A wild sequence of events late nearly resulted in an improbable come-from-behind victory for the Freeman Public boys in the third round of the Region 4B basketball tournament in Hurley Friday night, March 1. Instead, third-seed Centerville celebrated a thrilling 61-60 win over second-seed Freeman, i...

At the onset of the season, the Freeman Public boys basketball team set two goals: Finish at or above .500, and; Win twice in the region tournament and get to the SoDak 16. The Flyers are one victory away from checking both boxes. Freeman overcame a slow start and dominated Menno on its home court i...

Freeman Public never leads as Gayville-Volin takes down girls 36-34 Exactly one week after losing to the Freeman High School girls by 25 points in the regular-season finale, third-seeded Gayville-Volin turned the tables on the second-seed Flyers, scoring a 36-34 upset win in the third round of the R...

Despite a request from two district constituents to look further into the reasoning behind the resignation of Chris Sayler as head wrestling coach and teacher, the Freeman Public School Board voted unanimously Monday night to accept his resignation, effective at the end of the 2023-24 school year. T...

LOCAL CITY/SCHOOL VACANCIES Lachman challenging Gering in Ward 1 Sayler turns in petition for Freeman School Board; Vaith running in Menno JEREMY WALTNER - EDITOR & PUBLISHER There will be at least one local election this coming April. In addition to the nominating petition filed by Charles Gering f...

Freeman Public freshman Brody Gossen outwrestled Canton junior Landon Walker to claim a 4-2 decision and win the Region 2B championship at 113 lbs. Saturday afternoon in Canton. Gossen entered the tournament with a 44-2 record while Walker was 37-4. Gossen's effort at the region tournament earned hi...

Volunteers (from left) Marlys Miller, Janet Balzer and Dennis Ries form balls of dried cottage cheese that will be used as the filling for cheese pockets during a Schmeckfest work day Friday afternoon, Feb. 16. The three were part of a crew that will gather again today in the Pioneer Hall kitchen to...

After trailing the entire game, Menno came back in the fourth quarter to beat Scotland in Scotland in the final game of the regular season Friday night, Feb. 16. Down 40-36 after three periods, the Wolves won the fourth frame 13-6 to edge the Highlanders 49-46 and finish the regular season 2-18. Sco...

A promising group of grapplers is taking its talents to Canton for the Region 2B Tournament this Saturday and hoping to set the table for the bright future ahead. A group that has been growing up through the ranks and has had the eye of Marion-Freeman head wresting coach Chris Sayler for years will ...