PHOTO OF THE DAY: DALLAS BRASS DAZZLES
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: DALLAS BRASS DAZZLES
By Jeremy Waltner 
May 8, 2025
Showmanship was aplenty inside the Marion High School gym Wednesday night as Dallas Brass, a world-renowned ensemble, took an enthusiastic audience th...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: TRACK MANAGEMENT
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: TRACK MANAGEMENT
By Jeremy Waltner 
May 7, 2025
Freeman track and field athletes Cadence Hofer, left, and Vaida Ammann help clear the hurdles at the Don Diede Relays Tuesday afternoon. It was a warm...
AT SAARIE AUTO BODY, NEXT GENERATION SETTLES IN
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AT SAARIE AUTO BODY, NEXT GENERATION SETTLES IN
By Jeremy Waltner 
May 7, 2025
Thirty-seven years after his dad, Blaine, started the business at the age of 24, another 24-year-old — Shay — has returned For Blaine Saarie, somethin...
LOCAL GRADUATIONS SET FOR NEXT TWO SATURDAYS
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LOCAL GRADUATIONS SET FOR NEXT TWO SATURDAYS
By Jeremy Waltner 
May 7, 2025
Graduation season has arrived and students from Menno High School will be the first to receive their high school diplomas. Commencement will begin at ...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: TUESDAY CHECK-IN
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: TUESDAY CHECK-IN
By Jeremy Waltner 
May 6, 2025
Student-athletes taking part in the javelin and other weight events check in with their implements Tuesday morning, May 6 prior to the start of the Do...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: ON TRACK
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: ON TRACK
By Jeremy Waltner 
May 5, 2025
The Freeman Flyers classic signature is stamped on one of the hurdles set up Monday morning for the running of the Wizard Relays — Freeman Public's an...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: SUMMER VIBE
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: SUMMER VIBE
By Jeremy Waltner 
May 4, 2025
Last week marked the start of the summer season at Heritage Hall Museum & Archives. The Freeman museum will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday thro...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: SPRING SCENE
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: SPRING SCENE
By Jeremy Waltner 
May 3, 2025
A lovely spring scene outside the Freeman Junior-Senior High School this past week.
PHOTO OF THE DAY: ARRIVALS
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: ARRIVALS
By Jeremy Waltner 
May 2, 2025
Amber Bradley and students from Freeman Academy arrive at the Freeman Music Contest hosted by Freeman Public Schools Friday morning, May 2. The vocal ...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: CONFERENCE CHAMPS
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: CONFERENCE CHAMPS
By Jeremy Waltner 
May 1, 2025
The Freeman Academy/Marion boys track and field team is pictured after winning the Great Plain Conference Meet in Scotland Tuesday, April 29. Watch th...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: ONE WEEK LATER …
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: ONE WEEK LATER …
By Jeremy Waltner 
April 30, 2025
One week has passed with the Freeman Community Development Corporation hosted a career fair for Freeman Public students in grades 6-12, and this photo...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: FIELD OF GREEN
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: FIELD OF GREEN
By Jeremy Waltner 
April 29, 2025
A brand-new infield at Merchants State Bank Field soaks in the sun of a spring morning — a project of the Freeman Baseball Association. Chad Soulek an...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: EERIE AIR
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: EERIE AIR
By Jeremy Waltner 
April 28, 2025
Unsettling clouds build in the sky to the south/southeast of Freeman near the 11 a.m. hour Monday — a day in which severe storms are in the forecast f...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: ON THE LOOKOUT
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: ON THE LOOKOUT
By Jeremy Waltner 
April 27, 2025
An American robin stands perched on a porch Sunday morning. Here's what allaboutbirds.org has to say about the familiar bird. The quintessential early...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: HONORING THE POPE
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: HONORING THE POPE
By Jeremy Waltner 
April 26, 2025
American flags, like the one at the Freeman Post Office, have been flying at half staff since April 22 in honor of Pope Francis, who died at his home ...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: FRIDAY FLASHBACK
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: FRIDAY FLASHBACK
By Jeremy Waltner 
April 25, 2025
This is a familiar look for those who grew up — or lived — in the Freeman community from the late 1970s through the early 2010s, when Casey's General ...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: REFLECTING ON THURSDAY
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: REFLECTING ON THURSDAY
By Jeremy Waltner 
April 24, 2025
The Neil and Sherri Zachariasen home on Cherry Street — and its reflection — is shown Thursday morning following a welcomed rain earlier in the day. O...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: SHOW AND TELL
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: SHOW AND TELL
By Jeremy Waltner 
April 23, 2025
Freeman Police Chief Barron Nankivel shows students equipment that the police department uses to help serve and protect the public outside of the Free...
PUBLISHER’S DESK: THAT RAINBOW
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PUBLISHER’S DESK: THAT RAINBOW
By Jeremy Waltner 
April 23, 2025
Did that really just happen? That was the thought that crossed my mind as my eyelids lifted at 6:45 a.m. Tuesday after a late night of work. And I was...
ALL-FREEMAN SPORTS DEAL A GO
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ALL-FREEMAN SPORTS DEAL A GO
By Jeremy Waltner 
April 21, 2025
Freeman Public School Board votes 5-0 at special meeting Monday night to accept proposal from Freeman Academy for 2025-26 partnership; team will play ...
THURSDAY’S FLYER INVITATIONAL CANCELED
By Jeremy Waltner 
April 23, 2025
With rain and cold temperatures in the forecast, Freeman Public Schools has canceled the Flyer Invitational scheduled for Thursday, April 24. Because ...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: EVENING LIGHT
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: EVENING LIGHT
By Jeremy Waltner 
April 22, 2025
Some of its vibrancy was lost by the time this photo was taken, but a spectacular rainbow nonetheless is pictured in the eastern sky shortly before 8 ...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: HISTORIC VIEW
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: HISTORIC VIEW
By Jeremy Waltner 
April 21, 2025
Heritage Hall Museum & Archives shared this photo on Monday, April 21 as part of its weekly look back, along with this explanation: This photo from 19...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: EASTER MORNING
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: EASTER MORNING
By Jeremy Waltner 
April 20, 2025
The sun tries to break through the clouds above the Freeman Missionary Church on Easter Morning.
PHOTO OF THE DAY: ONCE UPON A TIME
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: ONCE UPON A TIME
By Jeremy Waltner 
April 19, 2025
This photo shows the east side of Main Street during a much earlier era looking to the northeast; the building on the right was, at the time, home to ...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: BEING WINNERS
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: BEING WINNERS
By Jeremy Waltner 
April 18, 2025
Not all are pictured, but these are members of the Freeman High School boys track team that won the Menno Relays Thursday, April 17, clipping Hanson 1...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: MEETING TIME
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: MEETING TIME
By Jeremy Waltner 
April 17, 2025
Members of the Freeman Academy Board of Directors, seated on the left, and board and school officials from Freeman Public are pictured during a specia...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: VALUE-ADDED EXPERIENCE
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: VALUE-ADDED EXPERIENCE
By Jeremy Waltner 
April 16, 2025
This photo of Claire Hofer, Olivia Smith, Ethan Buchmann and Jackson Buchmann is on the front page of this week's Courier along with the following sto...