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The 2020 Grand Lighting Ceremony for Christmas at the South Dakota Capitol was Tuesday in the Capitol Rotunda. Gov. Kristi Noem, First Gentleman Bryon Noem, and Pierre Mayor Steve Harding welcomed guests and lit the Capitol trees. The Capitol Christmas display includes around 83 trees decorated by volunteers from communities including Ipswich, schools, churches, nonprofit organizations and state government offices. This year's theme for Christmas at the Capitol is "Deck the Halls." The largest...
The Ipswich Public Elementary students will celebrate Christmas with their Christmas Concert on Thursday, December 3, 2020. In an effort to keep the attendance numbers low at indoor activities and events, there will be two performances. • Preschool, Jr. Kindergarten, Kindergarten, First and Second grade students will perform at 6:30 p.m. • Third, Fourth, and Fifth grade students will perform at 7:30 p.m. Parents and small children will be allowed to attend the performances of their children. Both performances will be livestreamed during the...
Bringing some cheer to the 2020 Holiday Season the Wily Wizards 4-H Club is again sponsoring the tree decorating event at the Edmunds County Courthouse. To keep everyone safe, there will not be a lighting ceremony. There will be time to view the trees on Friday, December 4 from 6 to 8 p.m. Trees will be on display for you to enjoy at your leisure from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday – Friday. They will also host special viewing hours on Saturday, December 12 from 12 noon to 2 p.m. Although down s...
The weather has been mild so far after our early snowfall. A good chance for you to get your Christmas lights up. The Ipswich Commercial Club is sponsoring a Christmas lighting contest again this year. There are four divisions: religious, best of lights, contemporary, and business. The winners will win $20 Business Bucks to be used in participating businesses in Ipswich....
Area businesses wished local residents Happy Thanksgiving last week, giving them a chance to win a turkey for their holiday feast. Turkey Days winners include: Vaughn Beck at Ipswich State Bank, Marv Seyer at Ipswich Tribune, Sarah Perrion at Ipswich Lumber and Hardware LLC, Tena Gibson at ISB Agency, Curtis Sylte at John Sieh Agency, Jada Sauceda at Ken’s FoodFair, Tony Gauer at Burger’s Place and Jennell Sylte at Creative Edge....
Ipswich High School first nine weeks honor roll has been released. The sophomore names sent from the school was not complete. The corrected honor roll for the sophomores includes: SOPHOMORE 4.0 and Higher — Tyler Hettich, Quincy Olivier, Ashley Ptacek 3.70-3.99 — Kamryn Boettcher, Baylee Kulesa, Turner Thorson, Ashlyn Weig 3.0-3.69 — Kaitlyn Bierman, Carter Geditz, Madison Geditz, Isaiah Goetz, Jailey Hutson, Lillian Judkins, Emily Knoll, Allyssa Koch, Evan Onken, Lucas Rowland, Cody Russell, Colby Sylte, Darrel Yost...
Thanksgiving will be on Thursday, but we already had our turkey dinner with all the trimmings served up by the Ipswich UCC church on Sunday. They did a drive-thru delivery so you didn't even have to leave your vehicle. But we won a turkey from one of the Ipswich business places (ISB Agency) so thank you guys (it was a real live turkey—well, not exactly live, but frozen!) I can also report on the state VB tourney results, if you have been living in a cave and hadn't heard. We'll concentrate on the B's because that's what we are. Jordan Opp's H...
Northern State University held winter commencement at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 21. The ceremony, which takes place in the Barnett Center, was open to all 2020 NSU graduates. Northern’s 104 winter graduates included Shelby Marcotte, of Ipswich, who received a Finance B.S. degree. After assessing the current increase in cases in Brown County with area health officials and government agencies, it was determined that only graduating students, along with faculty and select staff, would be allowed inside the Barnett Center for the ceremony. For p...
Memorial Services for Patricia Sonstegard, 74, of Ipswich, will be at 2 p.m., Saturday, December 5, 2020 at Zion Lutheran Church located in Gramm Funeral Home, 720 N. 6th Street, Ipswich. Patricia passed away Monday November 23, 2020 at Avantara of Ipswich. A full obituary can be found at grammfuneralhome.com. Condolences and memories may be shared with her family at grammfuneralhome.com ....
Jackie D. Aldinger, 60, Bowdle, died Thursday, November 19, 2020 at Avera McKennan Hospital, Sioux Falls. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, November 25, 2020 at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Bowdle, led by Pastor David Peterson. Visitation commences at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. Jackie Donald Aldinger, son of Evelyn (Ellis) and Donald Aldinger, was born at Bowdle on July 12, 1960. He was brought up and received his formal education in Bowdle. Following his schooling, he began his lifelong...
Northern State University head coach Paula Krueger announced the addition of four student-athletes to the Wolves women's basketball roster for the 2021-22 season. Ipswich senior Halle Heinz will join the Wolves next fall. Other additions are Jordyn Hilgemann of Marshall, Minn.; Abby Johnson of Amkeny, Iowa; and Marissa Radtke of Howard Lake, Minn. "We are very excited about this class and the extra scoring punch they will bring from the perimeter," said Krueger. "They have the ability to knock...
Edmunds Central School had a Public Football Forum on Monday, Nov. 16 to discuss the future of football for EC athletes. The 2020 season marked the end of the cooperative agreement with Ipswich for football. Extending that coop with Ipswich was requested by an EC district member. The options of continuing the coop with Ipswich or beginning the Thunder coop with Eureka and Bowdle were outlined. EC AD Riley Donovan said there will be possibly three football players from Edmunds Central in the 2021 season. The number of boys in the coop is...