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SPORTS SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK
By Jeremy Waltner 
September 1, 2025
Here’s what the local high school sports scene looks like for the week. Tuesday, Sept. 2: Both Freeman and Menno will be in volleyball action, with th...
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: DAYS OF LABOR
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: DAYS OF LABOR
By Jeremy Waltner 
September 1, 2025
This photo was made at Vermeer Manufacturing in Freeman in April of 2019 as photographers from South Dakota State University converged on the communit...
A GOLDEN SATURDAY
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A GOLDEN SATURDAY
By Jeremy Waltner 
September 1, 2025
Fifty years after they turned in one of Freeman’s greatest athletic accomplishments of all time, those who were part of the 1975 State B Boys Basketba...
IRONMEN
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IRONMEN
By Jeremy Waltner 
September 1, 2025
Twenty-four years after Freeman farmer Joey Graber took part in his first distance triathlon, his son Jeff joined him. And, as you’ll read, the 2.4-mi...
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: ALL IS QUIET
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: ALL IS QUIET
By Jeremy Waltner 
August 29, 2025
Freeman's Main Street is pictured at the end of a work day Thursday, Aug. 28.
FREEMAN ACADEMY HIRES NEW HEAD OF SCHOOL
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FREEMAN ACADEMY HIRES NEW HEAD OF SCHOOL
By Jeremy Waltner 
August 28, 2025
A search that began in spring has borne fruit at Freeman Academy. More than a week after the private, Christian school began its 122nd term, school le...
CITY DECLARES MAIN STREET BUILDING DANGEROUS
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CITY DECLARES MAIN STREET BUILDING DANGEROUS
By Jeremy Waltner 
August 26, 2025
Action means Watecha Bowl cannot open until issues are fixed The future of a restaurant specializing in traditional Native American food that had been...
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BLACKSOX MAKE A RUN, FALTER IN THE END
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BLACKSOX MAKE A RUN, FALTER IN THE END
By Jeremy Waltner 
August 20, 2025
Jake Weier has spent 16 seasons playing on Freeman’s amateur baseball team, the Blacksox, and eight of those seasons have also been spent as manager. ...
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Obituaries
Death Notice: Leland J. Hofer
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Death Notice: Leland J. Hofer
September 1, 2025
Leland J. Hofer, 81, of Bridgewater, S.D., passed away on Aug. 29, 2025 at the Diamond Care Center. A memorial service will be held on Sept. 3 at 2 p....
Death Notice: Karl Ries
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Death Notice: Karl Ries
September 1, 2025
Karl Ries, 66, of Parker passed away on Aug. 31st at Dougherty Hospice in Sioux Falls. Private family services will be held at a later date. A full ob...
Death Notice: Elvera Deckert
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Death Notice: Elvera Deckert
September 1, 2025
Elvera Deckert, 79, of Freeman, passed away with her family at her side on Aug. 27 at her home. A visitation will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 9, from 5 ...
Jeanette Hofer, 87
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Jeanette Hofer, 87
August 27, 2025
Jeanette Hofer, 87 of Bridgewater, S.D. passed away Saturday, Aug. 23 at the Diamond Care Center in Bridgewater. A funeral service will be held at 10 ...
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‘THIS HAS TURNED INTO AN ABSOLUTE HELL’
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‘THIS HAS TURNED INTO AN ABSOLUTE HELL’
By Jeremy Waltner 
August 12, 2025
Weiss, others speak out strongly against Dakota Protein Solutions When Timothy Weiss and his wife, Becky, decided to move to Freeman from Valley Sprin...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: FULL HOUSE
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By Jeremy Waltner 
August 21, 2025
Here is another photo from the Aug. 19 meeting of the Turner County Board of Adjustment that drew more than 40 residents of Freeman, all there to repr...

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