That's a puddle of water standing near the ramp entrance at the Salem Mennonite Home on Seventh Street Saturday morning following a nice rain the day before. About a half-inch of moisture is being reported on a cool but lovely late-summer morning.

U.S flags like this one at the Freeman Area Veterans Memorial are flying at half staff in honor of Queen Elizabeth II, who died Thursday at the age of 96.

With a large pack of junior high runners behind her, Angelyn Allison leads the way on her dirt bike at the Freeman Academy Cross County Invitational at the Prairie Arboretum Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 7. The junior high race and junior varsity featured a combined boys and girls race, which was followed by the girls varsity and then the boys varsity. Results will be posted when they are available. 

With the shell built, work is continuing inside The Hanger, the wrestling/multi-purpose facility being constructed at Freeman Public Schools. This photo is looking north and was taken through the door separating the elementary gym from the new room. Work is expected to be completed by the end of the year.

Cars are parked on Main Street Tuesday morning, Sept. 6, signifying the progress that has been made on the city of Freeman's $5.1 million capital project. The downtown roadway is open to traffic from Fifth to Third streets, with concrete work finishing up on the one block of roadway from Third Street north to Railway. Attention will then turn to the pouring of concrete from Railway north to the North County Road, as well as the reconstruction of the side streets.

The parking lot at Vermeer Manufacturing in Freeman, which would ordinarily be jam-packed with vehicles driven by employees, sits empty Monday morning, Sept. 5 - Labor Day.

This photo from 2019 shows three former Freeman fire chiefs: Orville Huber, left; Blaine Saarie, center; and Cody Fransen. The image was captured as part of the Day in the Life of Freeman project executed through a partnership between the Freeman Courier and the South Dakota State University Department of Journalism.  Huber passed away on Aug. 20 at the age of 84. A service was held at the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Freeman on Saturday, Sept. 3 with the funeral processional led by the Freeman Volunteer Fire Department, on which Huber served for 36 years — 26 of those as chief.

Menno junior Logan Sayler tries to get past a defender from Miller/Highmore-Harrold in 11B action Friday night, Sept. 2 in Menno. Sayler and the Jim River Trappers ran to their first win of the season last night, downing the Rustlers 18-0 to improve to 1-2. M/H-H drops to 1-2. The Trappers offense was led by senior quarterback Kadeyn Ulmer, who ran for a touchdown and threw for another — a 21-yard completion to Ajay Herrboldt. MHH actually outgained Jim River 206-186 in the contest, but the Trappers took advantage of three turnovers by the Rustlers.

The exposed aggregate is being poured this week on the sidewalks of Freeman’s new Main Street, meaning the roadway should be open to traffic sometime next week. 

That's Ryan Robb, head football coach for the Jim River Trappers, during a Tuesday afternoon practice in Menno. The Menno/Scotland football team is featured in this week's Courier, where Robb talks about the team's 0-2 start and the effort being made to turn the tables. The Trappers host Miller/Highmore-Harrold in Menno Friday night while the Freeman/Marion/Freeman Academy Phoenix travel to Avon.