"Ahead of schedule and under budget." That's the report from Freeman Public Superintendent Jake Tietje regarding the custodial shed that is being built on the west side of the junior-senior high school. Favorable weather has certainly helped and may account for the project being completed ahead of t...

Winter days continue to pass in this community — strangely — without any snow. While the season has brought a few dustings and some spectacular frost on trees around the holidays, there hasn't been one even slightly significant winter weather event (other than cold). And here we are, already one-fou...

This photo was submitted by Courier reader Carol J. Eisenbeis, who took the picture northwest of Turkey Ridge. Marnette Hofer, also a Courier reader who lives north of Silver Lake, has been watching eagles and included this for context: For the past month or so, there have been up to 50 bald eagles ...

This photo that shows volunteers making noodles for Schmeckfest was posted on the Schmeckfest Facebook page Saturday, Feb. 1 — the day that several dozen gathered to make the popular traditional German staple used in soup. Schmeckfest will be held for the 64th time Friday and Saturday, April 4 and 5...

This photo — along with the accompanying explanation — was posted on Facebook by Heritage Hall Museum & Archives as part of its weekly look back. Coast to Coast was a fixture on Main Street for the last two-thirds of the 20th century. The hardware store traced its roots to John A. Wipf, who was know...

The Bethany Mennonite Church is pictured as it once stood in Freeman - similar in style and location to the structure that stands today but dated in time. The congregation was established in 1905 as the lone Mennonite church within the city limits of Freeman, and the history is noted by a fire that ...

The 2024-25 Freeman High School boys basketball team is pictured earlier this week - two days before Friday night’s win over Avon that moved the Flyers to 10-3 on the season.

This photo, taken in 2019 on the day of the inauguration of Kristi Noem as the first-ever woman governor of South Dakota, shows the front of the South Dakota Capitol in Pierre. This year, the 100th session of the South Dakota Legislature is well underway, and among the topics of discussion is a bill...

The American flag in front of of the Freeman Junior-Senior High School is pictured on a breezy day earlier this week. The sunshine seen here has stuck around and temperature are well above normal; highs on Thursday were in the mid-to-upper 50s.

Freeman is being represented at the State Tribal Relations Day today in the rotunda in the South Dakota Capitol. Sec. David Flute of the South Dakota Department of Tribal Relations invited representatives of Freeman to be part of the observance. The theme is "Collaborating for Safety and Education."...