Players from Canistota/Freeman's 16-and-under team warm up in the outfield at Platte Friday morning — the first day of the VFW 16B State Tournament. The Sticks take the field against Alexandria in the tournament's opening game at 11 a.m., while Scotland/Menno plays Platte/Geddes at 7 p.m. The tourna...

Man (and woman) and beast (or rabbit) have been able to enjoy beautiful weather the past could of days, with the humidity broken and temperatures hanging out in the 70s, with nights that are downright cool.  That trend is expected to continue into the weekend and the early part of next week.

Jada Koerner checks out a customer visiting the Prairie Roots Produce food stand at the Freeman Farmers Market last week Wednesday, July 31. Prairie Roots Produce is operated by Jada's older sister, Lillie, and Lillie's husband, Andre Eisenbeis, and has been a mainstay and organizer of the local far...

After a good stretch of warm summer weather, the head and humidity have finally broken, giving way to a cooler Tuesday, Aug. 6. And it's expected to remain comfortable, with highs only in the 70s throughout the week. That should make for an ideal FVFD Firehouse Rib Cook-Off scheduled for Saturday, A...

Dan Flyger shares an account of the arrival of German settlers who migrated to America from the Black Sea region 150 years ago; listening attentively are Norman Hofer, S. Roy Kaufman and Marnette (Ortman) Hofer. The four local historians took turns at the lecture sharing various accounts of what hap...

This map from the late 1870s is part of the collection at Heritage Hall Museum & Archives in Freeman and shows the southeastern portion of Dakota Territory not long after German immigrants made the journey from Russia and Ukraine across the Atlantic to New York City, on to Yankton and north to what ...

Saturday morning breaks on the Patrick and Laura Hofer farm west of Freeman, with scattered clouds and the Aug. 3 sun decorating the sky. Laura, who took the photo, said she walked into the scene after stepping outside to let the chickens out and promptly took the photo and posted it to Facebook sho...

This is how the District 6B (South Central League) bracket looks after action on the field Thursday night. All games are being hosted by Lesterville.

The Scotland/Menno 16-and-under baseball squad will be one of the eight teams taking part in the South Dakota VFW 16B State Tournament in Platte next weekend. The Trappers advanced with a 3-0 win over Baltic in the Region 3 final and will play Platte/Geddes at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9. Canistota/Freema...

Two days after the Sticks won the Class B title at the 14-and-under level, the 16-and-under Sticks punched their ticket to state with a Region 4 championship. After falling to Garretson 10-3 Tuesday evening, Canistota/Freeman came back to defeat Garretson 14-1 to earn their spot in the eight-team to...