Articles from the December 22, 2021 edition


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  • Santa visit

    Dec 22, 2021

    Santa Claus stopped in Ipswich last week during the Highway of Hope Vendor and Craft Fair on Dec. 11 in Father Bormann Hall. He walked through the fair before finding a chair to visit with the children and share a treat....

  • Holy Cross Youth Choir Christmas program tonight

    Dec 22, 2021

    The Holy Cross Parish youth choir will present “O Come Let Us Adore Him!” tonight, Dec, 22 at 6 p.m. in the Holy Cross Catholic Church. The program is a walk to Bethlehem in song and scripture....

  • Lions plan Blood Drive

    Dec 22, 2021

    The Ipswich Lions will sponsor a Blood Drive on Jan. 20, 2022 in the Fr. Bormann Hall. Because of staffing challenges, the time has been changed to 12 to 4:30 p.m. To secure a time to donate sign up online at www.vitalant.org or call 877-258-4825....

  • Fiddlin' Around

    -deg|Dec 22, 2021

    Was the winter solstice on December 21 this year? It seems like I had heard that somewhere. That did seem a little early, but maybe not. At any rate it might be quite a long time until we begin to actually experience the effects of the longest day of the year. Somewhere I also heard that there was less than a minute more daylight right away, so you indeed shouldn't notice that for awhile. But time flies when you're having fun or getting older and I would imagine that could be scientifically proven. Especially if it's in the form of a phone app....

  • Sharp-tailed grouse habitat project announces batching date

    Dec 22, 2021

    Conservation Implementation Strategy (CIS) Project Sharp-tailed Grouse Habitat Project will soon be underway in Campbell, Codington, Day, Deuel, Edmunds, Grant, Marshall, McPherson, Roberts, and Walworth Counties, serving the community and improving land quality. This three-year project is one of 16 selected in Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 and federally-funded through the NRCS conservation programs in the 2018 Farm Bill. The purpose of this project is to improve rangeland health and will be implemented by NRCS and South Dakota Department of Game,...

  • 90th Birthday

    Dec 22, 2021

    Lila Johnson will celebrate her 90th birthday on December 30. Greetings may be sent to her at Box 246, Ipswich, SD 57451....

  • Ronald "Ron" Bierman

    Dec 22, 2021

    The funeral service for Ronald 'Ron' Bierman, 91, of Ipswich, formerly of Chelsea, will be at 11 a.m., Thursday, December 23, 2021, at Trinity Lutheran Church, rural Mansfield. Pastor Bret Bierman will be officiating. Burial will follow at Trinity Lutheran Cemetery with military honors by the Cresbard and Northville American Legions. Ron died Friday, December 17, at his home in Ipswich. Visitation will be 3-7 p.m., Wednesday, with family present from 5-7 p.m., at Spitzer-Miller Funeral Home,... Full story

  • The Library Remembers When...

    Dec 22, 2021

    From the Ipswich Tribune December 29, 1927 edition THE MESSAGE OF CHRISTMAS Christmas was fittingly observed at the various churches in Ipswich. Programs and trees were enjoyed Friday evening at the Baptist and Congregational churches. The Zion Lutheran church had their program Monday. Midnight mass was celebrated Saturday night at Holy Cross church. High mass was sung. The service was very impressive and largely attended. The church was beautifully decorated for this solemn but ever joyous occasion. On Christmas day the pastors of the...

  • Leo Himmerich

    Dec 22, 2021

    The Mass of Christian Burial for Leo W. Himmerich, 89, Roscoe will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday, December 23, 2021 at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church in Roscoe. Father Timothy Smith will serve as Celebrant. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, December 22, followed by a Rosary and Scriptural Vigil at 7 p.m. at St. Thomas Catholic Church. Leo died December 17, 2021 at his residence in Watertown. Leo was born March 17, 1932 in a sod house, five and a half miles northwest of Roscoe, to... Full story

  • Alice Bakken

    Dec 22, 2021

    Memorial Service for Alice Christina Bakken, 93, of Sioux Falls and formerly of Aberdeen was at 10:30 a.m., Monday, December 20, 2021, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church Chapel in Aberdeen. Rev. Lisa Heffernan officiated. Burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Alice died December 15, 2021, at Touchmark at All Saints in Sioux Falls. Alice Christina, daughter of Carl and Helen (Haerter) Stoecker was born July 3, 1928, in Hosmer. This is where she grew up and attended school, graduating from Hosmer High... Full story

  • Evelyn "Evie" Pond

    Dec 22, 2021

    The Funeral Service for Evelyn Pond, 79, of Ipswich, will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, December 27, 2021 at the United Church of Christ, Ipswich with Pastor Tim Fugman officiating. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Sunday, December 26, followed by a prayer service at 7 p.m. at Gramm Funeral Home, Ipswich. Evelyn passed away Monday, December 20, 2021, at her residence. Arrangements are pending with Gramm Funeral Home, Ipswich. www.grammfuneral home.com... Full story

  • Ipswich Preschool Letters to Santa

    Dec 22, 2021

    Dear Santa, I have been a super star. Please bring me slippers. Love, Oliver T. Dear Santa, I have a been a super star. Please bring me a microphone. Love, Camden O. Dear Santa, I have been trying my best. Please bring me a red tractor with a loader. Love, Connor H. Dear Santa, I have been a super star. Please bring me a Notre Dame football suit. Love, Cooper G. Dear Santa, I have been trying my best. Please bring me slippers. Love, Elliot B. Dear Santa, I have been a super star. Please bring me a real rifle. Love, Elmer B. Dear Santa, I have...

