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On average, families spend $26,226 on college, according to a national study. However, family savings and income alone often do not cover the full cost of college. Studies report that more than eight in 10 families use scholarships and grants, and more than half of families borrow to cover college costs. Plains Commerce Bank is helping to help alleviate this financial burden for a handful of deserving students and their families this year. The Bank awarded eight students a total of $6,000 to help cover the costs of their continued education. Th...
Mass Of Christian Burial for Anton "Tony" Thares of Ipswich is 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 2, 2020 at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Ipswich with burial to follow at Holy Cross Cemetery. Fr. Timothy Smith will serve as the Celebrant of the Mass. Anthony "Tony" Thares was born on June 2, 1925 to Andrew and Katherine (Wolf) Thares at Eagle Butte. At an early age his family moved to Ipswich. He was a graduate of Holy Cross Grade School and Ipswich High School. He worked for Red Owl Food Stores and a...
The Ipswich High School Awards Night was held virtually last week. The ceremony can still be seen on the school’s Facebook page. Winners of a variety of awards for the 2019-2020 school year included: SENIORS Grace Beyers – Personal Finance Award, Art IV Award, Presidential Academic Achievement Award, Vernon Streit Memorial Scholarship, Avera Auxiliary Scholarship, Avera St Luke’s Scholarship, Web Water Scholarship, Plains Commerce Scholarship Tyrone Braun – Industrial Tech II Award, Build Dakota Scholarship Mckenzie Bowers – National Honor Soc...
This has certainly been a surreal spring, but there are some bright spots from time to time. And literally hats off to the high school seniors around the area and state. But here too there have been unique experiences to remember including in Ipswich a once postponed prom grand march postponed to last Friday evening due to weather. Then Edmunds Central had its unique soggy drive-through honoring its Class of 2020 Saturday morning. Followed by Ipswich's senior parade around the streets of Ipswich on Sunday afternoon, postponed from Saturday’s r...
Tessa Kilber has been named the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Good Citizen candidate for Ipswich High School this year. She was among a list of senior nominees selected by the high school faculty and then voted upon by the senior class. Qualifications for the award are based on four areas: dependibility, service, leadership, and patriotism in family, school and community. Tessa, a senior at IHS, is the daughter of Scott and Bobbie Kilber....
The Ipswich High School Graduation Parade starts at 2 p.m. on May 16. The parade will start and finish at the school parking lot. The parade route can be found on page 2. "Please line up along the streets or your yard and give a congratulations to some important individuals," said IHS principal Dan Knust. The parade leaders will be the retiring staff members followed by the Graduating Class of 2020. "BE THE LIGHT" was May 12 at the Athletic Complex. The lights were on to bring awareness to the...
Last weekend’s cold weather postponed the Ipswich High School prom “Grand March.” The IHS students who would have been participating in the prom will be walking down the center of Main Street on Friday, May 15 at 6 p.m. The Prom walk will begin at the old Prescription Ag parking lot at the south end of Main St. If weather is nice, they will turn west at old Tiger Post and go west until the Mike and Lisa Hammrich residence. They will then turn south to the Holy Cross playground and finally east back to the place they started. If weather isn’t...
Due to social distancing, the Ipswich High School students will not have a prom this year. But that is not stopping them from having a “Grand March.” The IHS students who would have been participating in the prom will be walking down the center of Main Street on Saturday, May 9 at 3 p.m. ROUTE The Prom walk will begin at the old Prescription Ag parking lot at the south end of Main St. If weather is nice, they will turn west at old Tiger Post and go west until the Mike and Lisa Hammrich residence. They will then turn south to the Holy Cross pla...
The unique 2019-20 school year will come to end on Thursday, May 14, 2020. The 2020 seniors will be honored with a Graduation Parade on May 16 at 2 p.m. During the parade seniors will be able to drive around and enjoy the view and well wishes from community members at a safe distance. The Seniors are encouraged to decorate a car, pickup or trailer and be recognized by the community. The parade route will be in next week’s newspaper, school website and facebook page. “We plan to live-stream this event as well to encourage high risk people and ou...
