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PHOTO OF THE DAY: CANDY RUSH
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: CANDY RUSH
By Jeremy Waltner 
July 5, 2025
Scenes like this played out over and over again as thousands packed the streets of Menno late Friday morning, July 4 for the traditional Independence Day parade. There were 87 entries representing Menno and the surrounding area, and the processional lasted a full hour. Watch for a full report in the...
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: FOURTH OF JULY FEAST
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: FOURTH OF JULY FEAST
By Jeremy Waltner 
July 4, 2025
Isla Andersen, daughter of Menno native and community resident Brittney Massey, goes through the line at the Menno FFA-hosted Fourth of July feed inside the city/school auditorium following Friday's Independence Day parade. Thousands once again stormed Menno for the Fourth of July celebration, which...
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: SHOW AND TELL
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: SHOW AND TELL
By Jeremy Waltner 
July 3, 2025
Will Stuck, a children's performer who works with libraries around the country, introduces himself and his show to those who are taking part in the Summer Reading Program offered by the Freeman Public Library Wednesday afternoon, July 2. Struck was in town to help the local library celebrate the mid...
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: SHOWTIME!
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: SHOWTIME!
By Jeremy Waltner 
July 2, 2025
This was the scene at the Freeman Junior-Senior High School parking lot late Sunday night, June 29 as a group of local boys put on a fireworks show —  a tradition in recent years. A good-sized crowd was on hand and showed appreciation afterward, even collecting money to help fund the 2026 show. The ...
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: THE START OF SOMETHING SPECIAL
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: THE START OF SOMETHING SPECIAL
By Jeremy Waltner 
July 1, 2025
Ted Pidde Sr., right, is pictured with Bill Morefeld, center, and Leo Laber inside the Freeman Meat Market in this undated photo. Morefeld purchased the building in 1930, with Laber becoming manager in 1948. Laber purchased the operation in 1974 — one year after Pidde assumed ownership of Ferd’s Mea...
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: DAYS OF YORE
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: DAYS OF YORE
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 30, 2025
Marnette Hofer, archivist and executive director at Heritage Hall Museum & Archives, welcomes a nice crowd to the Sunday afternoon program exploring the ins and outs of the one-room country school, which once upon a time dotted the rural landscape. Watch for a report on the program online later this...
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: GOOD OLD DAYS
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: GOOD OLD DAYS
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 29, 2025
This photo was posted on Facebook by Heritage Hall Museum & Archives in advance of its Sunday afternoon program on one-room school houses. Here is what was included with the post: One-room country schools weren't air conditioned, but the Bethel Church, where we're hosting a 2 p.m. program this after...
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: SOMETHING BREWING
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: SOMETHING BREWING
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 28, 2025
This photo was taken by Chauni Glanzer from her farm northwest of Freeman around 9:45 p.m., as a line of storms moved from west to east across eastern South Dakota. While severe weather was part of the system, the Freeman community received only wind and rain — another 0.40 locally.
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: MAN AT WORK
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: MAN AT WORK
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 27, 2025
Jim Smidt, an employee of the city of Freeman who has helped manage the recycling center for the past decade, moves a container back into place Friday morning. Smidt says he is at the Cedar Street facility six days a week "and sometimes on Sundays" tending to the many recyclables dropped off at the ...
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: WET GROUNDS
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: WET GROUNDS
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 26, 2025
It was a wet and busy Main Street in Freeman Thursday morning following another round of overnight showers, this time about 1.5 inches of rain in town. That makes for nearly 4 inches in town in the past week. It appears as though the wet pattern will clear out after today with temperatures in the 80...
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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 ab...
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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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PHOTO OF THE DAY: DEVASTATING ANNIVERSARY
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 8, 2025
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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PHOTO OF THE DAY: TACO TIME!
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: TACO TIME!
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 13, 2025
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...
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