American pride again on full display as thousands flock to Menno for the biggest small-town Independence Day celebration around Mettler Implement showcased its fleet of equipment that reflects the agricultural impact Menno’s family-owned operation has had on the area since it was founded in 1963. Dr...

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story will appear in print in the July 9 issue of The Courier. Three individuals have been arrested and are facing state felony charges that include possession of stolen property after a UTV was recovered from their property northwest of Freeman last week. Officials have not publ...

Menno's Fourth of July baseball game between the Mad Frogs and Freeman — and the fireworks to follow — has been moved to Saturday, July 5 because of rain. First pitch is set for 7:30 p.m. Baseball personnel gathered on the infield of the Lily Pad made the decision at 7:38 p.m., as another round of h...

Forty-two years ago, his Grandpa Ted took over Ferd’s Market and renamed it Ted’s Market. Ten years after that, his dad, Bob, took over Ted’s Market and renamed it Bob’s Clover Farm. Today, Brett Pidde is the man in charge at Jamboree Foods, and nobody would have it any other way. JEREMY WALTNER - P...

Nearly two dozen people from across the United States, as well as a newspaper editor from Wales, will get an up-close look at some of what the Freeman community has to offer next Monday and Tuesday, July 7 and 8. Most in the group are active or retired journalists, members of the International Socie...

Beginning next week, The Courier will move from a Thursday to a Wednesday print publication, with the online edition going live every Tuesday. To accommodate that change, the deadline for news and advertising copy moves from Monday at noon to Friday at noon, beginning this week. Local city and rural...

In 1950, 75 years ago, 3,295 school districts were scattered across South Dakota. An overwhelming majority of these were small one-room rural school districts. By 1970, just 20 years later, only 287 districts remained. The one-room schools that dotted the rural landscape had closed, absorbed by city...

Freeman 39-year-old recognized nationally for her work as an adoption specialist with the Children’s Home Society of South Dakota — but this is not about her. Story & Photo by Jeremy Waltner For those who believe that caring for others is life’s greatest purpose — which Tina Graber most certainly do...

A cast of nearly 50 and a production team of nine will take audiences from Kansas to Munchkinland and onto the Emerald City Thursday night, June 19 when the Freeman Area Children’s Choir presents “The Wizard of Oz: Youth Edition” on the Pioneer Hall stage. Tickets may be purchased at the door; doors...

The Area Wide Connection, a free-distribution advertising publication of Second Century Publishing, Inc. that serves residents of Hutchinson, Turner and McCook counties, will cease publication at the end of the month. The final issue will be published Tuesday, June 24. Jeremy Waltner, president of S...