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Lyle and Lois Palmer of Mina will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary on June 28, 2020. Greetings may be sent to them at 14026 370th Avenue, Mina, SD 57451. There will be a drive-by Open House at the farm on June 28 from 5 to 7 p.m. Enter from the south driveway and exit the north driveway....
From the Ipswich Tribune November 5, 1924 edition OUTLAW QUEEN COULD BE ALL FEMININE AT TIMES Belle Starr, outlaw queen of the old days in Texas and Oklahoma, wore her hair short and was particularly sweet to women, says the Detroit News. She lived for years on the proceeds of loot and lined up a gang of the meanest looking, hardest cursing, wildest riding and shooting hard-boiled customers in her particular parts of the cow country. She used to call at women’s houses on her way home from leading her band on a robbery and she would talk f...
The Marcus P. Beebe Library in Ipswich is now open Tuesday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. New books for adults include: The Mountains Sing by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, The Big Finish by Brooke Fossey, The Wolf at Twilight and The Girl Who Sang to the Buffalo by Kent Nerburn, Camino Winds by John Grisham, Sea Wife by Amity Gaige, Greenwood by Michael Christie, Hello Summer by Mary Kay Andrews, Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler, The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel, When the Men Were Gone by Marjorie H. Lewis, Untamed by Glennon Doy...
Ken and Clara Roerig will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on June 13, 2020. Greetings may be sent to them at 43450 138th Street, Webster, SD 57274....
Lois (Rossow) Palmer of Mina will celebrate her 90th birthday on June 9, 2020. Greetings may be sent to her at 14026 370th Ave., Mina, SD 57451....
The 53rd Annual Lake Area Technical Institute graduation ceremony was held Friday, May 8, 2020, with 863 graduates receiving their diplomas. Due to COVID-19 and the Center for Disease Control guidelines for large gatherings, the Lake Area Tech Commencement Ceremony was held virtually to over 5000 viewers. Area students presented their diplomas by Michael Cartney, President of Lake Area Tech included: • Ipswich: Joshua S. Burgod, Agriculture; Jacob T. Anglin, Electronic Systems Technology; Trevin L. Maurer, Welding Technology • Mina: Ashlee A....
The Associated General Contractors (AGC) announces it has selected its 2020 Scholarship recipients, including local students. Applicants must be enrolled in a two-year post-secondary school or college/university, majoring in a career field directly related to the construction industry. In addition, applicants must achieve an above average academic achievement and be committed to working in South Dakota following graduation. More than $27,000 is awarded annually. 2020 AGC of SD HHU Chapter Scholarship Awards include a $5,500 scholarship for...
A total of 294 students at Mitchell Technical Institute have been placed on the Spring Semester 2020 President’s List, according to MTI President Mark Wilson. To be named to the list, students must earn a term GPA of at least 3.5 on a 4.0 scale and be registered for at least 12 credit hours of academic work during the semester. Local students on the Spring 2020 President’s List include Wyatt Haux of Mina....
More than 2,700 students at the University of South Dakota are being honored for their high achievement during the Spring 2020 semester with the release of the Dean’s List and Academic Honors. Full-time, undergraduate students are named to the Dean’s List if they received a 3.5 GPA for courses they took in the Spring 2020 semester, and they had no incomplete or failing grades. Local students on the Dean’s List include Michael Kraft, Benjamin Kulesa and Sydney Loken of Ipswich; Trevor Gooding of Mina; and Sarah Sauer of Roscoe. Part-time stude...
The Mary Ann Foundation is pleased to announce that seven seniors were selected to win $500 2020 Scholarships. Two Ipswich High School grads were chosen — Lexi Stafford and Jordan Richardt of Ipswich High School. Edmunds Central High School 2020 graduate Caitlyn Lehr was also honored. Other scholarship winners were Colton Thomas and Katy Hutchins of Bowdle, Hunter Eide of Gettysburg and Madison Evje of Selby The Foundation awards seven scholarships to students among each of these school districts: Hoven, Bowdle, Ipswich, Edmunds Central, G...
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...
From the Ipswich Tribune April 1, 1925 edition POPPY DAY MAY 23 The Saturday before Memorial Day-May 23- has been designated “Poppy Day” by Legion and Auxiliary chiefs. The official Legion poppy is marked by a “sticker”, so that persons wishing to aid the disabled may know which to buy. All Legion poppies are made by disabled veterans in home and hospital under Legion supervision. Legion Posts and Auxiliary units throughout South Dakota buy them, the money going to the boys who make them. Remember this is on “Poppy Day”-May 23rd....
Dakota Wesleyan University recently released its Spring 2020 dean’s list which includes 329 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 spring 2020 semester....
Betty Fillbach will celebrate her 90th Birthday on May 30, 2020. Her family has requested a Card Shower. Greetings may be sent to her at 2815 S. Westlake Dr. Apt. 423, Sioux Falls, SD 57106....
