It was as hot on Saturday as they said it was going to be, with 102 degrees registering on the CorTrust Bank clock around 4 p.m. Sunday will be another scorcher, with temperatures again upward of 100 degrees before dropping to a more reasonable high on Monday. Storms are also in the forecast for the...

It's not a Mouring Dove, rather an Eurasian Collared-Dove that is spotted on a warm Saturday morning in Freeman. The large pale dove is marked with a black crescent on the nape and is native to Eurasia and Northern Africa, and established later throughout North America, the Caribbean and parts of Ce...

The foursome on their way to see the Wizard of Oz — Scarecrow (Charli Fickbohm), Lion (Jax Kaufman), Tin Man (Christian Ortman) and Dorothy (Mari Chlebeck VanLeur) — find themselves caught in a trap implemented by the Wicked Witch of the West (Ally Bittner) in an effort to retrieve the ruby red slip...

The United States Postal Service and federal offices across the country are closed today — Thursday, June 19 — in observance of Juneteenth, which is celebrated to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. Juneteenth National Independence Day became a federal holiday in 2021 in response to...

Dustin Tschetter visits with the Post 152 Junior Legion squad following its 4-1 win over Post 194 out of Parkston at Merchants State Bank Field in Freeman Tuesday evening, June 17. The Senior Legion team also won over Parkston 2-1 later that evening. Here's the latest from the 79ers. A one-out singl...

An unsettled sky rolls over Freeman around 2:45 p.m. Monday as a line of storms churned across the area. While it appeared as though severe weather was on its way, most of it stayed south and the community received only a shot of rain — and a few rumbles. There is a chance of rain and thunderstorms ...

Jake Weier, player/manager for Freeman's amateur baseball team, rolls into third base in action at Merchants State Bank Field Sunday night, June 15. Weier and the Blacksox took care of business against Lesterville, winning 14-4 to improve to 4-4 on the season. Bailey Sage drove in four runs in the w...

This structure at the corner of Main and Fifth streets, which had served as a filling station operated by Freeman Junior College decades earlier, was the original home to Stucky's Electric Repair when it opened in 1974. But it was too small to serve Janver Stucky's startup business, so it was remove...

Seven-year-old Elowen Randall gets situated for a photo to be taken by her dad, Dustin, at Saturday morning's Family Fishing Day at the Freeman Prairie Arboretum. The Randalls were among a smattering of people gathered on what was an overcast but pleasant June 14 morning for a reimagined event that ...

Armando Cortez is enjoying the beautiful Friday morning and one of his passions — cooking — at his home at 300 S. Dewald in Freeman. Cortez is serving up beef, pork and chicken tacos and other sweet treats in conjunction with his rummage sale — one of many being held June 13 and 14 across the Freema...