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By Jeremy Waltner

May 31, 2025

Christopher Aasen baths in the Saturday morning sun as he walks the track in advance of the final day of the SDHSAA State Track & Field Championships....

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PHOTO OF THE DAY: TIME KEEPER

By Jeremy Waltner

May 30, 2025

Two-year-old Bella Beseman is on stopwatch detail while hanging out with her mom, Clara, and grandma, Suzanne Koerner, at the 2015 State Track Meet Th...

2025 STATE TRACK IN THE BOOKS

By Jeremy Waltner

May 29, 2025

FROM SATURDAY 9:00 a.m. – Cadence Hofer (FHS) Triple Jump, Flight 2, No. 3 (13th, 32-11 3/4) Result: DNP, 31-10 1/4 9:00 a.m. – Brooks Schoenfish (SM)...

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PHOTO OF THE DAY: READY TO RUN

By Jeremy Waltner

May 29, 2025

These Flyers — holding the awards they received at a sendoff Thursday morning — and others are off to Sioux Falls for the three-day South Dakota High ...

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PHOTO OF THE DAY: FLIGHT PATTERN

By Jeremy Waltner

May 28, 2025

A yellow-headed Blackbird is in flight at the Freeman Prairie Arboretum. Description from Allaboutbirds.com “With a golden head, a white patch on blac...

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PIONEER HALL: BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE – PART 1

By Jeremy Waltner

May 28, 2025

It is the largest and most widely-used building in the freeman community, and how it came to be is remarkable. A story told by Courier Publisher Jere...

SM START LIST

By Jeremy Waltner

May 28, 2025

Scotland/Menno Boys Bryce Sattler 12 • 400, 52.41; 18th in field Incoming best: 49.75 (Dax Frandsen) • 800, 2:02.54; 14th in field Incoming best: 1:56...

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STRONG CONTINGENT OF LOCAL ATHLETES HEADED TO STATE

By Jeremy Waltner

May 28, 2025

Track and field participants from Freeman Academy/Marion, Freeman Public and Scotland/Menno will be busy this Thursday, Friday & Saturday At 12:50 p.m...

FHS START LIST

By Jeremy Waltner

May 28, 2025

Freeman Public Boys Tate Sorensen 11 • 400, 52.19; 10th in field Incoming best: 50.84 (Ethan Schwenn, Wilmont) Luke Miller 9 • 800, 2:04.67; 11th in f...

FAM START LIST

By Jeremy Waltner

May 28, 2025

Freeman Academy/Marion Boys Keaton Preheim 12 • 100, 11.12; 6th in field Incoming best: 10.73 (Kyle Hettich, Ipswich) • 200, 23.13; 8th in field Incom...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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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