  • Ipswich Junior Kindergarten Letters to Santa

    Dec 22, 2021

    Dear Santa, I have been trying my best. Please bring me makeup. Love, Abigail H. Dear Santa, I have been a super star. Please bring me a Batman that comes with stuff. Love, Andrew J. Dear Santa, I have been trying my best. Please bring me roller skates for me and my family. Love, Andrew P. Dear Santa, I have been a super star. Please bring me a present. Love, Bexley P. Dear Santa, I have been trying my best. Please bring me a farm with a lot of animals and a zoo with lots of animals. Love, Brantley S. Dear Santa, I have been a super star. Pleas...

  • Ipswich Kindergarten Favorite Traditions

    Dec 22, 2021

    Members of the Ipswich Kindergarten class wrote about their favorite Christmas tradition. My favorite Christmas tradition is putting lights up with family because I love them. Ava My favorite Christmas tradition is visiting Santa because I like telling him what I want. Paisley My favorite Christmas tradition is going to see family because it’s fun to spend Christmas with them. Emma My favorite Christmas tradition is wrapping presents with family because I like my family. Vania My favorite Christmas tradition is going to see family. I like my f...

  • Tiger boys and girls both victorious at home vs. Webster

    -deg|Dec 22, 2021

    Ipswich swept a girls/boys non-conference high school doubleheader on Saturday, Dec. 18 vs. Webster in the Tiger Den. The Tiger girls indeed rallied for 50-43 win, after trailing 14-2 at the first break. And the boys added a slightly easier 61-53 win in the nightcap confrontation. Katie Bierman would obtain Ipswich's lone basket of the opening quarter, but she certainly didn't stop there. She would finish with a game-high 28 points, plus five of Ipswich's 15 assists and eight of the Tigers' 14 steals. Bierman would open the second quarter with...

  • Boys get road win in Langford

    -deg|Dec 22, 2021

    Ipswich claimed a 40-33 boys' high school basketball road win over LRC rival Langford Area last Thursday in Langford. The Tigers had opened up some breathing room late in the third quarter to narrowly lead 30-28, despite a buzzer-beater basket from the hosts, entering the final stanza. But treys by Ian Beyers and Trevor Beyers, respectively plus a two-point basket by Taylor Thorson and another from Colby Sylte would suddenly lift Ipswich into a 40-28 lead. The hosts managed a trey plus a two-point basket as the game clock was winding down. So...

  • Christmas Lighting winners

    Dec 22, 2021

    The Ipswich Commercial Club Christmas Contest winners were: - Chad and Julie Richardt - Nathan and Deidre Kadlec - James and Amanda Hoyle...

  • Ipswich Fourth Grade Favorite Traditions

    Dec 22, 2021

    The Ipswich fourth grade students were asked to “Tell about some of your family’s Christmas traditions and what you like about them and why they are important to you.” This is a tradition that my cousin and my mom, dad, my sister, and I have. We play games. We do the Abcd, and on this year we need to get things that start with a E. So we have to buy presents that start with a E. This is another tradition that my mom, dad, sister, grandma, and grandpa do. We go to my house, have a good meal like chili, and then open presents and have fun. Haley...

  • FSA News & Views

    Kelly Schaible - County CED|Dec 22, 2021

    Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year from the Edmunds County USDA Service Center! Deadlines December 24 — Office Closed for Christmas Holiday December 31 — Office Closed for New Year’s Holiday January 7 — OTECP (Organic and Transitional Education and Certification Program) Deadline January 30 — LFP (Livestock Grazing) & ELAP (Water Hauling & Feed Transportation) Deadline February 18 — SDMC (Supplemental Dairy Margin Coverage) and DMC (Dairy Margin Coverage) Deadline February 25 — SMHPP (Hogs) Deadline March 15 — ARCPLC (Farm Program) Enroll...

  • Tigers 1-1 against NC Thunder

    Dec 22, 2021

    The Ipswich Tiger boys' basketball team salvaged a girls/boys doubleheader split vs. North Central in their LRC league twin-bill on December 14 in Ipswich. The varsity boys indeed raced to a 56-24 victory over their Thunder counterparts, after the North Central varsity girls had up-ended Ipswich 35-30 earlier in the evening. The IHS boys scored 26 unanswered points starting with a Trevor Beyers three-ball before the Thunder could even get on the scoreboard and Ipswich's initial double-figure lea...

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