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...
news
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 day
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 day
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 day
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 day
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...
obituaries
March 28, 2025
Nicole (Preheim) Pine, 51, of Yankton, S.D., passed away on March 16 at Avera McKennan Hospital. Arrangements are pending. We bid farewell to a remark...
photo day
March 27, 2025
The following story is featured on the front page of this week's Courier. First-year director Jill Hofer partners with cast & production team in bring...
obituaries
March 27, 2025
Clinton Bauer, 89 of Freeman, S.D., passed away on March 17, 2025 at the Freeman Regional Nursing Home. A memorial service was held Saturday, March 22...
photo day
March 26, 2025
The Freeman water tower is bathed in the warm glow of Wednesday's morning light, suggesting a comfortable day set of days lie ahead. Highs were expect...
breaking news
September 1, 2025
SATURDAY, SEPT. 13 Soccer Freeman Academy 8, Custer 0 (9-1-1) FRIDAY, SEPT. 12 Football Freeman/Marion/Freeman Academy 61, Gayville-Volin 6 (4-0) Scot...
news
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 ...
photo day
August 21, 2025
Here is another photo from the Aug. 19 meeting of the Turner County Board of Adjustment that drew more than 40 residents of Freeman, all there to repr...
news
August 26, 2025
Action means Watecha Bowl cannot open until issues are fixed The future of a restaurant specializing in traditional Native American food that had been...
news
August 28, 2025
A search that began in spring has borne fruit at Freeman Academy. More than a week after the private, Christian school began its 122nd term, school le...
