All was quiet on the Freeman High School gymnasium stage on Monday morning, but this is where the action will be around 7:30 p.m. tonight as homecoming royalty is crowned as part of coronation — the formal start to homecoming week in Freeman. Candidates for king are Jayden Jacobsen, Jon Slevin and Zac Sayler and, for queen, Brooklyn Mendel, Kate Miller and Erin Uecker. Royalty candidates were selected by the senior class and king and queen will be named by a vote of the student body. The traditional burning of the "F" will follow coronation. 

The Sunday morning sun lights up the horizon on a cool late-summer morning.

Freeman Regional Health Services announced recently that this entrance is now being used for all regular clinic patients as opposed to the entrance on Waltnut Street that had been previously used. That is how reserved for only clinic patients utilizing specialty services.

This photo was taken looking to the north/northwest from the iron bridge that connects the island to the rest of the Freeman Prairie Arboretum, and shows several of the outbuildings that are part of the Heritage Hall Museum & Archives campus. It's a cloudy, cool but pleasant Friday following a nice rain shower Thursday night. Freeman received about 2 1/2 inches of moisture while some rural areas are reporting more. There is a slight chance of additional rainfall this weekend. 

This undated photo shows Fensel's Hatchery when it was located on the south end of Cherry Street — today the heavily wooded area known as Dead Man's Alley. This location served both the hatchery and the electric store before the entire Fensel's operation moved to Highway 81 in the 1960s. The foundations of some of the buildings pictured are still there. The homes pictured at the top are today occupied by Tim and Mary Waltner (very top), Ray and Lavonne Schultz (left of center) and Kenny Haar (right of center).

The Freeman High School marching band makes its way down College Street as it practices for the homecoming parade next Friday. The Sept. 23 parade will begin at 11:30 a.m.

These markings have appeared on Freeman's Main Street as parking stalls have been identified on the new roadway.

Railway Street and Railway south to Third Street are now open to traffic, meaning the "road closed" signs have been removed throughout the downtown business district, from the Mr. G's corner three blocks north to AMPI. Work is continuing on Phase 2 of the project — the roadway from Railway to the North County Road and the side streets on Fourth and Fifth streets.

The steeple at Freeman's St. Paul Lutheran Church is pictured on a spectacular Sunday morning.

Freeman Police Chief Scott Brewer is reminding the public that a double yellow striped centerline painted last week on the city’s new Main Street means that drivers cannot cross that line while traveling north or south on the roadway. That includes making a U-turn at the intersections of Main and Fourth and Main and Third, and also attempting an illegal maneuver to park on the other side of the street.