This shows the original Salem Home — first known as the "Salem Mennonite Home for the Aged" — which is now part of the Freeman Regional Health System network of services. Originally a two story house moved onto the corner of Main and Seventh streets, the Salem Home would see a series of expansions a...

This is the front page photo included with this week's Courier and is accompanied by the following explanation: Theater students from Marion High School took the stage at Brandon Valley last week for the South Dakota High School Activities Association State One-Act Festival. Pictured are, top from l...

This photo is featured in the weekly Monday morning Facebook post shared by Heritage Hall Museum & Archives offering a look back to an earlier time in the Freeman community. The narrative the follows gives it context: The accompanying photo is familiar. We know it as the Freeman Community Center. Bu...

Temperatures that have remained above freezing the past 10 days have resulted in significant melting, as is evident at the Dollar General corner on the northeast corner of Freeman. And with highs in the 40s and 50s this coming week — and a chance of rain on Thursday — that is only going to continue....

The Freeman High School boys basketball team runs through its offense during a walk-through prior to today's game against Bon Homme. The girls play the Cavaliers, as well, and were going through a walk-through of their own late Saturday morning. JV games begin at 1 p.m., with the girls and boys vars...

Freeman native Amber (Stern) Arlint and her youngest son, Braxton, stand with South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem and Lt. Governor Larry Rhoden at the base of the steps next to the South Dakota Capitol rotunda Thursday, Feb. 1. It was day set aside for legislators to bring their young children to stat...

It was a foggy morning in Pierre Thursday morning as South Dakota newspaper editors and publishers gathered at the state capitol for the annual South Dakota NewsMedia Day. The gathering includes a press conference with Republican and Democratic legislative leadership and a lunch with Senate and Hous...

The sign in front of East River Furniture along Sixth Street in Freeman offers a good chuckle and the snow in the foreground provides a look at just how much has come since Christmas. But above-average temperatures this week are making a significant impact on the accumulation, and by the end of the ...

This photo and the following information appears on Heritage Hall Museum & Archives Facebook page today as part of its weekly Monday retrospective: Freeman Academy is observing its 120 years of continuous Christian education in this community. While it has the longest tenure – classes began in 1903 ...

Courtney Unruh, CEO of Freeman Regional Health Services, presents Ken Wintersteen with the inaugural “Friend of the Foundation” award at the 13th annual Freeman Regional Health Services Foundation (FRHS) Gala Saturday night, Jan. 27. Also pictured is Tabitha Schoenwald, the director of the foundatio...