The best and brightest from the Class of 2020 are being recognized for their academic achievements during their high school career. Due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus, the 30th Annual Academic Excellence Luncheon was cancelled. However, Gov. Kristi Noem and the Associated School Boards of South Dakota (ASBSD) set out to honor the nearly 200 students, who were identified as the top one percent of their senior class, from the state's public, private and tribal schools, to celebrate their...
The Ipswich United Church of Christ will be having a parking lot church service on Sunday, May 10 at 11 a.m. to recognize their high school senior members. IHS Seniors Kendra Osborne, Tessa Kilber and William Kadlec will be honored. Families are encouraged to drive one vehicle to church and park in the school parking lot facing the church. Pick-ups and taller vehicles are asked to park in the back two rows. Everyone needs to roll down your window so you can hear Pastor Tim. They will be having communion. Participants are asked to bring their...
A private Mass of Christian Burial for Dennis J. Stockert, 79, Roscoe, was at 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 5, 2020 at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church in Roscoe. Burial followed at Morningside Cemetery. Dennis J. Stockert was born May 16, 1940 to Joseph and Myrtle (Kimmitt) Stockert at St. Luke's Hospital in Aberdeen. He graduated in 1958 from Ipswich High School and started farming full time from that time on. He lived on the farm his entire life. He married Barbara Sorenson on May 20, 2004. They...
Due to the coronavirus we can only speculate what might have happened in the high school spring sports seasons that were cancelled. But there would have been a solid nucleus of 40-plus returners on both the grades 7-12 IHS girls and boys track and field rosters. And they would have been attempting to defend their 2019 State B Combined Championship title. "Yes, it would have been a good year," says their coach Todd Thorson. "Both teams would have been in the hunt to win a state title. More importantly we had a great group of seniors that would h...
Governor Kristi Noem announced her “Back to Normal” plan for South Dakota regarding the COVID-19 ongoing pandemic. The Governor says the plan puts the decision making “in the hands of the people, where it belongs.” “I know that we would love to see all of the kids around the school again,” said Ipswich Superintendent Trent Osborne, “but I don't believe the Governor will go back on her direction for education in the state.” He said it took time for us to change our gears and get into the groove with flexible learning and would take time for a...
Northern State University track and field coach Lynne Dingman has announced that Ipswich HIgh School senior Maxwell Geditz has decided to attend NSU for track and field next year, as one of seven recently announced NSU prospects, including both some men and women. "l am so proud of Max. He is a great athlete and even a better human being. I think he can do just about anything," says his IHS coach Todd Thorson. "NSU is a great place for Max. They have a top-notch education program and he is undecided on a major, so this is a really good place...
Irene R. Snyder, age 90, of Watertown, passed away on Saturday, April 25, 2020, at the Avantara Nursing Home. Private family funeral services will be at 11 a.m. on Thursday, April 30, 2020, at St. Martin's Lutheran Church in Watertown. Rev. Paul Janke will officiate. Burial will be at 2:30 p.m. at the Ipswich Cemetery. Irene was born on January 31, 1930, to Lewis and Rose (Kadlec) Kukrall of rural Loyalton. Lewis passed away when Irene and her brother, Elmer, were very young. Several years...
Leo H. Schaefer, 92, Hoven, died Tuesday, April 21, 2020, at the Bowdle Nursing Home. Interment will be at St. Anthony's Catholic Cemetery in Hoven led by Father Darin Schmidt. There will be a Funeral Mass announced when conditions warrant, at St. Anthony's Catholic Church, with military rites following by the John J. Peters American Legion Post #159, Hoven. Leo Hubert Schaefer was born September 20, 1927, to Anna (Kaiser) and Matthias Schaefer at their farm just north of Hoven. He attended...
