150-YEAR CELEBRATION OF SETTLEMENT Place and time, then and now, honored by Swiss Mennonites Salem, Salem-Zion Mennonite churches come together to honor Anabaptist roots, migration journey of 1874 in weekend observance JEREMY WALTNER  - EDITOR & PUBLISHER There was assuredly great risk and no doubt ...

Activities begin Saturday evening; Salem-Zion Mennonite host church All are welcome to this weekend’s commemoration of the arrival of the Swiss-Volhynian Mennonites from Russia to this area 150 years ago. All events will be hosted by the Salem-Zion Mennonite Church located 4 miles east of Freeman on...

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 action in Freeman Friday night, Aug. 30. The Phoenix trailed 7-0 and 13-6 before taking a 14-13 lead as time expired in the first half. F/M/FA then score...

Ten years ago, Kim Krull discovered a new hobby: breeding and training Labrador Retrievers with his son, Josh. Who would have thought that, a decade later, he would be organizing and hosting a competition that draws Pointing Labrador enthusiasts from across the country? Well, he is. Guess you can’t ...

Dakota Resources facilitates Monday night meeting designed to launch local development corporation into three-year strategic plan  What does a thriving community look like? What steps should be taken to strengthen areas that are deficient? And who should be tasked with taking a leadership role towar...

31 departments, hundreds of guests and a final cook-off for retiring organizer Chad Soulek makes Saturday’s fundraiser one for the books Given the size of the event, the high level of competition and the strong reputation it has built the past 11 years, winning at the Freeman Volunteer Fire Departme...

As part of its series of programs on the 1874 Germans-from-Russia migration, Heritage Hall Museum & Archives focuses on arrival in Dakota Territory The men, women and children of German and Swiss ancestry who immigrated to America from Russia beginning in the 1870s may have come from varying faith t...

Chislic festival once again brings hundreds to the Freeman Prairie Arboretum, but this year’s attendance numbers fell below projections Attending the South Dakota Chislic Festival is something Roger and Wanda Larson have wanted to do since it debuted in 2018, but their schedule hadn’t allowed for it...

Considering the stellar season that it was, the Freeman/Marion 14u Teeners finished it off in the most fitting way possible — with a state championship. Competing in the final round of the South Dakota VFW 14B State Tournament in Garretson Sunday afternoon, the Sticks blew past Parkston 14-4 to clai...

JEREMY WALTNER  - EDITOR & PUBLISHER Guests from across the state and beyond are expected to converge on the Freeman Prairie Arboretum this weekend as chislic once again takes center stage at one of South Dakota’s fastest-growing annual gatherings. The South Dakota Chislic Festival will take place f...