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REPORT, CONTEXT FROM FREEMAN BOARD MEETING
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REPORT, CONTEXT FROM FREEMAN BOARD MEETING
By Jeremy Waltner 
April 3, 2025
All seven who spoke during the public input portion of the Freeman School Board’s special meeting Wednesday night, April 2 spoke in favor of continuing the sports relationship with Marion, and the school board agreed on two things: To request a formal proposal from Marion for an expanded co-op, and;...
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SCHMECKFEST: CHECKERED PAST, CHECKERED PRESENT
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SCHMECKFEST: CHECKERED PAST, CHECKERED PRESENT
By Jeremy Waltner 
April 2, 2025
Schmeckfest has been part of the Freeman community’s culture since it debuted  in March of 1959, with varying degrees of successes and challenges. But the one constant — a celebration of a people and the want to come together — remains today, and it will again be on fully display when the ‘festival ...
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MARION, PARKER CO-OP TALKS; UPDATED
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MARION, PARKER CO-OP TALKS; UPDATED
By Jeremy Waltner 
March 26, 2025
Boards appear to be closing in on 9-year sports agreement as ‘Pheasants’ starting this fall, with football, softball & wrestling beginning in fall of 2026 Parker School Board to hold special meeting with public input Thursday, April 3 at 6:30 p.m. Marion School Board to invite additional public comm...
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NEW RESTAURANTS SET TO OPEN IN FREEMAN
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NEW RESTAURANTS SET TO OPEN IN FREEMAN
By Jeremy Waltner 
March 26, 2025
After a long stretch without much for dining options, The Coffee Cafe scheduled to open on Highway 81; Watecha Bowl Grille downtown And just like that, a restaurant scene in Freeman that has been dormant in recent years has taken on new life. Not only is The Fringe at Valley View Golf Course open ag...
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HERITAGE HALL ANNOUNCES HERITAGE PICKERS LINEUP
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HERITAGE HALL ANNOUNCES HERITAGE PICKERS LINEUP
By Jeremy Waltner 
March 26, 2025
Other demonstrations planned for Schmeckfest April 4-5; Freeman museum to debut new exhibits at annual festival Heritage Hall Museum & Archives has a full slate of activities planned during Schmeckfest 2025. That includes artisans who will demonstrate traditional crafts and “Heritage Pickers,” indiv...
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WALTER TO PLAY AS FLYERS AIM FOR CONSOLATION TITLE
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WALTER TO PLAY AS FLYERS AIM FOR CONSOLATION TITLE
By Jeremy Waltner 
March 20, 2025
The Freeman High School boys are playing for a championship — a consolation championship, that is. And one day after sitting out because of illness, freshman David Walter — the team's leading scorer — will play. The Flyers will face Wall in the fifth/sixth-place game at 1:45 p.m. Saturday after defe...
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FREEMAN BOARD LUKEWARM ON PHOENIX EXPANSION
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FREEMAN BOARD LUKEWARM ON PHOENIX EXPANSION
By Jeremy Waltner 
March 19, 2025
Request comes from Marion, which is also in talks about an all-sports co-op with Parker; superintendents and ADs were to meet Wednesday An expansion of the Phoenix cooperative between Freeman, Marion and Freeman Academy arrived at the table of the Freeman Public School Board last week Monday, March ...
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A CLOSER LOOK AT SCHMECKFEST’S ‘JANE EYRE’
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A CLOSER LOOK AT SCHMECKFEST’S ‘JANE EYRE’
By Jeremy Waltner 
March 19, 2025
EDITOR’S NOTE: Since January, the cast and production team involved with the 2025 Schmeckfest stage production, “Jane Eyre,” have been working diligently to prepare the musical drama for its three-night run on April 3, 4 and 5. Performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. each night. While “Jane Eyre” has b...
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COFFEE, ANYONE?
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COFFEE, ANYONE?
By Jeremy Waltner 
February 19, 2025
Freeman businesswoman Dawn Walz is finding out the answer  to that question is ‘yes’ as she turns her historic Main Street building into a gathering place for the young and old alike The stately structure that stands at the corner of Main and Fourth streets in downtown Freeman has taken on multiple ...
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MIKE PETERSON: A SELF-BUILT, AMERICAN-MADE PARADOX
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MIKE PETERSON: A SELF-BUILT, AMERICAN-MADE PARADOX
By Jeremy Waltner 
February 12, 2025
You don’t know Mike Peterson. You think you do. Those who have encountered the community resident of 36 years, or have heard about him, know him as a rough-around-the edges, inked-up, crass character who’s been on the business end of both punches taken and punches thrown, who years ago started his o...
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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 ab...
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SAARIE AND HIS STOLEN POLARIS RANGER; THE REPORT
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This story will appear in print in the July 9 issue of The Courier. Three individuals have been arrested and are facing state felony ch...
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ALL IN THE FAMILY
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ALL IN THE FAMILY
By Jeremy Waltner 
July 1, 2025
Forty-two years ago, his Grandpa Ted took over Ferd’s Market and renamed it Ted’s Market. Ten years after that, his dad, Bob, took over Ted’s Market a...
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: DEVASTATING ANNIVERSARY
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This photo was posted by Swan Lake Christian Camp on its Facebook page on Sunday along with the following explanation. Yesterday, June 7, 1965, marked...
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