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...

Clouds were breaking up by 9 a.m. Tuesday morning following two rounds of storms that blew through the area the previous 12 hours. The first came late Monday evening in the form of heavy rain, wind, thunder and lighting (although the Freeman community escaped the worst of it) and the second occurred...

This photo was posted on Heritage Hall Museum & Archives' Facebook page Monday as part of its weekly look back, along with the following description: The Square Deal Garage, which stood just off Main Street on the south side of Fourth Street between the alley and Juniper Street, was a fixture for ei...

There were plenty of smiles and lots of photo opportunities as hundreds flocked to the sixth annual South Dakota Chislic Festival on Saturday. This large sign welcomed guests by the main entrance at the Freeman Prairie Arboretum, where the large gathering celebrating the state's official food has be...

Russ Becker drops a basket of chislic in the oil fryer Saturday morning, July 27 as the sixth annual South Dakota Chislic Festival gets underway just after 10 a.m. Becker was working at the chislic stand operated by festival organizers and several of the 300 volunteers it takes to make the event hap...

Jim Smidt moves a large crate that holds cardboard back into its spot inside the Freeman Recycling Center Friday morning. Smidt was in a separate area of the Cedar Street facility compressing the cardboard into bales. The city’s recycling effort goes back more than 30 years with 24-hour access in pl...

That's the sun rising in the sky on Wednesday morning, July 25 — a unique look at the star located approximately 93 million miles away cause by wildfires in Canada and the resulting poor air quality.

This first-year team — the Post 152 79ers — will take the field today in the first round of the South Dakota American Legion Region 4B Tournament being hosted by Corsica. The team made up of players from Freeman, Menno and Scotland will face Wagner in Tuesday's second game scheduled to start at 4:30...

This photo was posted by Heritage Hall Museum & Archives on its Facebook page Monday, July 22 with the accompanying information: Inspired by last week’s “Crazy Daze” in Freeman, this week’s “Monday Memory” from your local museum recalls a similar citywide promotion 44 years ago this week, July 25, 1...

Ryan Wieman calls the live auction early Saturday afternoon that highlighted the 2024 South Dakota Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Relief Sale — a fundraising effort that got its start in 1987. This year's sale once again took place in the Pioneer Hall basement, where guests packed the dining hall...