Canistota/Freeman moved to 3-0 with a 40-6 win over Oldham-Ramona/Rutland Friday night, Sept. 4. The Pride led 32-0 at halftime of Freeman Public's homecoming game. The Raiders dropped to 2-1. Also Friday, 9AA top-ranked Viborg-Hurley defeated Menno/Marion 52-0 to improve to 3-0. The Razorbacks dropped to 0-3. Viborg-Hurley played without starting quarterback Chase Mason, who tore his ACL against Arlington-Lake Preston and will miss the remainder of the season. 

Second-grader Max Unruh heads to school Friday morning, Sept. 4 for what will be a fun day at Freeman Public. It's Homecoming Friday, which means a half-day of school, float-building for the older students and a 1 p.m. parade through downtown. Football is on tap for tonight as the top-ranked Canistota/Freeman Pride host Oldham/Ramonda-Rutland. A long weekend follows; with Labor Day on Monday, students like Max will get a three-day respite. 

Menno Public School is dealing with its first case of COVID-19, which was confirmed at the high school Wednesday, Sept. 2. As a result of close-contact protocol and other recommendations from the Department of Health and CDC, 17 high school students are quarantined for 14 days starting Thursday, Sept. 3, according to pre-k-8 principal Kory Foss.

This was the homecoming royal court at Freeman High School in the fall of 1975. Pictured are, from left, Mark Gross, Bob Pidde, King Gary Goertz, Queen Bonnie Ensz, Mary Ann Preheim and Theresa Villa.

COVID-19: What have we learned? Corona vs COVID-19 Human ability to deny reality is boundless. Testing: every school child should have had a test.

Dewayne L. Hiebner was called home on Aug. 26, 2020 at the Aurora Memorial Hospital after going into cardiac arrest. Dewayne was born Feb. 8, 1942 in York, Neb. to Thomas and Lena (Rempel) Hiebner. He was married to Sharon Glanzer in rural Freeman, S.D. on July 18, 1965. Dewayne accepted Christ as his personal Savior as a teenager while attending an Aurora Crusade meeting. He was a member of the Faith Evangelical Bible Church in Henderson, Neb.

Alfred E. Schaeffer, age 94 of Menno, S.D., passed away Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020 at the Menno-Olivet Care Center, Menno. A services was held Monday, Aug. 31 at Peace Christian Reformed Church, Menno, with Rev. Bill Vis officiating. Burial was at the Menno Cemetery with Military Graveside Rites by the Rames-Bender American Legion Post #152 and the SDANGHG.

  The greater Freeman community is feeling the sting and impact of sudden loss this week following the automobile accident that claimed the life of Dennis Schrock Sunday night. Schrock died at the intersection of 280th St. and S.D. Highway 19 when the westbound vehicle he was driving collided with a southbound minivan. He died at the scene, according to a report from the Department of Public Safety. He was 71.

CANISTOTA/FREEMAN FOOTBALL Aug. 21: Pride 46, Chester 0 (1-0) Aug. 28: Pride 14, De Smet 12 (2-0) Sept. 4: Pride 40. O-R/R 6 (3-0)

A dog waits for his master behind the wheel of an old pickup in front of the Et Cetera Shoppe Wednesday morning, Sept. 2.