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What a memorable year 2020 turned out to be! It should always be remembered by historians and ordinary folks as the Year of the Coronavirus pandemic. Just in a period of Dec. 12 through Christmas Day there were reported to have been around 345 total cases in Edmunds County with four deaths. But the good news is that there were only around 50 of those cases that were still active and hadn't recovered. And vaccines are more good news, approaching 2021. The year had begun with people anxiously...
Eugene Conn Sr. died when the utility terrain vehicle he was driving broke through the ice southwest of Hosmer on Saturday afternoon, Dec. 26, 2020. Sheriff Todd Holtz said the incident happened at Hosmer Lake or Hosmer Slough at about 3:30 p.m. Conn’s funeral will be at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Roscoe....
4 South Dakota Snow Queen Chesney Olson and Jr. Snow Queen Annika Estwick will crown their successors during the 75th Annual Snow Queen Festival in early January 2021. Junior Miss Ipswich Karlie Gohl will be among the participants when the Junior South Dakota Snow Queen is crowned on January 2, 2021 at 7 p.m. Miss Ipswich Lindsey Grabowska will join the Snow Queens later that week. The Snow Queen Coronation will be held at 7 p.m. on January 9 in the Aberdeen Civic Theatre. There will be no...
In spite of all that's happened this year, the year has passed by rather quickly, especially in the newspaper world. Here for example we publish two fairly large editions during the holiday season and sometimes there is an early deadline for one or both of them. But since the holidays came on a Friday and our newspapers go to the printer on a Tuesday and hopefully in the mail on Wednesday to the local customers, our deadline weren't affected and we still have had the normal time to publish both editions. We hope that's true unless the winter...
Funeral Service for Arvice "Art" Lewis, 95, of Peever was held on Monday, December 28, 2020 at 11 a.m. at the Big Coulee District Center, Big Coulee with John Cloud III officiating. Interment in The Sisseton Cemetery, Veteran Section, Sisseton with Military Rites by the Otto-Quande-Renville American Legion Post #50 and Fort Sisseton VFW Post #3342. Arvice Manvil Lewis was born on May 27, 1925 in Ipswich, eldest son to parents Abner T. and Ida (Tobiason) Lewis. After completing the 8th grade he... Full story
The funeral service for Eugene F. Conn, Sr., 81, of Roscoe, is 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Roscoe. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens in Aberdeen. Visitation is 5-7 p.m. Wednesday at Gramm Funeral Home in Ipswich. Masks are requested at service. Eugene Sr. died Saturday, December 26, 2020 near Bowdle. Condolences and memories may be shared with his family at grammfuneralhome.com .... Full story
Beryl Elaine Samp died December 20, 2020, in Fort Worth, TX, aged 99 years, 11 months, 7 days. Services were December 26, in Weatherford, Tex., with burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens, Aberdeen. She was born January 13, 1921, on the family farm near Roscoe to William Beyers and Eleanora Jensen. She attended rural school through eighth grade, graduated from Ipswich High School (1938), Northern State Teachers College in Aberdeen, after which she taught in rural schools in Edmunds County, Milbank,... Full story
Harlan Gene Holsing, 87, of Bay City, Mich, and formerly Ipswich, died Sunday, December 6, 2020 surrounded by his loving family at his residence. A memorial service will be held in the late spring or early summer at the Ipswich City Cemetery under the direction of Gramm Funeral Home of Ipswich. A full obituary will be published at a later date. Condolences and memories may be shared with his family at grammfuneralhome.com .... Full story
Janice Malsam, 78, Hosmer, died Friday, December 25, 2020 at her home. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11 a.m., Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at St. Thomas Catholic Church, Roscoe, with Father Timothy Smith, Celebrant. Interment rites are 2 p.m. Wednesday at Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery, Hosmer. Janice Bernice Malsam, daughter of Catherina (Zacher) and Anton Malsam, was born January 13, 1942 near Hillsview. She was brought up six miles west of Hosmer. She attended country school and Hosmer... Full story
Francis Schwingler, 81, Eureka, died Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at his home. Mass of Christian Burial was at 2:30 p.m., Monday, December 28, 2020 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Eureka, with Father Thomas Clement, Celebrant. Interment followed at the Eureka Cemetery. Francis Lewis Schwingler, son of Agnes (Schumacher) and Leo Schwingler, was born March 23, 1939 seven miles west of Hosmer. When Francis was one, the family moved to a farm four miles west of where he was born. He received his form... Full story
Laurentina Pietz will celebrate her 90th Birthday on January 1, 2021. Her family is hosting a Birthday Card Shower to celebrate her special day. Please send your cards to Laurentina at 712 4th Street, Ipswich, SD 57451...
Ipswich outlasted Aberdeen Christian 33-31 in a boys' high school basketball showdown last Tuesday in Aberdeen. The defensive struggle was what often happens in a game between Lake Region Conference opponents and that was certainly the case that night. Ipswich led 8-7 after a quarter and 18-13 at intermission. But AC came out of their locker room and put together an 8-6 third-quarter lead to tighten things up a bit. The Knights also edged the Tigers 10-9 in the third stanza to keep things even closer. Ipswich's biggest lead was by eight points...
Waubay/Summit escaped with a 50-48 home-court girls' varsity basketball win over Ipswich last Tuesday in Waubay. The non-conference loss was the first blemish on the Tigers' 2020-21 season record. But it was close, according to coach Brian Hogie. The winning possession? "They hit two free throws to go up two," he explained. "We were down 48-40 with 2:00 minutes to go. We made a run, tying it up 48-48. Then they got the two free throws. We had a couple shots at the end, but just couldn't get them to fall." The hosts had narrowly led, 14-13...
Verna Ochsner, 95, of Ipswich, died Sunday December 20, 2020 at Avantara Health Care in Ipswich. Her funeral arrangements are pending with Gramm Funeral Home of Ipswich. grammfuneralhome.com... Full story
Irene Stevenson, 90, of Ipswich, passed away Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at Avantara Healthcare in Ipswich. Her funeral arrangements are pending with Gramm Funeral Home of Ipswich. Condolences and memories may be shared with her family at grammfuneralhome.com... Full story