Jocelyn Lee, an eighth grader at Freeman Public, was a featured soloist for “A Million Dreams,” a well-known song that is part of “The Greatest Showman” soundtrack, Sunday evening, Nov. 13. Lee is a member of the 28-voice Freeman Area Children’s Choir, which reassembled this fall for the first time since 2019 under the leadership of Amber Bradley and Iwona Letwer, staff members at Freeman Academy and Freeman Public. Sunday’s concert at the Salem-Zion Mennonite Church included seven songs, as well as special piano music by six members of the choir.

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The folks at the Tumble On Inn come together to solve a challenge in the closing minutes of "The Inn Around The Corner," a play being presented by Freeman Academy this Friday and Saturday night. The comedy takes place in an Old West town and centers around a conflict between patrons of the inn, those passing by and unseen troublemakers in the community. The actors pictured here are, from left: Madelyn Anderson, Jax Kaufman, Angelyn Allison, Jada Buse, Jessica Paschal and Solomon Ortman. Showtime is 7 p.m. and tickets are available at the door.

An American flag in front of the Freeman Junior-Senior High School is lit by the setting sun — an appropriate image on this Veterans Day. A Courier editorial in the Nov. 10 edition reflects on former publisher J.J. Mendel's account of Nov. 11, 1918.

This is what the inside of Freeman Public's newest facility looked like early this week prior to the wrestling mats going in. Work on The Hangar has largely drawn to a close and will see its first use on Nov. 15 when Freeman/Marion holds its first wrestling practice of the season. In addition to being the home of the wrestling program, the $1 million addition east of the school's auxiliary gym will be used as a multipurpose facility. 

The Freeman High School volleyball team and its fans gather for a photo following its SoDak 16 win over Potter County in Chamberlain Tuesday night. The Flyers beat the Coyotes in three sets and will be the No. 8 seed at state; they will face No. 1 Warner in the opening round Thursday, Nov. 17 at 11:30 a.m. in Sioux Falls.

The Freeman Community Center was a busy place Tuesday morning, Nov. 8 as voters were turning out for the general election. Polls opened at 7 a.m. and will close at 7 p.m., with a number of races and two ballot measures — Medicaid expansion and the legalization of recreational marijuana — to be decided. 

Workers from Black-Top Paving, a subcontractor for Reede Construction, were back at it Monday morning pouring concrete sidewalks and installing another layer of pavement on Fourth Street; this is looking west from Main. Paul Korn of Sayre Associates told The Courier Monday that the side streets were expected to be opened up to traffic by Wednesday — less than a week after Main Street reopened to traffic all the way to the North County Road.

It was a special night for these six with ties to the Freeman community at the 2022 South Dakota Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony at Beseda Hall in Tabor Saturday, Nov. 5. Ron Baker, left, and the late Warren Scherschligt were part of the five-member Class of 2022 recognized for their play on the baseball field. Warren, who passed away from cancer in 2019, was represented by his immediate family: sons Brett and Allen; wife Janet; son Lee and daughter Jennifer Tschetter. Brett accepted the award on his dad's behalf. Watch for a full story on this in the Nov.

Frosted leaves decorate the ground following a cold Friday night/Saturday morning, although the weather is expected to warm into the 50s later today and tomorrow, and into the 60s next week. Rain is also in the forecast, which would be a welcome relief for the moisture-starved region.