Articles from the December 25, 2019 edition


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  • Merry Christmas!!

    Dec 25, 2019

    Merry Christmas from all of us at the Ipswich Tribune! Santa Claus stopped in Ipswich during the Highway of Hope Vendor and Craft Show on Dec. 7, 2019. This week's edition has letters and stories written by some Ipswich elementary students. Of course, they were forwarded to Santa. They can be found in this week's edition. The deadline for next week's paper is Friday at noon. Happy New Year!!...

  • Funds for life-saving new technology for law enforcement

    Dec 25, 2019

    In an ongoing effort to improve the cardiac system of care in the Upper Midwest, The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust has awarded a grant of $3.6 million to equip every law enforcement agency as well as South Dakota State Park facilities with the next generation of Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs). The grant, facilitated through the South Dakota Department of Health, will fund devices to be placed in law enforcement vehicles in Edmunds County. The project includes...

  • Basketball teams make classic appearances

    Dec 25, 2019

    The early printing deadline for this week's editions meant that details of last weekend's sports schedules were unavailable in time for that deadline. But we can indeed say this — the North Central Thunder boys' basketball team made a trip into North Dakota last Thursday and came home with a 60-46 victory over South Border. Meanwhile, the Ipswich varsity hoops' teams split a home-court twinbill vs. Webster Area last Saturday. The Tiger girls won their varsity outcome 62-51, but the Webster boys held on for a 71-66 victory over the Tigers. T...

  • Fiddlin' Around

    -deg|Dec 25, 2019

    The Christmas and New Years seasons are quickly arriving or have arrived, hence our early deadline for the newspaper editions this week and next. The deadline for next week is noon on Friday. Santa has already been generous to our area high school sports program, with at least one win for all of our area girls and boys basketball teams. And the Ipswich Area wrestling program has already experienced some success as well. And our hours of daylight will soon begin to imperceptibly lengthen, but the main winter season will sooner or later bring us...

  • The Library Remembers When...

    Dec 25, 2019

    From the Ipswich Tribune September 17, 1924 edition LAYING A CORNER STONE The Baptist Church is arranging to lay the corner stone of the new building next Wednesday evening, September 24th. If the weather permits lights will be strung on the trees on the outside and the services will all be outside. Dr. Earl V. Pierce of Brookings will give the principal address. There will be the reading of a short history of the church, special music, remarks by the pastor. The public is cordially invited to come and participate in the ser...

  • DWU fall dean's list

    Dec 25, 2019

    Dakota Wesleyan University recently released its fall 2019 dean’s list which includes 267 university students. To qualify for the dean’s list, a student must have a semester grade point average of at least 3.5 on a four-point scale. They also must complete at least 12 hours of academic work during the semester. Kamryn Heinz of Ipswich was on the dean’s list for the fall 2019 semester....

  • NSU winter grads

    Dec 25, 2019

    On Saturday, Dec. 14, 83 students graduated from Northern State University at its 2019 winter commencement. The ceremony began at 10:30 a.m. in the NSU Johnson Fine Arts Center. Local graduates included Morgan N. Bjordal of Mina (B.S.Ed. Elementary Education; Special Education) and Crystal Duran of Roscoe (com laude - B.S.Ed. Elementary Education)....

  • Robert "Bob" Osness

    Dec 25, 2019

    On Saturday December 14, 2019, Robert 'Bob' Osness Jr., 63, Ipswich, loving husband, father of two children, grandfather of six grandchildren and one great-granddaughter, peacefully laid to rest at the age of 63. Memorial services were at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, December 21, 2019, at Spitzer-Miller Funeral Home, with Pastor Karen Engelke officiating and Military honors by Sidney L. Smith American Legion Post 24. Bob died December 14, 2019, at Avera St. Luke's Hospital in Aberdeen. He joined the...

  • Junya Johnson

    Dec 25, 2019

    The funeral service for Junya Johnson, 101, of Ipswich is 2 p.m., Friday, December 27, 2019 at the United Church of Christ in Ipswich. Burial will follow at the Ipswich City Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the funeral service at the church. She was born on June 17, 1918 to Harry and Lydia (Ragatz) Munyon on a farm south of Tolstoy and attended a rural school there. On Nov. 28, 1939 she married Loren Johnson. They lived on the Johnson family farm southwest of Tolstoy. In 1958 they...

  • Darwin Ulmer

    Dec 25, 2019

    Mass of Christian Burial for Darwin Ulmer, 78, of Aberdeen and formerly of Roscoe, was at 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 23, 2019 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Aberdeen. Fr. Patrick Grode will serve as Celebrant of the Mass. Burial will be in the Catholic Cemetery in Hosmer with Fr. Timothy Smith presiding. Darwin Ulmer was born on April 6, 1941 in the family farmhouse near Hosmer. Darwin attended country School through the eighth grade and graduated from Hosmer High School in 1959. He attended...

