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By Jeremy Waltner

March 26, 2025

After a long stretch without much for dining options, The Coffee Cafe scheduled to open on Highway 81; Watecha Bowl Grille downtown And just like that...

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HERITAGE HALL ANNOUNCES HERITAGE PICKERS LINEUP

By Jeremy Waltner

March 26, 2025

Other demonstrations planned for Schmeckfest April 4-5; Freeman museum to debut new exhibits at annual festival Heritage Hall Museum & Archives has a ...

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PHOTO OF THE DAY: ACTING OUT

By Jeremy Waltner

March 25, 2025

Cast members taking the stage in "Jane Eyre" rehearse a scene Monday night, March 24, less than two weeks before the musical drama is presented as par...

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PHOTO OF THE DAY: SOUTH MAIN

By Jeremy Waltner

March 24, 2025

This undated photo, taken decades ago, shows the south end of Freeman's Main Street and the Freeman Academy/Freeman Junior College campus sometime aft...

FREEMAN BOYS SETTLE FOR SIXTH IN THE ‘B’

By Jeremy Waltner

March 22, 2025

They arrived in Aberdeen sixth and on Sunday they will return to Freeman sixth. Facing a hot-handed Wall team and its relentless man-to-man press that...

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PHOTO OF THE DAY: NEW HARDWARE

By Jeremy Waltner

March 23, 2025

The Freeman High School boys basketball team is returning home today with this plaque after a 1-2 showing at the 2025 State B Basketball Tournament in...

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PHOTO OF THE DAY: FINAL WALKTHROUGH

By Jeremy Waltner

March 22, 2025

The Freeman Flyers assemble on the basketball court at Aberdeen Central High School Saturday morning, March 22 for their final walkthrough of the seas...

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VIBORG-HURLEY TOO TOUGH FOR FLYERS IN ‘B’ OPENER

By Jeremy Waltner

March 22, 2025

The Viborg-Hurley boys were ranked No. 1 in the South Dakota Prep Media Poll for most of the season, and on Thursday night against Freeman, they showe...

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PHOTO OF THE DAY: COURTSIDE

By Jeremy Waltner

March 21, 2025

Lance Friesen watches the action on the court of Wachs Arena inside the Barnett Center in Aberdeen during Freeman's opening game of the State Bs again...

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WALTER TO PLAY AS FLYERS AIM FOR CONSOLATION TITLE

By Jeremy Waltner

March 20, 2025

The Freeman High School boys are playing for a championship — a consolation championship, that is. And one day after sitting out because of illness, f...

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UPDATED SPORTS SCORES

By Jeremy Waltner

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...

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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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PHOTO OF THE DAY: FULL HOUSE

By Jeremy Waltner

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...

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CITY DECLARES MAIN STREET BUILDING DANGEROUS

By Jeremy Waltner

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...

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FREEMAN ACADEMY HIRES NEW HEAD OF SCHOOL

By Jeremy Waltner

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...

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