McConniel, Cremer, Gortmaker also speak as 10 seniors say goodbye to Marion High School He was introduced by co-valedictorian Alexa Gortmaker as “the infamous Mr. Lanfear,” and over the course of the next six minutes, Marion Public School’s government, history, art and contemporary issues teacher — ...

Twenty graduating seniors say goodbye at emotional ceremony It was both the end of an era and the start of something new inside the Freeman High School gym as 20 graduating seniors said goodbye to high school Saturday afternoon, May 11. And in their commencement address, co-valedictorians Ava Anders...

MENNO HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION Addresses touch on support for others, patience, appreciation Eleven seniors recieve diplomas in ceremony Saturday afternoon JEREMY WALTNER - EDITOR & PUBLISHER Isaac Fergen, president of the National Honor Society and one of 11 seniors that make up Menno High School’s C...

Dr. Dennis Epp (standing third from left) is honored by Jeff Veltkamp, director of development with the South Dakota Community Foundation, with the organization's Hometown Hero award for his contributions to the community — and the Freeman Community Foundation (FCF) — over the years and decades. Als...

... and other stories about Menno senior Ashton Massey, who bounced back from emotional adversity to become one of South Dakota’s top track and field athletes and among the best Menno has ever seen — even success aside. Prologue: Then and Now It was Oct. 23, 2021 and Ashton Massey was competing in t...

Sunday’s worship service led by Freeman Ministerial Association touches on loss, hope, excitement for what the future holds A member of the Freeman High School Class of 2024 lost too soon in a car accident late last year was remembered through passages of scripture she had noted in her Bible, Pasto...

FHS, Menno graduations Saturday, May 11; FA, Marion Saturday, May 18 Graduation will be on the minds of local students, their families and their respective communities this weekend and next as seniors reach a memorable milestone in their lives. Both Freeman Public and Menno will hold commencement ex...

Last week Mory Ortman & Jordan Ortman returned to their alma mater to present a piano concert as a fundraiser for Freeman Academy’s Cultivate 120 campaign, and in the process raised the roof with top-shelf music inside an old gymnasium. It may have sounded like something you would hear in Carnegie H...

Courier recognized at  2023 SDNA convention Weekly wins a dozen awards for writing, photography, design The Courier won first place among all weeklies across the state in the category of Best Publication Website — freemansd.com — in the South Dakota NewsMedia Association’s (SDNA) 2023 SDNA Better Ne...

S&S Ag Supply LLC has been growing and diversifying steadily the past 20 years to the point where a new headquarters of operation was necessary. The result? A brand-new 21,000 square-foot facility in Freeman that helps accent Highway 81. When Paula (Schmeichel) VerDouw left to study accounting at Au...