PHOTO OF THE DAY: THE START OF SOMETHING SPECIAL
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: THE START OF SOMETHING SPECIAL
By Jeremy Waltner 
July 1, 2025
Ted Pidde Sr., right, is pictured with Bill Morefeld, center, and Leo Laber inside the Freeman Meat Market in this undated photo. Morefeld purchased t...
ALL IN THE FAMILY
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ALL IN THE FAMILY
By Jeremy Waltner 
July 1, 2025
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 a...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: DAYS OF YORE
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: DAYS OF YORE
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 30, 2025
Marnette Hofer, archivist and executive director at Heritage Hall Museum & Archives, welcomes a nice crowd to the Sunday afternoon program exploring t...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: GOOD OLD DAYS
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: GOOD OLD DAYS
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 29, 2025
This photo was posted on Facebook by Heritage Hall Museum & Archives in advance of its Sunday afternoon program on one-room school houses. Here is wha...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: SOMETHING BREWING
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: SOMETHING BREWING
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 28, 2025
This photo was taken by Chauni Glanzer from her farm northwest of Freeman around 9:45 p.m., as a line of storms moved from west to east across eastern...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: MAN AT WORK
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: MAN AT WORK
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 27, 2025
Jim Smidt, an employee of the city of Freeman who has helped manage the recycling center for the past decade, moves a container back into place Friday...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: WET GROUNDS
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: WET GROUNDS
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 26, 2025
It was a wet and busy Main Street in Freeman Thursday morning following another round of overnight showers, this time about 1.5 inches of rain in town...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: PATTERNS BY MAN, PATTERNS BY SKY
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: PATTERNS BY MAN, PATTERNS BY SKY
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 25, 2025
The unstable weather pattern is reflected in a complex sky Wednesday morning as a large weather system continues to cycle over the Upper Midwest. Free...
IMPORTANT: COURIER CHANGES COMING
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IMPORTANT: COURIER CHANGES COMING
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 25, 2025
Beginning next week, The Courier will move from a Thursday to a Wednesday print publication, with the online edition going live every Tuesday. To acco...
MUSEUM PROGRAM SUNDAY TO LOOK AT ONE-ROOM SCHOOLS
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MUSEUM PROGRAM SUNDAY TO LOOK AT ONE-ROOM SCHOOLS
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 25, 2025
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 d...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: VIEW OF FAIRVIEW
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: VIEW OF FAIRVIEW
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 24, 2025
Pictured is the Fairview School, which is believed to be the second home of a bell now on display at Heritage Hall Museum & Archives. Here’s what the ...
79ERS’ TUESDAY NIGHT GAMES CALLED OFF
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 24, 2025
The rains of the day have forced the cancelation of Tuesday's night's American Legion games in Freeman. The Junior Legion was scheduled to play Irene-...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: ALIVE WITH COLOR
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: ALIVE WITH COLOR
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 23, 2025
The high heat of the weekend coupled with the 2 inches of rain received Sunday night into Monday has the Freeman Prairie Arboretum thriving with growt...
POST 152 SENIOR LEGION SPLITS IN VERMILLION
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POST 152 SENIOR LEGION SPLITS IN VERMILLION
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 22, 2025
The Post 152 Senior Legion split a pair of games in Vermillion on Saturday, falling 10-5 to Post 206 out of Colton before taking down Post 1 of Vermil...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: CRANKING UP THE HEAT
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: CRANKING UP THE HEAT
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 22, 2025
It was as hot on Saturday as they said it was going to be, with 102 degrees registering on the CorTrust Bank clock around 4 p.m. Sunday will be anothe...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: GOOD MORNING, DOVE
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: GOOD MORNING, DOVE
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 21, 2025
It's not a Mouring Dove, rather an Eurasian Collared-Dove that is spotted on a warm Saturday morning in Freeman. The large pale dove is marked with a ...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: STAGE FRIGHT
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: STAGE FRIGHT
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 20, 2025
The foursome on their way to see the Wizard of Oz — Scarecrow (Charli Fickbohm), Lion (Jax Kaufman), Tin Man (Christian Ortman) and Dorothy (Mari Chle...
POST 152 TAKES DOWN LENNOX BY MERCY RULE — TWICE
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POST 152 TAKES DOWN LENNOX BY MERCY RULE — TWICE
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 19, 2025
The Post 152 Junior Legion and Senior Legion teams won Thursday night in Freeman, both taking down Lennox by the mercy rule. The juniors won 11-1 to i...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: JUNETEENTH
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: JUNETEENTH
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 19, 2025
The United States Postal Service and federal offices across the country are closed today — Thursday, June 19 — in observance of Juneteenth, which is c...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: POSTGAME PAUSE
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: POSTGAME PAUSE
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 18, 2025
Dustin Tschetter visits with the Post 152 Junior Legion squad following its 4-1 win over Post 194 out of Parkston at Merchants State Bank Field in Fre...
FOR GOOD
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FOR GOOD
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 18, 2025
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 ab...
TO OZ! FACC PRESENTING CLASSIC THURSDAY NIGHT
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TO OZ! FACC PRESENTING CLASSIC THURSDAY NIGHT
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 18, 2025
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 wh...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: LOOKING UP, LOOKING OUT
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: LOOKING UP, LOOKING OUT
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 17, 2025
An unsettled sky rolls over Freeman around 2:45 p.m. Monday as a line of storms churned across the area. While it appeared as though severe weather wa...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: SUNDAY NIGHT BASEBALL
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: SUNDAY NIGHT BASEBALL
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 16, 2025
Jake Weier, player/manager for Freeman's amateur baseball team, rolls into third base in action at Merchants State Bank Field Sunday night, June 15. W...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: ELECTRIC ORIGINAL
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: ELECTRIC ORIGINAL
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 15, 2025
This structure at the corner of Main and Fifth streets, which had served as a filling station operated by Freeman Junior College decades earlier, was ...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: GO FISH
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: GO FISH
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 14, 2025
Seven-year-old Elowen Randall gets situated for a photo to be taken by her dad, Dustin, at Saturday morning's Family Fishing Day at the Freeman Prairi...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: TACO TIME!
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: TACO TIME!
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 13, 2025
Armando Cortez is enjoying the beautiful Friday morning and one of his passions — cooking — at his home at 300 S. Dewald in Freeman. Cortez is serving...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: PLAY TIME
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: PLAY TIME
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 12, 2025
Easton Tschetter tags out a runner trying to steal second in American Legion action in Tabor Wednesday night, June 11. It was a tough night for Post 1...