The following was written by Terry Walter and appeared as a guest editorial in the Aug. 29 edition of The Courier. Betty Mudder began teaching band at Freeman High School in the 1960s and continued until 1994, when she and her husband, Alvin, retired from education. Betty passed away on July 2, 2024...

Marion eighth grader Maliyah Nankivel shakes hands with Freeman High School assistant coach Karissa Podzimek following the opening match of the 2024 volleyball season played as part of the Hanson Early Bird Tournament in Alexandria on Tuesday. Nankivel and the Freeman Academy/Marion Bearcats — winle...

Heritage Hall Museum & Archives posted this photo as part of its weekly look back on Monday, Aug. 26 along with the following description. This fleet of service trucks, as pictured 45 years ago, reflects one of Freeman's three-generation family businesses, Kleinsasser Heating and Cooling. The photo ...

This was the scene Monday morning, Aug. 26 as workers with the South Dakota Department of Transportation were busy putting in an all-way stop at the intersection of U.S. Highways 81 and 18. Work began early in the morning and was expected to continue for most of the day — and be finished by the end ...

The St. Paul Lutheran Church in Freeman is quiet on Sunday mornings these days as it is without a permanent lead pastor. Until that spot is filled, the church is using the services of Rev. Brian Mosemann and holding its weekly worship service at 7 p.m. on Saturdays. Mosemann is the pastor at Immanue...

Riley Tschetter looks for room to run against Parkston's defense in Friday's night's season-opener in Freeman. The junior quarterback and his team, Freeman/Marion/Freeman Academy, were looking to make a statement against the defending Class 9AA state champions, but the No. 1-ranked Trojans made a st...

Larry Wipf, a custodian at Freeman Public, marks the football field Friday morning, Aug. 23 in preparation for tonight's season-opener that will feature defending 9AA state champion and No. 1-ranked Parkston against Class 9AA's fifth-ranked team, the Freeman/Marion/Freeman Academy Phoenix. Kickoff i...

That's longtime Freeman Courier Publisher J.J. Mendel seated at the Linotype in his newspaper office sometime in the mid-1950s. The picture comes from the collection of negatives given to Heritage Hall Museum & Archives by photographer Willard Waltner, who from the middle to later part of the 20th c...

There is news from the Freeman Post Office, which is pictured here Wednesday morning. According to Postmaster Lisa James, who has returned to her post in Freeman after an assignment in Mitchell, the phone numbers of local offices have changed. Freeman is now 605-252-5704 Menno is now 605-653-4321 Ol...

Gabriella Weier, the 7-year-old daughter of Kyle and Taylor Weier, has her school picture taken Monday evening, Aug. 19 at an open house for all students enrolled this year at Freeman Public Schools. Weier, a second grader, joined a pre-k-through-12th grade student body of more than 400 that reporte...