PHOTO OF THE DAY: DAYS OF YORE
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: DAYS OF YORE
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 30, 2025
Marnette Hofer, archivist and executive director at Heritage Hall Museum & Archives, welcomes a nice crowd to the Sunday afternoon program exploring t...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: GOOD OLD DAYS
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: GOOD OLD DAYS
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 29, 2025
This photo was posted on Facebook by Heritage Hall Museum & Archives in advance of its Sunday afternoon program on one-room school houses. Here is wha...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: SOMETHING BREWING
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: SOMETHING BREWING
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 28, 2025
This photo was taken by Chauni Glanzer from her farm northwest of Freeman around 9:45 p.m., as a line of storms moved from west to east across eastern...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: MAN AT WORK
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: MAN AT WORK
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 27, 2025
Jim Smidt, an employee of the city of Freeman who has helped manage the recycling center for the past decade, moves a container back into place Friday...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: WET GROUNDS
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: WET GROUNDS
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 26, 2025
It was a wet and busy Main Street in Freeman Thursday morning following another round of overnight showers, this time about 1.5 inches of rain in town...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: PATTERNS BY MAN, PATTERNS BY SKY
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: PATTERNS BY MAN, PATTERNS BY SKY
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 25, 2025
The unstable weather pattern is reflected in a complex sky Wednesday morning as a large weather system continues to cycle over the Upper Midwest. Free...
IMPORTANT: COURIER CHANGES COMING
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IMPORTANT: COURIER CHANGES COMING
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 25, 2025
Beginning next week, The Courier will move from a Thursday to a Wednesday print publication, with the online edition going live every Tuesday. To acco...
MUSEUM PROGRAM SUNDAY TO LOOK AT ONE-ROOM SCHOOLS
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MUSEUM PROGRAM SUNDAY TO LOOK AT ONE-ROOM SCHOOLS
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 25, 2025
In 1950, 75 years ago, 3,295 school districts were scattered across South Dakota. An overwhelming majority of these were small one-room rural school d...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: VIEW OF FAIRVIEW
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: VIEW OF FAIRVIEW
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 24, 2025
Pictured is the Fairview School, which is believed to be the second home of a bell now on display at Heritage Hall Museum & Archives. Here’s what the ...
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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...
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: DEVASTATING ANNIVERSARY
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: DEVASTATING ANNIVERSARY
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 8, 2025
This photo was posted by Swan Lake Christian Camp on its Facebook page on Sunday along with the following explanation. Yesterday, June 7, 1965, marked...
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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