Wade Rupp strings garland around a light pole on Freeman's Main Street earlier this week. City workers spent Wednesday, Nov. 22 decorating downtown for Christmas, which is now just over a month away. And with Thanksgiving now in the rearview mirror, expect to see more and more symbols of the season ...

This is what those living across the region woke to Saturday morning — a light accumulation of snow that had fallen during the overnight hours. While it didn't amount to much, and while it was expected to clear out soon — the white stuff serves as reminder that winter is just around the corner.

Daniel Graber directs the Swiss Choral Society through their final Sunday night rehearsal on Nov. 19 — less than a week before the traditional choral group presents Brahms' "A German Requiem." The sacred oratorio will be offered by a group of 40 tonight, Friday, Nov. 24, at the Salem Mennonite (Sout...

The setting sun lights up the November sky west of Freeman — a representation of the spectacular colors of fall and the Thanksgiving season. To commemorate this day, we are reprinting below President Theodore Roosevelt’s Thanksgiving Day proclamation of 1903, which was published in the Freeman Couri...

It was a family affair at Jamboree Foods as 7-year-old Jackson Leite was joined by his parents, Nikki and Tyson, helping out at the family's downtown business. Jackson represents the fourth generation to work in the aisles of a grocery store; his uncle, Brett, and grandpa and grandma, Bob and Karen,...

Marion/Freeman head wrestling coach Chris Sayler uses grapplers Logun Pankratz and Brody Gossen to demonstrate technique during practice after school on Monday. Wrestlers are now in their second week of training in advance of what will be their first competition of the 2023-24 season — the Kimball/W...

Emily Hofer, president the Freeman Community Foundation board of directors (left of center) is pictured with community members representing the latest organizations to receive funds from the charitable organization. Pictured are, from left: Michelle Nehuarth (Freeman Regional Health Services), Tabit...

This photo from 1915 was reprinted in the Freeman Courier 50 years ago in advance of the Swiss Choral Society's 1973 performance of the classic Handel work, "Messiah." The Swiss Choral Society, which has been part of the Freeman community's musical heritage since 1932, will present its traditional T...

This is the "what is it/where is it" photo featured on the op-ed page of the Nov. 16 edition of The Courier. The weekly picture invites readers to guess the location of an image, with the answer published the following week. The corresponding hint is: "Read carefully."

This photo taken in 1916 shows a large curtain promoting the Freeman business community that hung in City Hall when City Hall was located on Main Street in the lot south of what is today Freeman Chiropractic Solutions. The curtain is today part of the collection at Heritage Hall Museum & Archives. C...