This photo was posted by Heritage Hall Museum & Archives as its weekly look back Monday, April 7, along with the following description: This view of Relanto and Sixth streets looking north is from the late 1960s. The round-topped building in the center is Pine Hill Printery – also home to the Freema...

Students in Nathan Bates' German Language class at the University of South Dakota make their way through the buffet at Schmeckfest late Friday afternoon, March 4. The meal experience — and all of Schmeckfest — is the highlight of the year for the students, said Bates, who started bringing his class ...

Donna Zeeb, a historian and collector from Menno, discusses eggbeaters during her "Heritage Picker" demonstration at Schmeckfest Friday afternoon. Zeeb is one of 10 presenters featured at Heritage Hall Museum & Archives during Freeman's 64th annual festival celebrating the Germans-from-Russia herita...

Sheila Epps rolls a cart of baked goods through The Link and into the Sterling Hall auditorium where they will be sold at the Schmeckfest Country Kitchen starting at 1 p.m. today. Friday, April 4 marks the start of the 64th "festival of tasting" and, in addition to County Kitchen sales, guests will ...

Elliott Graber, playing the part of Rochester, and Kelsey Pidde, portraying the title role of Jane Eyre, sing together the Act I finale, “Oh How You Look in the Light” during the Wednesday night dress rehearsal of the 2025 Schmeckfest musical, “Jane Eyre.” The two lead characters and their relations...

This classic Schmeckfest photo by Willard Waltner, whose negatives and prints are part of the Heritage Hall Museum & Archives' collection, shows two sisters enjoying soup during the Schmeckfest meal sometime in the late 1970s or early 1980s. The girls are identified only as the daughters of William ...

Surprise (or maybe not)! The Freeman community and larger region woke to the first day of April, not to the springlike weather that is anticipated around this time of year, but a smattering of wet snow the fell in the early-morning hours of Tuesday. The precipitation was expected, and more may come ...

This undated photo, taken earlier on in Schmeckfest's long history that dates back to March of 1959, shows festival workers socializing before the meal is served the dining hall at Pioneer Hall — a tradition that remains at the center of Freeman's "festival of tasting." This week's Photo of the Day ...

It's a wet Sunday morning across the area following a Saturday night rain that produced about a half-inch of moisture in rural Freeman and closer to 0.70 in town. More precipitation is expected this coming week with moderate temperatures.

This photo is included in March 27 edition of The Courier along with an engaging historical account written by Carol J. Eisenbeis, a monthly columnist for the newspaper. Here'a description of the picture, as well as Eisenbeis' column below. Displayed by Carol J. Eisenbeis are several of the photos t...