  • First Grade Letters to Santa

    Dec 25, 2019

    The Ipswich first grade class members wrote letters to Santa. Dear Santa, I am Grace Rausch. Have you been busy. I am excited for you to visit. Here are a few things on my list: a sleep mask and a kitty. Merry Christmas! Sincerely, Grace Dear Santa, I’m not always good, but I try! Did you know that Christmas is my favorite holiday? I really want a Juno elephant. Merry Christmas! Sincerely, Kalynn Dear Santa, Are you OK? It is good down here. I am excited for you to visit at my grandma and grandpas. I have been very good this year. Merry C...

  • Second Grade - "Hire a Elf"

    Dec 25, 2019

    The Ipswich second grade class wrote “Elf For Hire!” about their wishes to help Santa. Dear Santa, I would like to be an elf that makes footballs! I can catch balls pretty good. I am a good thrower. Please make me an elf. Love, Jasper Dear Santa, I would like t help clean your sleigh. I am good at cleaning I clean the dishes at home. Please make me an elf! Sincerely, Piper Dear Santa, Can I be an elf that helps Mrs. Claus in the kitchen, pleas! I’m good at cooking cookies for Santa. I will be his favorite elf in the kitchen. I am also good...

  • Third Grade - I can't wait for Christmas

    Dec 25, 2019

    Members of the Ipswich Third Grade wrote about Christmas memories or what they are looking forward to. My favorite Christmas was when I got Rocky my Dog. I remeber when i just got back from my mom and dads house. I seen him. Instantly i named him rocky. I’ll never forget when i got my puppy Rocky. by Paige Johnson I can’t wait for Christmas. We always get presents to open. I always get to go to grandma’s house. We always have lots of fun on Christmas day. Christmas is the best time of the year. Ben Hoyle My favorite Christmas was when I got a e...

  • IHS and North Central have close clash

    Dec 25, 2019

    If you're a fan of close high school basketball outcomes and who isn't, the Lake Region Conference and potential Region 2B girls' rivalry between North Central and Ipswich last Tuesday in Ipswich should have been right up your alley. Ipswich indeed held on for a 45-43 win over the Thunder. The visitors had just deadlocked this game for the upteenth time (11 times to be exact) and there were as many or more lead changes in the highly contested clash. But the Tigers had Halle Heinz create and she...

  • Lions get edge over Tigers

    Dec 25, 2019

    The Ipswich Tigers girls’ hoops team lost a close Lake Region Conference confrontation to Langford Area last Friday in Ipswich. The final margin was seven points, 58-51, inflated by a late four-free-throw performance by the visitors. Ipswich’s last lead had been 49-48 earlier in the final stanza thanks to a Halle Heinz trey. And the Tigers only trailed 52-51 after Kate Geditz’s own pair of free throws. Ipswich had led 12-11 after a quarter and Langford claimed a 30-24 halftime edge. A decent third quarter pulled the Tigers to within a point...

  • FSA News & Views

    Kelly Schaible - County CED|Dec 25, 2019

    DATES TO REMEMBER Dec, 25 — Office closed for the Christmas Holiday Jan. 1 — Office closed for the New Year's Day Holiday Jan. 20 — Office closed in observance of Martin Luther King Jr's Birthday Feb. 28 — General CRP sign-up 54 deadline to submit offer Feb. 29 — Final day to file an application for payment for 2019 LIP losses March 15 — Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) sales closing date March 15 — ARC/PLC sign-up deadline. COC Election Results Dave Palmer was re-elected to serve another three-year term for LAA3. Congratulatio...

  • Tigers stop North Central Thunder

    Dec 25, 2019

    Ipswich hosted the North Central basketball teams for a girls/boys Lake Region Conference clash on Tuesday, Dec.17 and the Tiger boys came away with a 62-36 varsity win. The host school jumped out to a 21-6 opening-quarter lead. (The game had been initially tied at 2-2 with the NC's Bryce Beitelspacher's lane drive in response to an IHS game-opening layup from Maxwell Geditz.) The game was also tied at 4-apiece, as Ipswich's Will Kadlec got into the scoring act, countered by a Kaden Hix basket....

  • Ipswich outlasts Langford Area

    Dec 25, 2019

    The Ipswich boys' second Lake Region Conference basketball win last week wasn't quite as easy as the Tigers' initial league win over North Central a couple of nights earlier. For one thing it was a December 19 road trip to Langford Area, instead of the comfortable familiarity of the Tiger Den. But Ipswich indeed staved off Langford in overtime on the Lions' own floor by a 55-51 two-possession margin. Ipswich had led 12-8 after a quarter and enjoyed a narrow 26-25 halftime lead. The Tigers then had a really productive third quarter for a 42-31...