Ipswich School Superintendent Trent Osborne said the last day of school will be Thursday, May 14, 2020. To honor the 2020 seniors a "Graduation Parade" is planned on May 16 at 2 p.m. During the parade seniors will be able to drive around and enjoy the view and well wishes from community members at a safe distance. The Seniors are encouraged to decorate a car, pickup or trailer and be recognized by the community. The parade route will be sent out at a later date to the newspaper, school website...
Ipswich High School third nine weeks honor roll has been released. Students on the list are: SENIOR 4.0 and Higher — Grace Beyers, Tessa Kilber, Jordan Richardt, Lexi Stafford, Avery Sylte, Tucker Green, Ashlyn Geier 3.70-3.99 — Tyrone Braun, Maxwell Geditz, Kendra Osborne, Emily Thorson, Anna Henderson, Carter Heinz 3.0-3.69 — William Kadlec, Lucas Metzinger, Ethan Gilbert, Kelsie Olson, Lily Gaston, Dillon Weig, Alexa Rossman, Mckenzie Bowers, Jace Wright, Courtney Knittel JUNIOR 4.0 and Higher — Hailey Bierman, Katelyn Geditz, Lindsey...
The 74th annual American Legion Auxiliary (ALA) South Dakota Girls State, scheduled for June 1-6, has been cancelled due to continued efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19. This year’s delegates will receive a certificate of achievement and will be invited to a banquet in the fall of 2020 to celebrate their accomplishments. The girls will also have the option to enroll in and complete the State and Local Government course through remote learning. Six Ipswich juniors were going to attend Girls State: Katelyn Geditz, Lindsey Grabowska, Ashton L...
Ipswich senior Will Kadlec and junior Halle Heinz were each selected on their respective Aberdeen American News All-Area high school basketball teams as announced last week. Those elite lists include players from all three class divisions, AA, A and B, so are definitely highly deserved. Heinz and Kadlec were both Ipswich's go-to players on offense and also made things happen on the defensive side of the court. Their conference, the LRC, was well-represented in both instances, highlighted by the All-Area Coaches — David Rohrbach of Aberdeen C...
The local schools are empty — no students in the classrooms. Closed by Gov. Noem for the safety of students and staff due to the coronavirus outbreak. But local educators are still working hard to make sure students are learning. Edmunds Central high school and middle school social studies teacher Mike Faw said he follows the same class schedule that he would normally have, “so my students know when to log into Microsoft Teams for our classes.” Faw is also using Google Classroom to assign homework and give tests. The students can then share...
A private family funeral service for Ronna Weber, 77, Ipswich, was held March 31, 2020 at Gramm Funeral Home. A public Celebration of Life may be scheduled at a later date. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery, Ipswich. Ronna was born to Everett and Olive Williams on May 15, 1942 in Powell Township. She attended grade school in Powell Township and graduated with the Ipswich High school class of 1960. Ronna married her high school sweetheart, Ken Weber in December of 1962. Together they raised a...
Patricia "Pat" Ann (Williams) Schlagel passed away unexpectedly on Monday, March 23, 2020 at her home in Aberdeen, at the age of 72. Private services were held on March 27, 2020 at the Furness Funeral Home at Clark with the Reverend Daniel Smith officiating. Burial in the Rose Hill Cemetery at Clark. A public Memorial Mass will be held at a date in the future when public gatherings are allowed again. Pat was born September 29, 1947 in Havre, Mont. to Virgil and Wilma (Heinz) Williams. Pat grew u...
A private Mass of Christian Burial for Sharon K. (Thares) Thomas, 57, of Brookings and formerly of Aberdeen was held on Saturday, March 28, 2020 at Holy Cross Catholic Church with Fr. Timothy Smith serving as Celebrant of the Mass. Burial followed at Holy Cross Cemetery in Ipswich. Sharon was born November 29, 1962 to Andrew and Loretta (Wegner) Thares at Aberdeen. She was raised in Ipswich where she attended Holy Cross Catholic School and graduated from Ipswich High School. She continued her...