For Ellyana Ulmer, the 2024 track and field season will be one to remember in multiple ways. It’s the last in which the junior was able to compete side-by-side with good friend and Menno High School graduate Ashton Massey. It’s a season in which she set a new school record in the 1600, breaking the ...

Students at Freeman Elementary spent part of their last morning of the 2023-24 school year showering their beloved principal, Shane Voss, with hugs, fist-bumps, cheers, cards, signs and heartfelt "goodbyes" as a way to send off the retiring administrator. "It just kind of took your breath away," Vos...

This photo was taken almost exactly two years ago to the day following a May 12, 2024 derecho that had a major impact on the region. The image was made on May 13 and shows the Stuart Curry farm north of Freeman along Highway 81 that was among the hardest hit of any property around. Curry has written...

The gazebo at the Freeman Prairie Arboretum is pictured on a gorgeous Monday morning. While there's a haze in the air from wildfires in Canada — the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources has issued an air quality alert — the sun is shining and highs today and tomorrow are expected to climb...

Members of the Freeman High School Class of 2024 — including Ashlin Jacobsen (center), Zenovia Butler (left of center) and Rylie Gossen (right of center) — deliver flowers to the families of Sean Hofer and Megan Rollag during Saturday afternoon's graduation ceremony. Sean passed away when he was in ...

Anybody who has been on social media since last night has likely seen all the photos of the northern lights, which were visible across the upper region of North America. This image was captured and shared by Brad Anderson, who lives in Freeman with his family, and shows the city beneath the colorful...

One day before graduation and with less than a week before the end of the school year, students and staff from Freeman Public School assemble inside the Freeman High School gym for a photo. The FHS Class of 2024 will walk across the stage in a commencement ceremony on Saturday that starts at 1 p.m.;...

Dr. Dennis Epp (standing third from left) is honored by Jeff Veltkamp, director of development with the South Dakota Community Foundation, with the organization's Hometown Hero award for his contributions to the community — and the Freeman Community Foundation (FCF) — over the years and decades. Als...

Flags like this one in front of the Freeman Junior-Senior High School have been getting a workout this spring as windy weather has been a regular occurrence the past month. High gusts accompanied stormy and rainy weather across the area on Monday and breezy conditions have prevailed once again on Tu...

A praise and worship team made up of mostly graduating seniors from Freeman Academy and Freeman Public offer music as part of the 2024 Freeman Community Baccalaureate service held at the Freeman Community Center Sunday afternoon, May 5. The 4 p.m. worship service included song, scripture and an addr...