A brand-new infield at Merchants State Bank Field soaks in the sun of a spring morning — a project of the Freeman Baseball Association. Chad Soulek and Lawns Unlimited rebuilt both the infield at the baseball diamond and also at the softball diamond to the north, wrapping up the weeks-long project l...

Unsettling clouds build in the sky to the south/southeast of Freeman near the 11 a.m. hour Monday — a day in which severe storms are in the forecast for parts of the Upper Midwest. While the most severe weather is expected in Minnesota, the local area could feel some fringe impact later in the day....

An American robin stands perched on a porch Sunday morning. Here's what allaboutbirds.org has to say about the familiar bird. The quintessential early bird, American Robins are common sights on lawns across North America, where you often see them tugging earthworms out of the ground. Robins are popu...

American flags, like the one at the Freeman Post Office, have been flying at half staff since April 22 in honor of Pope Francis, who died at his home in Casa Santa Marta in Vatican City on Monday, April 21. The funeral for the 88-year-old was held Saturday morning.

This is a familiar look for those who grew up — or lived — in the Freeman community from the late 1970s through the early 2010s, when Casey's General Store stood at the corner of Cherry Street and the jog connecting Sixth and Fifth streets. The convenience store opened in Freeman in 1979 and operate...

The Neil and Sherri Zachariasen home on Cherry Street — and its reflection — is shown Thursday morning following a welcomed rain earlier in the day. Overcast and breezy conditions and cooler temperatures have been expected, promoting Freeman Public to cancel today's scheduled Flyer Invitational trac...

Freeman Police Chief Barron Nankivel shows students equipment that the police department uses to help serve and protect the public outside of the Freeman Junior-Senior High School Wednesday morning, April 23. Nankivel was one of more than 20 signed up to meet with students at the Freeman Community D...

Some of its vibrancy was lost by the time this photo was taken, but a spectacular rainbow nonetheless is pictured in the eastern sky shortly before 8 p.m. Monday, April 21 — the result of moisture to the east and sunshine to the west of Freeman.

Heritage Hall Museum & Archives shared this photo on Monday, April 21 as part of its weekly look back, along with this explanation: This photo from 1912 is remarkable on so many levels. We're sharing it this week with Arbor Day being observed Friday, April 25. It shows Freeman College, the structure...

The sun tries to break through the clouds above the Freeman Missionary Church on Easter Morning.