Members of the Freeman Academy Board of Directors, seated on the left, and board and school officials from Freeman Public are pictured during a special meeting late Wednesday afternoon, April 17 to discus a proposal from Freeman Academy about an sports cooperative, and also hear public input. Here a...

This photo of Claire Hofer, Olivia Smith, Ethan Buchmann and Jackson Buchmann is on the front page of this week's Courier along with the following story about FFA. VALUE-ADDED EXPERIENCE It may not get the attention of other extra-curricular activities (like sports), but those involved with FFA say ...

Brian Paff, president of the board of directors at Freeman Academy stands before the Freeman Public School Board Monday night, April 14 to discuss the possibility of Freeman Academy students playing sports at Freeman Public. Here's the full report. AT A GLACE Freeman Academy asks to attach to Freema...

Directors Amber Bradley and Iwona Lewter have announced that "The Wizard of Oz" will be the featured production of the Freeman Area Children's Choir's 2025 summer musical theater camp. It will take place at Freeman Academy Monday over a week-and-a-half — June 9-19 — with a public performance of the ...

The 2025 Menno-Olivet Easter Cantata participants are pictured at the Salem Reformed Church in Menno leading up to the Palm Sunday performance scheduled for 7 p.m. April 13 at the church. They include: Back from left: Lois Wollman, Nick Schrag, Emily Sayler, Mike Hecht, Sara Schaeffer, Galen Guthmil...

High school baseball players from Scotland/Menno (left) and Freeman/Canistota/Marion stand at attention during the playing of the national anthem Thursday evening, April 10 at The Lily Pad in Menno. It's early in the season for both the Trappers and the Sticks, who play under the sanction of the Sou...

An assortment of fresh, homemade slices of pie sit out for the taking at the Freeman Lions Club Soup Day fundraiser late Friday morning, April 11. Serving begins at 11 a.m. and picks up again at 4 p.m., all at the Senior Citizen Center. As many as 32 pies have been baked and donated for the event, a...

Kristi Hofer and her grandson, 5-year-old Jaxon Hofer, take a break from their walk-through at Heritage Hall Museum & Archives for a game of checkers during their visit to Schmeckfest Saturday afternoon, April 5. The 64th annual festival was another success, with several thousand converging on the F...

This editorial is included with the April 10, 2025 issue of The Courier. The Courier: Vol. 125, No. 1  This is a milestone issue for the Freeman-based weekly newspaper and a reminder of why community journalism has been — and continues to be — so important. It is fitting that this week’s Courier inc...

Those from Freeman High School who took part in the State FFA Convention last week in Brookings are pictured here, and are also pictured in this week's Courier along with a salute to this year's happenings with the local FFA chapter. The salute is sponsored by Rural Manufacturing.