This photo is from May of 2020 and represents the first year The Courier invited the community to support graduating seniors through its banner project. That is continuing for a fifth year in 2025. Here is what Courier Publisher Jeremy Waltner says about it in this week's publisher's column, and the...

Jerico Shape, head boys basketball coach for Freeman Academy/Marion, will be the sidelines again Monday night as the Region 4B tournament begins. Shape's Bearcats head into postseason play with a 6-14 record and as the No. 9 seed and will travel to Irene-Wakonda, which goes into tonight's game 8-12 ...

Matchups have been set for the high school boys regionals as the postseason begins this week. In Region 4B, Freeman Public (16-4) is the No. 3 seed and will host No. 6 Gayville-Volin (12-7) Tuesday night. Freeman Academy/Marion (6-14) is No. 9 and will travel to No. 8 Irene-Wakonda (8-12) on Monday....

Logun Pankratz totally dominates Lemmon freshman Maxwell Anderson in the first round wrestleback on Friday on his way to a 16-0 major decision and a chance to wrestle for the medal round. But the Freeman sophomore was defeated in his next match by the No. 5 seed in the 144 lb. division, Tri-Valley s...

This is the scene inside the Summit Arena at The Monument in Rapid City as the second day of the 2025 State Wrestling Tournament gets underway Friday morning. All three Marion/Freeman wrestlers are set to take the mat today. Logun Pankratz and Keaton Preheim both face elimination matches while Easto...

In this photo from the Region 2B Wrestling Tournament last Saturday, Marion senior Keaton Preheim is pictured with Rebels head coach Mark Bradley prior to his first match of the day. Preheim advanced through the region and on to state, as did Logun Pankratz and Easton Tschetter, and the trio of Mari...

Menno junior Lexie McNinch starts the break for Scotland/Menno in Region 5A action against Bon Homme Tuesday night. McNinch had 14 points and 11 rebounds to lead the No. 3 Trappers over No. 6 Bon Homme 49-42. It was Scotland/Menno's seventh win in its last eight games and moves them into the final r...

The Freeman High School girls are pictured in their official team photo taken last week — the final stretch of the regular season. Region 4B basketball action is now underway and the Flyers will be in action tonight at home against Gayville-Volin, a team Freeman edged by a single bucket last week. S...

A dramatic turnaround in the weather has eliminated much of the snow covering the landscape, and people are able to head outdoors without the extreme cover of winter weather apparel. One week after the area saw highs that didn't even get above zero, temperatures on Monday were expected to reach 60 d...

Freeman Academy/Marion is the No. 10 seed and Freeman Public is No. 4 as the Region 4B Girls Basketball Tournament gets underway this week. The Bearcats (3-16) will face Tripp-Delmont/Armour at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 24 with the winner facing No. 2 Parkston (16-4) on Tuesday. The Flyers (15-5), meanwhi...