Menno junior Zoe Schaeffer, Freeman freshman Olivia Schultz and Freeman sophomore Alexa Nanninga are ready to roll as the girls varsity race gets underway at the Flyer Invitational Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 17. Schaeffer finished 7th in the field of 32 runners while Schultz and Nanninga crossed the...

Domani Butler, a junior from Marion who is part of the Freeman Academy soccer team, takes a moment to himself as one of his teammates, Emma Tuschan, a junior from Parker, prepares to take a penalty kick late in the match against James Valley Christian late Tuesday afternoon Sept. 16. The moment came...

Kevin Albrecht, left, visits with those who will help tell the story of what life was like inside the one-room country schoolhouse at a program being presented by Heritage Hall Museum & Archives Sunday, Sept. 28 at 2 p.m. The program is free to attend and will take place inside the historic Bethel C...

This was the scene inside the Fellowship Harvest Community Church — formerly The Cornerstone — Sunday evening, Sept. 14 as Jeff Koller, Region 3 Director with Mennonite Disaster Services (MDS), offers a historical address. It was part of the 75th anniversary celebration of MDS which offered insight ...

Lesther Rocha, a sophomore at Freeman Public looks upfield as he controls the ball in soccer action at Freeman Academy Saturday afternoon. Rocha had four goals an an assist in the Bobcats' 8-0 win, which moved the third-ranked team to 9-1-1 on the season. Next up for the Bobcats is a rematch against...

It's a busy and buzzy Saturday at Freeman Academy as Sterling Hall is playing host to the Cornbelt Conference Junior High Volleyball Tournament, with Freeman/Freeman Academy, Viborg-Hurley, Bridgewater-Emery, Hanson, Irene-Wakonda, Menno and Canistota all taking part. The single elimination tourname...

This is what the moon looked like late Tuesday evening, Sept. 9 as it was in a Waning Gibbous phase, with 96% of its surface lit by the sun.

Freeman Academy senior Armando Miller and Freeman Public eighth grader Korbin Jensen — both running as Flyers — finished first and second in the junior varsity division of the Freeman Academy Cross-Country Invitational held at the Freeman Prairie Arboretum Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 10. Here are the...

Vaida Ammann, center, is pictured with the rest of the Freeman High School varsity team after recording her 1,000th set assist on the opening play of the Flyers’ home match against Centerville Tuesday night, Sept. 9. Also pictured are, standing from left: Olivia Schultz, Abigail Bradley, Landrei Bak...

This week's Courier introduces readers to Randall Koehler, who has been the pastor at the Hutterthal Mennonite Church since moving here with his family in 2021. The feature on Koehler is the fourth installment in the monthly series, "In-Between Sermons: Life of a Small-Town Pastor," created by Stuar...