The foursome on their way to see the Wizard of Oz — Scarecrow (Charli Fickbohm), Lion (Jax Kaufman), Tin Man (Christian Ortman) and Dorothy (Mari Chlebeck VanLeur) — find themselves caught in a trap implemented by the Wicked Witch of the West (Ally Bittner) in an effort to retrieve the ruby red slip...

The United States Postal Service and federal offices across the country are closed today — Thursday, June 19 — in observance of Juneteenth, which is celebrated to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. Juneteenth National Independence Day became a federal holiday in 2021 in response to...

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 Freeman Tuesday evening, June 17. The Senior Legion team also won over Parkston 2-1 later that evening. Here's the latest from the 79ers. A one-out singl...

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 was on its way, most of it stayed south and the community received only a shot of rain — and a few rumbles. There is a chance of rain and thunderstorms ...

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. Weier and the Blacksox took care of business against Lesterville, winning 14-4 to improve to 4-4 on the season. Bailey Sage drove in four runs in the w...

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 the original home to Stucky's Electric Repair when it opened in 1974. But it was too small to serve Janver Stucky's startup business, so it was remove...

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 Prairie Arboretum. The Randalls were among a smattering of people gathered on what was an overcast but pleasant June 14 morning for a reimagined event that ...

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 up beef, pork and chicken tacos and other sweet treats in conjunction with his rummage sale — one of many being held June 13 and 14 across the Freema...

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 152 as the junior and senior teams both lost. In Junior Legion action, the 79ers gave up five runs in the fourth inning and took a 7-4 loss — their fir...

A full moon rises in the southeastern sky around 9:45 p.m. Tuesday night, an occasion marked by what is known as a "Strawberry Moon" that makes an appearance every 18 years. The name is not associated with the color of the moon (although it does show a hit of red), but rather with the strawberry har...