Freeman Public eighth grader Brody Gossen controls his opponent from Chester Area en route to a pin in the opening dual for the Marion/Freeman Rebels at their home quadrangular Thursday night, Jan. 12. It was a good night for the Rebels, who finished 3-1 win victories over Chester Area, Viborg-Hurley and Garretson. Marion/Freeman's only loss was to powerhouse Canton. It was also a good night for Flyers basketball as Freeman won both junior varsity and varsity games at Bon Homme.

It was an empty, quiet Freeman High School gym on Thursday morning, but all of that will change later today when the Marion/Freeman Rebels host a wrestling quadrangular with Canton, Garretson, Parker and Viborg-Hurley. Action starts at 5 p.m. and the Rebels will be on the mat for the first two duals, and then return later in the evening for their second duals.

This week's issue of The Courier includes our annual In Memoriam, which features a list of those who passed away in 2022 and whose obituaries we published. It will be available online early Wednesday afternoon and in print on Thursday.

The first meeting of the year for the Freeman City Council looks to be a short one, with a relatively light agenda. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. and can be live-streamed by using this link.

Heritage Hall Museum & Archives has been posting a “Main on Monday” photo weekly since last fall, and this is the photo that appeared on the museum’s Facebook page today. In includes the following description:

This was the scene inside the Freeman Junior-Senior High School gym early Sunday afternoon as more than 300 young grapplers — ages 4-12 — from more than a dozen schools gathered for the Marion/Freeman Little Rebels Wrestling Tournament. Wrestlers will compete in four divisions: Novice (2010-12), Midget (2013-2014), Bantum (2015-2016) and Tots (2017-After). Action was scheduled to start at 1 p.m.

Saturday morning was another frosty one across the Freeman community, adding beauty to an otherwise tough stretch of winter weather.

It was a beautiful frosty morning across the community on Friday — a stark contrast to the fury that Mother Nature brought earlier this week.

The clean-up crew with the city of Freeman clears the windrow of snow lining the center of Main Street Thursday morning, Jan. 5, and will be turning their attention to the side streets Thursday afternoon. No traffic is being permitted in these areas until the work is done. Today is the first "nice day" since a major winter storm consumed the region starting Monday afternoon and continuing into Wednesday. Sixteen inches of new snow is being reported in both Freeman and Menno.

Carsen Hofer is joined by his younger brother, Christopher, and dad, Chris, in digging out in front of their Dewald Street home on Tuesday. Lingering effects from this week's storm continued on Wednesday morning, with reports of upwards of 16 inches falling locally. Much remains closed today and travel continues to be difficult because of both visibility in rural areas and many roads that have not yet been cleared.