Lance Friesen watches the action on the court of Wachs Arena inside the Barnett Center in Aberdeen during Freeman's opening game of the State Bs against Viborg-Hurley. The Cougars were too much for the Flyers, winning 72-44 to send sixth-seed Freeman into the consolation round where they will face s...

Wachs Arena at the Barnett Center on the campus of Northern State University — pictured during Freeman's one-hour practice session from 2 to 3 p.m. on Wednesday — will be alive with electricity beginning today as the 2025 State 'B' Boys Basketball Tournament begins. Action tips off at noon with No. ...

The Freeman High School boys basketball team assembles on the stage of the high school gym first thing Wednesday morning for a pep rally sendoff prior to its departure for Aberdeen. The Flyers left on a school bus shortly after 9 a.m. and will check in to the hotel in the Hub City by 1 p.m. — in ple...

Freeman Academy third grader Trevor Paff portrays Oscar Howe, the famous South Dakota painter, at the school’s living wax museum Monday evening, March 17. Headed up by Amber Bradley, director of instruction and the school’s 5-6 teacher, the project was part of the history curriculum and included 12 ...

This photo was posted to the Heritage Hall Museum & Archives Facebook page on Monday, along with the following explanation. Today we know the building on the east side of Highway 81 south of Ralph's Feed and southeast of the Freeman Shopping Center as the Fellowship Harvest Community Church. But in ...

Sharla Miller sets out decorated poster board inside the Freeman High School lunchroom as part of an effort by several moms of the Flyers boys basketball team Sunday afternoon, in celebration of the upcoming State 'B' Boys Basketball Tournament in Aberdeen. The group spent about 90 minutes decoratin...

This was — and is — the story of Saturday across the region as high winds howl through much cooler temperatures than those of more recent days. But the snow has mostly stayed clear of the Freeman area, with just dusting falling in the early morning (and briefly powerless) hours. This photo was taken...

This photo shows a renovation of the old K&K store on Freeman's Main Street prior to a series of businesses that would come and go inside those walls in the 1980s and 1990s, including The Village Toggery and The Carriage House. Bob Pidde moved his grocery store, Jamboree Foods, into the building in ...

Elementary students at Menno watch a tractor pass by during the FFA's tractor parade Tuesday, March 11.

The Freeman Flyers celebrate a 62-50 SoDak 16 win over Howard on the Corn Palace court Tuesday night, March 12, which sends them to their first state tournament in 26 years. Freeman's late season run has included six wins in a row — including an unforgettable victory over Parkston in the Region 4B f...