State funds will be used to establish improved shop area, commercial kitchen Freeman Public Schools is benefiting from $6.4 million in grants recently distributed to 36 districts across the state by the South Dakota Department of Education to help schools bolster their career and technical education...

Full slate of family-friendly activities starts with 11 a.m. parade There will be no shortage of activates for young and old alike when Menno throws another big Independence Day party on Thursday, July 4. While there is a good chance of rain, as of Wednesday morning the activities were on as planned...

City resident takes over role previously held by Carol Eisenbeis Shelly Wanninger is the new development and marketing coordinator with the city of Freeman. Wanninger was hired for the 25-hours-a-week job by the Freeman City Council at its June 18 meeting and spent her first day in her office in Cit...

Flooded basements, lost crops, helpful hands and questions about solutions all come on the heels of weather event no one will forget A dead fish. That’s what Brad Anderson found by the side of his driveway on South Main Street — washed up when waters pushed the Freeman Prairie Arboretum out of its b...

Baseball games start at noon; chislic and fireworks again on tap A full afternoon and evening of activities is on deck as the Freeman community prepares to celebrate the Fourth of July a few days early. The ballpark grounds on Freeman’s north side will once again play host to the festivities this Su...

From the South Dakota Department of Public Safety: What:    Two vehicle double fatality crash Where:  Junction of US 18 and US 81, eight miles south of Freeman, SD When:   2:15p.m. Monday, June 24, 2024 Driver 1: Male, 51 years old, fatal injuries Vehicle 1: 2002 Chevrolet Pickup Seatbelt Use: No Pa...

Major runoff from an adjacent field raced across the South County Road, into the north ditch and through the Prairie Arboretum, causing massive flooding in portions of Freeman early Friday afternoon, June 21. “There’s nothing that could have been done,” said Dave Kaufman, who is president of the Fre...

The Freeman Public School District is needing to fill a vacancy on the school board following the resignation of Karissa Podzimek, who joined the board in July of 2022 after running unopposed for election. The board accepted her resignation in regular session Monday, June 10 — the same meeting in wh...

“Mr. Voss! Mr. Voss! Mr. Voss!” The chants were loud and nonstop as they echoed through the hallways of Freeman Elementary School, the pitch of the voices perfectly of grade school quality. It was Wednesday, May 15, the last day of the 2023-24 school year and the last day for Shane Voss, who was ret...

The Marion School Board isn’t interested in finding out if the third time will be the charm. At least not right now. One week after voters rejected — for the second time in less than six months — a general obligation bond issue that would have generated $6 million in new tax revenue to help fund a m...