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By Jeremy Waltner

August 15, 2025

That's Vanease Kraft, who along with her husband, Doug, has been operating Kraft Pillow Service out of Kingsley, Iowa for the past 43 years. The trave...

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PHOTO OF THE DAY: MOUND VISIT

By Jeremy Waltner

August 14, 2025

Shortstop Avery Mellman pays a visit to starting pitcher Jackson Fiegen to help lighten the mood following a rocky start to Wednesday night's state am...

sports

HEARTBREAKER – DELLS DROPS SOX IN STUNNER

By Jeremy Waltner

August 13, 2025

Freeman held a 10-5 lead and was just three outs away from securing a spot in the Class B State Amateur Baseball Tournament semifinals when the Dell R...

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PHOTO OF THE DAY: SUMMER SHADOWS

By Jeremy Waltner

August 13, 2025

The Freeman Academy soccer teams gathers at the conclusion of practice just after 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday. The team that still plays as Bobcats — which...

GLITCH IN EMAIL RELEASE OF THIS WEEK’S COURIER BEING FIXED

By Jeremy Waltner

August 12, 2025

Because of a technical glitch in the system, last week's issue of The Courier was incorrectly sent in an email this afternoon. It is currently being p...

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PHOTO OF THE DAY: SUNNY SCHOOL

By Jeremy Waltner

August 12, 2025

A sun flare accents this photo of Freeman Academy's Memorial Hall — known as the administration building for most of its almost 100-year-old life — Tu...

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PHOTO OF THE DAY: FAIR APPROACH

By Jeremy Waltner

August 11, 2025

The oldest and one of the most recognizable county fairs in the state — the Turner County Fair — begins today, Monday, Aug. 11. This was the scene in ...

news

‘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...

CITY ATTORNEY: TURNER COUNTY HAS AUTHORITY OVER DAKOTA PROTEIN SOLUTIONS

By Jeremy Waltner

August 5, 2025

Dakota Protein Solutions (DPS), the Turner County rendering plant located a mile-and-a-half southeast of Freeman that has drawn public outcry on socia...

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PHOTO OF THE DAY: THE SMILES SAY IT ALL

By Jeremy Waltner

August 10, 2025

It's not surprising the Cody Fransen and Ty Soulek were all smiles as they served customers at the 2025 Freeman Volunteer Fire Department Firehouse Ri...

news

‘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...

news

POLICE INVESTIGATING THEFT OF ‘LARGE ABOUNT OF MONEY’ AT FREEMAN SHOPPING CENTER

By Jeremy Waltner

July 24, 2025

Freeman Police Chief Barron Nankivel confirmed Tuesday afternoon, July 29 that a suspect had been taken into custody in conjunction with a theft at th...

CITY ATTORNEY: TURNER COUNTY HAS AUTHORITY OVER DAKOTA PROTEIN SOLUTIONS

By Jeremy Waltner

August 5, 2025

Dakota Protein Solutions (DPS), the Turner County rendering plant located a mile-and-a-half southeast of Freeman that has drawn public outcry on socia...

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PHOTO OF THE DAY: POLITICAL ACTION

By Jeremy Waltner

July 27, 2025

United States Representative Dusty Johnson, left, visits with former South Dakota Legislator Frank Kloucek at the South Dakota Chislic Festival (SDCF)...

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DPS SITUATION: RESIDENTS SPEAK OUT; STERN APOLOGIZES; BOARD TO MEET AGAIN SEPT. 23

By Jeremy Waltner

August 19, 2025

There were a number of key takeaways from the Turner County Board of Adjustment’s Aug. 19 meeting in which board members reviewed the conditional use ...

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