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....
From the Ipswich Tribune April 1, 1925 edition DISTILLED ARRESTED AND FINED Pete Kraft of Bowdle Territory was taken into custody by Marshall Ring of Bowdle and State Deputy Sheriff Smith Saturday on charge of manufacturing moonshine. He was taken to Selby by the officials and States Attorney Hembd where he pleaded guilty to the charge before Judge Bottum and sentenced to serve thirty days in jail and a fine of $250.00...
Tessa Kilber was a winner of the P.E.O. STAR Scholarship, as well as the local Chapter BB P.E.O. Scholarship. The P.E.O. STAR Scholarship was established in 2009 by the International Chapter of the P.E.O. Sisterhood. Through April 30, 2020, scholarships totaling $12.8 million have been awarded to 5,142 young women. The STAR Scholarship is a non-renewable $2,500 scholarship for graduating high school senior women which must be used in the academic year following graduation. Local chapters are able to nominate one graduating high school senior...
The Ipswich Lions Club recently announced their 2020 Scholarship winners. Winners for this year include: Maxwell Geditz, Tessa Kilber, Jordan Richardt and Lexi Stafford. Each student will receive a $500 scholarship after they begin their second semester of school in 2021. The Ipswich Lions Club awards four $500 scholarships on an annual basis....
From the Ipswich Tribune June 10, 1925 edition PIONEER DRUGGEST SELLS STORE HERE Ben J. Jones Pioneer Druggist of Ipswich sells to Herb Crissman. A deal was completed the past week whereby Ben Jones disposed of his drug store to Herbert Crissman and it is with deep regret that the people of Ipswich hear that the Jones are quitting the business. Dr. J. D Jones, then a physician in Edmunds County, forty-two years ago. The first store was started by J. D. Jones, then a physician in Ipswich; later, a little over thirty years ago, Ben F. Jones came...
From the Ipswich Tribune May 6, 1925 edition TRIPLET CALVES BORN Hoerner Brothers, who operate an extensive farm in Cottonwood Lake Township, report that on Thursday and Friday of last week one of their thoroughbred Roan Shorthorn cows, aged about five years, gave birth to three calves, one being born on Thursday and the other two on Friday and that the calves are all alive, regularly formed, lively and are doing nicely. This is something very unusual in the experience of stockmen and the mother and daughters will be photographed and the...
From the Ipswich Tribune February 25, 1925 edition Judge Lightner Receives Joyful News Without doubt the happiest man in the city of Roscoe was Judge Lightner Tuesday morning when he received a telegram from St. Louis informing him that his daughter, Mrs. Dr. Post had presented the household with a fine baby boy, making the Judge a grandfather. After reading the telegram carefully several times, a tear of joy trickled down the Judge’s face and then a smile came over it that couldn’t be erased, then remembering that responsibilities of a gra...
From the Ipswich Tribune February 25, 1925 edition Mrs. Marie Gray, a passenger on the flyer Sunday evening became insane after leaving Aberdeen and was put off here and turned over to the Sheriff. The woman did not seem violent at any time, but acted queerly and the train officials thought it best to leave her here, rather than take chances with her further. She had a ticket from a point in Ohio to Spokane, Washington where her son resides. Officials from the Sheriff’s office and railroad offices got into telegraphic communication with the s...
Birdwatching began as a hobby for D. George Prisbe-Przybysz, perhaps not surprising considering he’s spent over 30 years painting the landscapes of South Dakota. Soon, his adventures outdoors turned dramatically introspective, providing realizations about himself that he never expected. In the May/June 2020 issue of South Dakota Magazine, Prisbe-Przybysz writes about how his adventures outdoors became an exercise in self-reflection. Prisbe-Przybysz grew up in Edmunds County and now lives at Hanna, a long-abandoned mining village at the upper e...
From the Ipswich Tribune February 25, 1925 edition DUPLICATION OF BONDS CONFIRMED Probers Verify Swindle on Huge Scale Exposed by J. W. McCarter of Ipswich The issue of the Washington Herald on Saturday, February 25th, contains an interesting article on the findings of the House Committee named a year ago to investigate Liberty Bond operations during the war. This graft was first exposed at the close of the war by Attorney Jas. W. McCarter of Ipswich, who at that time was Register in the United State Treasury. Mr. McCarter secured considerable...
From the Ipswich Tribune January 28, 1925 edition AUTO THIEVES CAUGHT HERE Night watchman, Dave Picton, picked up three young fellows in a stolen Ford from Aberdeen, here last Friday Night. They had stolen the car in Aberdeen and came here to attend the dance. The car had only been missed about a half an hour when Picton was notified. The trio were taken to Aberdeen the next day where one of them pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing the auto, taking all the blame and will take his medicine....