A woman who once bled Cornbelt Conference maroon and was named an assistant executive director with the South Dakota High School Activities Association 16 years ago — Jo Auch of Menno — is being replaced by another — Kristina Sage of Freeman. Sage, who has been the athletic director at Freeman Publi...

The Freeman Police Department was one of several law enforcement agencies in pursuit of an individual who had driven from Lennox into Freeman in a white Chevrolet Impala with tinted windows late Tuesday night, April 9. Freeman Police Chief Jay Slevin told The Courier Wednesday morning that the indiv...

It's Election Day and this was the scene inside Freeman City Hall Tuesday morning as the joint city/school election was underway. Four races will be decided in Freeman: Mayor Michael Walter is being challenged by Cody Fransen; Ward 1 councilor Charles Gering is being challenged by Erin Lachman; And ...

The Freeman Network for Justice and Peace (FNJP) is hosting the first of what will be a series of programs offering a closer look at the ongoing Hamas-Israeli conflict Sunday afternoon, April 7 at the Freeman Community Center auditorium located at 224 S. Wipf Street in Freeman. The program will run ...

Caitlin Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes face Connecticut in the second of two NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament Elite Eight games tonight. Ahead of tonight's scheduled 8 p.m. tip, here is what Courier Publisher Jeremy Waltner had to say in his weekly column about the superstar who wears No. 22. I have ...

Former SDSU football coach keynoting April 7 event; there’s still time to RSVP Those attending Sunday evening’s spring banquet of the Menno Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) will hear from one of the most well-known former coaches in all of South Dakota. John Stiegelmeier, who led the South Dak...

Because of Monday's winter storm and poor road conditions on Tuesday, this week's issue of the Area Wide Connection will first be delivered to Freeman later Wednesday morning. While it will be placed in mailboxes at the Freeman Post Office as soon as it is received, those living in rural areas and o...

When “Shrek the Musical” was announced as this year’s Schmeckfest production late last year, I know there were doubters who were skeptical at best and dismissive at worst, and even some who stubbornly said they would not be attending. I don’t know if those folks ever came around, but if not — well, ...

Officials lower ask by $500K, keep majority of building project in tact; election to take place June 4 Voters living in the Marion School District will have, not one, but two elections of local relevance this coming spring. In addition to an April 9 election that will decide a four-way race for two ...

Story of the big green ogre and a community of ‘freaks’ made popular by the 2001 major motion picture hitting the Schmeckfest stage next week Since they began in 1967, Schmeckfest stage productions have taken audiences around the world — from the Ukrainian village of Anatevka to the Land of Oz; from...