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NEWSPAPER GROUP TO ‘EXPERIENCE FREEMAN’ JULY 7-8
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NEWSPAPER GROUP TO ‘EXPERIENCE FREEMAN’ JULY 7-8
By Jeremy Waltner 
July 1, 2025
Nearly two dozen people from across the United States, as well as a newspaper editor from Wales, will get an up-close look at some of what the Freeman community has to offer next Monday and Tuesday, July 7 and 8. Most in the group are active or retired journalists, members of the International Socie...
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IMPORTANT: COURIER CHANGES COMING
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IMPORTANT: COURIER CHANGES COMING
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 25, 2025
Beginning next week, The Courier will move from a Thursday to a Wednesday print publication, with the online edition going live every Tuesday. To accommodate that change, the deadline for news and advertising copy moves from Monday at noon to Friday at noon, beginning this week. Local city and rural...
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MUSEUM PROGRAM SUNDAY TO LOOK AT ONE-ROOM SCHOOLS
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MUSEUM PROGRAM SUNDAY TO LOOK AT ONE-ROOM SCHOOLS
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 25, 2025
In 1950, 75 years ago, 3,295 school districts were scattered across South Dakota. An overwhelming majority of these were small one-room rural school districts. By 1970, just 20 years later, only 287 districts remained. The one-room schools that dotted the rural landscape had closed, absorbed by city...
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FOR GOOD
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FOR GOOD
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 18, 2025
Freeman 39-year-old recognized nationally for her work as an adoption specialist with the Children’s Home Society of South Dakota — but this is not about her. Story & Photo by Jeremy Waltner For those who believe that caring for others is life’s greatest purpose — which Tina Graber most certainly do...
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TO OZ! FACC PRESENTING CLASSIC THURSDAY NIGHT
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TO OZ! FACC PRESENTING CLASSIC THURSDAY NIGHT
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 18, 2025
A cast of nearly 50 and a production team of nine will take audiences from Kansas to Munchkinland and onto the Emerald City Thursday night, June 19 when the Freeman Area Children’s Choir presents “The Wizard of Oz: Youth Edition” on the Pioneer Hall stage. Tickets may be purchased at the door; doors...
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AREA WIDE CONNECTION TO CEASE OPERATION JULY 1
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AREA WIDE CONNECTION TO CEASE OPERATION JULY 1
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 11, 2025
The Area Wide Connection, a free-distribution advertising publication of Second Century Publishing, Inc. that serves residents of Hutchinson, Turner and McCook counties, will cease publication at the end of the month. The final issue will be published Tuesday, June 24. Jeremy Waltner, president of S...
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PIONEER HALL: BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE – PART 3
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PIONEER HALL: BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE – PART 3
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 11, 2025
It is the largest and most widely-used building in the freeman community, and how it came to be is remarkable. A story told by Courier Publisher Jeremy Waltner in special partnership with heritage hall museum & archives  Look closely. You’ll recognize the building as Pioneer Hall in what is obviousl...
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MCCONNIEL LEADS THE WAY IN BEARCATS’ FINALE
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MCCONNIEL LEADS THE WAY IN BEARCATS’ FINALE
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 4, 2025
Marion senior medals twice; Preheim returns to podium; relays finish strong Not only was it the end of an era for Freeman Academy/Marion’s top two runners — seniors Finley McConniel and Keaton Preheim — it was also the end of an era for a sports partnership of nine years. Last week’s South Dakota St...
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FLYERS FINISH STATE STRONG — AND WITH MOMENTUM
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FLYERS FINISH STATE STRONG — AND WITH MOMENTUM
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 4, 2025
STATE TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS Flyers finish strong —  with lots of momentum Peters, Scharberg make podium; six of nine relays earn medals JEREMY WALTNER  -  PUBLISHER On Monday morning, June 2, less than two days following the conclusion of the 2025 State Track and Field Championships, Freeman H...
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PIONEER HALL: BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE – PART 2
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PIONEER HALL: BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE – PART 2
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 4, 2025
It is the largest and most widely-used building in the freeman community, and how it came to be is remarkable. A story told by Courier Publisher Jeremy Waltner in special partnership with Heritage Hall Museum & Archives  Part 2 Were it not for circumstances beyond local control, Pioneer Hall would l...
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UPDATED SPORTS SCORES
By Jeremy Waltner 
September 1, 2025
SATURDAY, SEPT. 13 Soccer Freeman Academy 8, Custer 0 (9-1-1) FRIDAY, SEPT. 12 Football Freeman/Marion/Freeman Academy 61, Gayville-Volin 6 (4-0) Scot...
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DPS SITUATION: RESIDENTS SPEAK OUT; STERN APOLOGIZES; BOARD TO MEET AGAIN SEPT. 23
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DPS SITUATION: RESIDENTS SPEAK OUT; STERN APOLOGIZES; BOARD TO MEET AGAIN SEPT. 23
By Jeremy Waltner 
August 19, 2025
There were a number of key takeaways from the Turner County Board of Adjustment’s Aug. 19 meeting in which board members reviewed the conditional use ...
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: FULL HOUSE
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: FULL HOUSE
By Jeremy Waltner 
August 21, 2025
Here is another photo from the Aug. 19 meeting of the Turner County Board of Adjustment that drew more than 40 residents of Freeman, all there to repr...
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CITY DECLARES MAIN STREET BUILDING DANGEROUS
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CITY DECLARES MAIN STREET BUILDING DANGEROUS
By Jeremy Waltner 
August 26, 2025
Action means Watecha Bowl cannot open until issues are fixed The future of a restaurant specializing in traditional Native American food that had been...
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FREEMAN ACADEMY HIRES NEW HEAD OF SCHOOL
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FREEMAN ACADEMY HIRES NEW HEAD OF SCHOOL
By Jeremy Waltner 
August 28, 2025
A search that began in spring has borne fruit at Freeman Academy. More than a week after the private, Christian school began its 122nd term, school le...
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