PHOTO OF THE DAY: SUN(DAY) DOGS
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: SUN(DAY) DOGS
By Jeremy Waltner 
February 16, 2025
Vibrant sun dogs decorated the eastern sky Sunday morning as the sun rose and rays of light refracted through ice crystals in the atmosphere — a pheno...
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FHS BOYS COME UP SHORT AGAINST ST. MARY
By Jeremy Waltner 
February 16, 2025
A rough second quarter doomed the Freeman High School boys in their upset bid against Class B No. 3 Dell Rapids St. Mary in the Corn Palace Saturday n...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: ALL IN THE FAMILY
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: ALL IN THE FAMILY
By Jeremy Waltner 
February 15, 2025
This week's issue of The Courier includes a story about the Ortman family pictured in their egg barn on a cold late-winter afternoon. They are, from l...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: 50 YEARS LATER …
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: 50 YEARS LATER …
By Jeremy Waltner 
February 14, 2025
Saturday night at the Corn Palace, the Freeman High School boys will face Dell Rapids St. Mary as the second-to-last game of the all-day DWU/Culver’s ...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: SIGNING DAY
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: SIGNING DAY
By Jeremy Waltner 
February 13, 2025
Freeman High School senior Christopher Aasen, seated center, is pictured with some of his football teammates during a ceremonial signing with Dakota S...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: CAMPUS VISIT
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: CAMPUS VISIT
By Jeremy Waltner 
February 12, 2025
The front of the Freeman Academy boulevard is pictured on a snowy Wednesday morning. The school is in the news again this week as The Courier has publ...
MIKE PETERSON: A SELF-BUILT, AMERICAN-MADE PARADOX
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MIKE PETERSON: A SELF-BUILT, AMERICAN-MADE PARADOX
By Jeremy Waltner 
February 12, 2025
You don’t know Mike Peterson. You think you do. Those who have encountered the community resident of 36 years, or have heard about him, know him as a ...
THE STATE OF FREEMAN ACADEMY – PART 2
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THE STATE OF FREEMAN ACADEMY – PART 2
By Jeremy Waltner 
February 12, 2025
Or Start with Part 1 While there are enrollment and financial challenges, there have also been positive developments in recent years. That, along with...
PUBLISHER’S DESK: THE MAN IN THE MIRROR
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PUBLISHER’S DESK: THE MAN IN THE MIRROR
By Jeremy Waltner 
February 12, 2025
I don’t know a single journalist who doesn’t thrive on the opportunity to hear people’s stories and then share those stories with others. After all, i...
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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...
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...
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...

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