JEREMY WALTNER - PUBLISHER As a full-time mechanic at his mom and dad’s business, JH Diesel and Ag Repair LLC, Collin Helma spends plenty of time working on today’s machinery built with comfort and efficiencies in mind. On Labor Day afternoon, however, he was doing something much different: Hooking ...

Remembering the Mennonite General Conference JEREMY WALTNER - PUBLISHER Tabernacle 1: a house of worship specifically: a large building or tent used for evangelistic services 2: a receptacle for the consecrated elements of the Eucharist especially: an ornamental locked box used for reserving the Com...

“Phone Apps” will be the theme of this year’s homecoming parade being planned in conjunction with Freeman High School’s celebration of Flyer Pride next week. The parade will begin from near the Freeman Community Center at 1 p.m. next Friday, Sept. 15 and will make a pass south down Main Street befor...

A Disney-themed set of days under the slogan “Make Your Dreams Come True” will be arriving in Menno next week when the school and community celebrates homecoming. Things will get off to their formal start Monday evening, Sept. 11 with coronation inside the city/school auditorium beginning at 7:30 p....

Freeman Public isn't the only school district celebrating homecoming next week. The Menno community will also be enjoying a week of school pride starting Monday and culminating with a parade, pep rally and football game on Friday, Sept. 15. These are the candidates standing for royalty. For queen (f...

The homecoming royalty candidates at Freeman High School had their photo taken at the start of a new school week Tuesday morning. They are, from left: Evan Scharberg, Shad Tschetter, Blake Stahl, Riley Knittel, Ava Andersen and Kaytlin Pankratz. Homecoming week will begin Monday, Sept. 11 with coron...

While most business are closed for Labor Day — including banks at the United States Postal Service — some are open. This is Casey's located at the corner of Sixth Street and Highway 81 Monday morning.

This photo shows the Salem-Zion Mennonite Church as it stood prior to 1956, when the current structure was built nearby. Salem-Zion (North) is one of two rural congregations located in Turner County east of Freeman. The other is Salem Mennonite which is located 2 1/2 miles south of the North Church....

This photo from freemansdhistoy.com shows Palace Bowl, presumably not long after it opened in 1961. Owned and operated by Orville Ellwein, the 8-lane Freeman blowing ally was located just off Sixth Street and enjoyed its heyday in the 1970s and 1980s before slowing down in the years that followed. T...

This photo of Freeman Public School 7-12 Principal Katie Juhnke appears on the front page of the Aug. 31 edition of The Courier along with a story about the enrollment growth in the district. School administration say the number of students in grades K-12 has surged by 80 in the past three years, ma...