalty candidates are seniors Hannah Beyers, Karlie Gohl, Evelyn Tran, Hailey Usselman, Trevor Heinz, Xavier Kadlec, Chet Peterson and Kadyn Weisser. The burning of the "I" will follow the coronation program. The Gala Day parade is Friday, Oct. 6 at 1 p.m. Contact Shana Gohl at the school to sign up to have an...
Despite the rainy weather, walkers came from across the country for the Prairie Wanderers Volkssport Club event in Ipswich on Friday, Sept. 22. There were 27 walkers signed in for the Ipswich 5K (3.1 miles). There were two routes around town, starting at the picnic shelter in Charles Collier Memorial Park. Walkers received detailed instructions and a map of each route. Betty "Sam" Vaughn of Brookings, the club's treasurer, said volks-walks began in Germany. Now it is an international sport....
There will be a Cloverbuds 4-H Club Open House on Sunday, October 1 at the 4-H Building in Ipswich starting at 4 p.m. Leader Sarah Perrion will meet with the parents to come up with a monthly date and time to hold meetings. This is an informational meeting to help parents decide if Cloverbuds is right for their child. Cloverbuds is open to youth ages 5-7 as of January 1, 2024. This group does fun activities, explores different topic areas, promotes creativity, has hands on active learning, and teaches how to work as a team. Parents need to...
Have an old painting in the basement or attic collecting dust? If it is of little value, you could use it to enhance your Halloween decor. Attend the free Thrifted Ghost Painting workshop in the Ipswich Library on Saturday, Sept. 30 at 2:30 p.m. Give that old art a new spooky look....
It seems that lately when it rains it pours as the old weather adage says! So we will hope it won't rain on anybody's parades next week especially any events that are included in homecomings. And I guess we should mention any area upcoming sports events that still remain to be played in addition to parades. We certainly don't want any more showers or worse yet thunderstorms then. You area football guys are probably still drying out from the previous weekend weather systems. I got a first hand look at the NSU stadium in game conditions....
The Ipswich Lions Club recently provided vision screening for over 630 local school children using the South Dakota Lions Foundation Vision Van. Children from pre-school through high school from Bowdle, Faulkton, Ipswich and Roscoe/Hosmer had their vision checked courtesy of Ipswich Lions club members. Children from area Hutterite Colonies in their respective communities were also screened by Ipswich Lions Club members. All children were screened the second and third weeks in...
October 2 — Hamburger, tomato soup, broccoli, pears, milk October 3 — Barbeque Pork Sandwich, baked beans, pea salad, peaches, milk October 4 — Chili, homemade cinnamon roll, applesauce, baby carrots, milk October 5 — Hot Dog, corn, broccoli, juice, milk October 6 — Homecoming Sack Lunch for K-5: Ham Sandwich, apple, chips, baby carrots, milk...
October 2 — Hot Dog, sweet potato fries, California blend, pears October 3 Stroganoff, noodles, bread, broccoli, mixed fruit, veggie bar October 4 — Chicken wrap, corn, beets, rice crispy treat, mandarin oranges, veggie bar October 5 — Chili, cinnamon puff, peas, applesauce October 6 — No School...
Mass of Christian Burial for Carmelita Francis Sauer will be Monday, October 2, 2023, at 10:30 a.m. at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Ipswich, with Father Timothy Cone officiating. Burial will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery in Ipswich. Visitation will be Sunday, October 1, 2023, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. followed by a Liturgical Wake Service with Rosary at 7 p.m. at Schriver Funeral Home, 720 N 6th Street, Ipswich. Carmelita was born on April 30, 1942, in Redfield to Mattias and Doris (Young) Thomas.... Full story
Florence Catherine Malsam, 91, of Hosmer, passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 16, 2023, at Primrose Cottages of Aberdeen, surrounded by her husband, Paul, and her family. Mass of Christian Burial was at 11 a.m. on Monday, September 25, 2023, at St. Thomas The Apostle Catholic Church, Roscoe, with Father Tim Cone officiating. Burial was at the Holy Trinity Cemetery in Hosmer. Florence was born on January 6, 1932, to Peter and Rosina (Imberi) Heilman in Bowdle. She was the middle child... Full story
The area runners attended a cross country invite hosted by Faulkton on September 20. North Central's boys placed fourth among 13 eligible varsity teams. This was individually won by Miller's Pierce Baumberger in 17:02.18 followed closely by his teammate Alex Schumacher at 17:11.06. So you might correctly guess that Miller would easily win the boys' standing with nine points followed by Northwestern with 22 points. Frederick Area was third with 43 points just ahead the Thunder's 49. And the North Central varsity girls placed eighth as a team...
VS.. SULLY BUTTES The North Central netters did it the hard way vs. Sully Buttes last Tuesday. They dropped their initial match 25-16, but came back with three straight victories --25-23, 25-17 and 25-16. NC utilized 32 kills among their 106 accurate hits, led by Amree Vander Vorst at 32-36 with 11 kills. Next would be Natalie Bieber at 25-33 with 10 kills. They were 154-161 in setting including 29 assists, paced by Sydney Bertsch at 114-118 with 19 assists. And in serving they landed 82 of 90 attempts that featured 11 aces. Vander Vorst went 2...
Ipswich lost a league varsity volleyball encounter last Thursday in Langford. The hosts would win 25-22, 25-15 and 25-20. But Marley Guthmiller would lead the Tigers' net effort with nine kills, followed by Gabby Wald with five kills. Altogether Ipswich totaled 21 kills. They were enabled by Ipswich's setting effort, led by Reaghan Bowers with 15 assists and Knutson with four. They would distribute a total of 20 assists. The Tigers also dropped in four aces in their overall serving duties. Knutson, Guthmiller, Bowers and Kaylin Onken each...
Saturday's rain-soaked Lake Region Conference high school football game on Saturday in Aberdeen with Ipswich vs. Leola/Frederick provided all the drama that you would come to expect in that league. And fans certainly got their monies worth, watching the 16-12 win by the Titans. It would all go down to Ipswich receiving one more late possession to try to score and the Titan's defense would deny the Tigers that opportunity. Each team had scored twice, but Ipswich was unable to get into the end...