PHOTO OF THE DAY: LIGHTING UP THE STAGE
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: LIGHTING UP THE STAGE
By Jeremy Waltner 
April 3, 2025
Elliott Graber, playing the part of Rochester, and Kelsey Pidde, portraying the title role of Jane Eyre, sing together the Act I finale, “Oh How You L...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: CLASSIC SCHMECKFEST CLICK
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: CLASSIC SCHMECKFEST CLICK
By Jeremy Waltner 
April 2, 2025
This classic Schmeckfest photo by Willard Waltner, whose negatives and prints are part of the Heritage Hall Museum & Archives' collection, shows two s...
SCHMECKFEST: CHECKERED PAST, CHECKERED PRESENT
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SCHMECKFEST: CHECKERED PAST, CHECKERED PRESENT
By Jeremy Waltner 
April 2, 2025
Schmeckfest has been part of the Freeman community’s culture since it debuted  in March of 1959, with varying degrees of successes and challenges. But...
SATURDAY SCHMECKFEST MEAL SOLD OUT
SATURDAY SCHMECKFEST MEAL SOLD OUT
By Jeremy Waltner 
March 31, 2025
The Schmeckfest ticket update Monday morning, March 31 shows that the meal on Saturday, April 5 is sold out, and that about 200 tickets remained for F...
MARION, PARKER CO-OP TALKS; UPDATED
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MARION, PARKER CO-OP TALKS; UPDATED
By Jeremy Waltner 
March 26, 2025
Boards appear to be closing in on 9-year sports agreement as ‘Pheasants’ starting this fall, with football, softball & wrestling beginning in fall of ...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: APRIL’S FOOLISH TRICK
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: APRIL’S FOOLISH TRICK
By Jeremy Waltner 
April 1, 2025
Surprise (or maybe not)! The Freeman community and larger region woke to the first day of April, not to the springlike weather that is anticipated aro...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: HISTORY REPEATING
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: HISTORY REPEATING
By Jeremy Waltner 
March 31, 2025
This undated photo, taken earlier on in Schmeckfest's long history that dates back to March of 1959, shows festival workers socializing before the mea...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: SOGGY SUNDAY
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: SOGGY SUNDAY
By Jeremy Waltner 
March 30, 2025
It's a wet Sunday morning across the area following a Saturday night rain that produced about a half-inch of moisture in rural Freeman and closer to 0...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: SERVICE WITH A SMILE
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: SERVICE WITH A SMILE
By Jeremy Waltner 
March 28, 2025
Brett Pidde, a third-generation grocer and owner of Jamboree Foods across the street, delivers hamburger buns to the Freeman Public Library Friday mor...
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AREA WIDE CONNECTION TO CEASE OPERATION JULY 1
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AREA WIDE CONNECTION TO CEASE OPERATION JULY 1
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 11, 2025
The Area Wide Connection, a free-distribution advertising publication of Second Century Publishing, Inc. that serves residents of Hutchinson, Turner a...
SAARIE AND HIS STOLEN POLARIS RANGER; THE REPORT
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SAARIE AND HIS STOLEN POLARIS RANGER; THE REPORT
By Jeremy Waltner 
July 5, 2025
EDITOR'S NOTE: This story will appear in print in the July 9 issue of The Courier. Three individuals have been arrested and are facing state felony ch...
FOR GOOD
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FOR GOOD
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 18, 2025
Freeman 39-year-old recognized nationally for her work as an adoption specialist with the Children’s Home Society of South Dakota — but this is not ab...
ALL IN THE FAMILY
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ALL IN THE FAMILY
By Jeremy Waltner 
July 1, 2025
Forty-two years ago, his Grandpa Ted took over Ferd’s Market and renamed it Ted’s Market. Ten years after that, his dad, Bob, took over Ted’s Market a...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: TACO TIME!
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: TACO TIME!
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 13, 2025
Armando Cortez is enjoying the beautiful Friday morning and one of his passions — cooking — at his home at 300 S. Dewald in Freeman. Cortez is serving...

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