Freeman Academy capped off a very good regular season with a 2-1 win over James Valley Christian Saturday afternoon in Freeman in a match that featured two of the longest running high school soccer programs in South Dakota and two teams with a rivalry that goes back to the 1980s. The Bobcats' win ov...

Freeman Academy assistant soccer coach James Baer and his younger brother Jorgen — a senior co-captain and defensive stopper for the Bobcats — meet up Saturday morning to apply a fresh coat of paint on the field's lines. FA was scheduled to host James Valley Christian in the final match of the regul...

Lydia Dockter was among nine people learning how to fashion willow shoots into stars at Heritage Hall Museum & Archives in Freeman Thursday afternoon. Viki Graber, a Freeman community native who regularly demonstrates willow weaving at Schmeckfest, is conducting classes at the museum through Sunday....

The Vietnam War Memorial is pictured with the Washington Monument in the background on Wednesday night in the nation's capital, where Courier Publisher Jeremy Waltner has been since Tuesday. Waltner was joined in Washington, D.C. by Dave Bordewyk, executive director of the South Dakota Newspaper Ass...

JEREMY WALTNER - PUBLISHER A transition is underway inside the business office at Freeman Public Schools. The Freeman Public School board last week accepted the resignation of Debbie Goossen, who started as an interim business manager in January of 2018 following the abrupt resignation of Ronda Rine...

JEREMY WALTNER - PUBLISHER Many who attend the Menno Pioneer Power Show are dazzled by the scope and scale of the power on display, which is most evident in the impressive live demonstrations that help highlight the two-day event held every September. Those live demonstrations — a living museum, rea...

This photo appears on the front page of the Sept. 28 edition of The Courier. For the story behind the image, the man and the unique tractor, see the report on the 2023 Menno Power Show printed in this week's edition, available online Wednesday afternoon and in print on Thursday.

This photo shows the campus of Freeman Academy, highlighted by the parking lot adjacent to Sterling Hall and Pioneer Hall.

Leah Flyger feeds the sorghum press at her family's demonstration Sunday afternoon as part of the 2023 Pioneer Power Show in Menno. The annual event that features a look at how steam was used for power a century ago mostly escaped the heavy and widespread rain that had been in the forecast. By late ...

A sky rich in texture and depth is pictured on a gorgeous late-summer afternoon on Saturday. While storms marked the day up north, the Freeman community was spared severe weather and didn't get the rain that many had expected, and Sunday appears to be shaping up in a similar way.