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By Jeremy Waltner

October 9, 2024

The Freeman Academy/Marion boys cross-country team stands together after winning the Great Plains Conference title in Burke last week. Picture are, fr...

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POSTSEASON SOCCER: FA MOVES ON TO THE SEMIS

By Jeremy Waltner

October 9, 2024

Nathan Epp, head coach of the soccer team at Freeman Academy, stood before his players at halftime of their quarterfinal playoff match against West Ce...

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FA HOSTING ‘INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ CELEBRATION’ NEXT WEDNESDAY

By Jeremy Waltner

October 2, 2024

Initiative between school and secretary of Office of Tribal Relations will include multi-cultural experiences; other schools invited to event JEREMY W...

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MENNO BAND DAY RETURNING FRIDAY

By Jeremy Waltner

September 25, 2024

Fifth Street in Menno will once again be alive with a stream of music and choreographed formations next Friday, Oct. 4 when another Menno Band Day tak...

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THE POWER OF POWER

By Jeremy Waltner

September 25, 2024

Sure, the ability to harness and use the energy created by steam is central to the Pioneer Power Show, but Menno’s biggest two-day event of the year a...

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MARION SCHOOL OFFICIALS PURSUING NEW PLAN

By Jeremy Waltner

September 18, 2024

Campus improvements costing estimated $4.2M would use existing tax levy School officials in Marion are looking more closely at a Plan B that would use...

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MOVE UNDERWAY TO BUILD NEW MUSEUM IN MENNO

By Jeremy Waltner

September 18, 2024

Land on Fifth Street has been donated; funds are being raised A centennial celebration in Menno in 1979 was a direct link to the establishment of the ...

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TSCHETTER POWERS PHOENIX PAST BON HOMME

By Jeremy Waltner

August 31, 2024

Freeman/Marion/Freeman Academy overcame a sluggish start and dominated the second half of play en route to a 50-19 win over Bon Homme in Class 9AA act...

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FULL REPORT: STICKS DO IT AGAIN

By Jeremy Waltner

August 14, 2024

Two weeks after Freeman/Marion wins state at the 14u level, Canistota/Freeman takes the 16u crown Eight years ago, Dustin Tschetter and Brad Miller ha...

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STICKS WIN 16U STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

By Jeremy Waltner

August 9, 2024

For the sixth time in the eight-year history of the program, the Sticks are VFW state champions. This time it was the Canistota/Freeman 16-and-under t...

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DUCKS ELIMINATE FROGS WITH 4-2 WIN

By Jeremy Waltner

August 8, 2024

Menno found some hope when it had to, but Hartford/Humboldt came through when it mattered most as the Wood Ducks hung on for a 4-2 win over the Mad Fr...

obituaries

Death Notice: Roy Pfeiffer

By Jeremy Waltner

October 7, 2024

Roy Pfeiffer, 81, of Freeman, passed away on Oct. 6, 2024 at Oakview Terrace. Services are pending.

obituaries

Reinhold Bittner, 77

By Jeremy Waltner

October 3, 2024

Reinhold Bittner, 77, of Beresford, S.D., passed away on Sept. 22, 2024 at the Bethesda Nursing Home in Beresford. A memorial service will be held on ...

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John Schwartz, 99

By Jeremy Waltner

October 2, 2024

John Schwartz was born June 18, 1925 to Fred and Sadie [Albright] Schwartz. He joined his brother Curt and was later followed by sister Violet. John d...

obituaries

Verlyn Jane Fast, 88

By Jeremy Waltner

October 2, 2024

Verlyn Jane Fast, born on Oct. 19, 1935, died in Denver, Colo., on Aug. 7, 2024, from complications from a stroke. Verlyn grew up on the family farm o...

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PHOTO OF THE DAY: STANDING BY

By Jeremy Waltner

September 11, 2024

These excavators stand on the property of Knodel Contractors along the east side of Highway 81 in preparation for an online auction that will take pla...

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PHOTO OF THE DAY: KING, QUEEN, COURT

By Jeremy Waltner

September 17, 2024

The 2024 homecoming court at Freeman High School is pictured following the crowning of king and queen at Monday night's coronation held inside the sch...

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MENNO BAND DAY RETURNING FRIDAY

By Jeremy Waltner

September 25, 2024

Fifth Street in Menno will once again be alive with a stream of music and choreographed formations next Friday, Oct. 4 when another Menno Band Day tak...

photo day

PHOTO OF THE DAY: MAIN ATTRACTION

By Jeremy Waltner

September 22, 2024

Main Street at Pioneer Acres was the place to be over the noon hour on Saturday as the parade featuring antique tractors, cars and machines of all sha...

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POWER SHOW RETURNS TO MENNO THIS WEEKEND

By Jeremy Waltner

September 18, 2024

What began as a relatively unassuming exhibition on the Menno City Park nearly 40 years ago will return once again, not to the park, but to Pioneer Ac...

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