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NEW RESTAURANTS SET TO OPEN IN FREEMAN
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NEW RESTAURANTS SET TO OPEN IN FREEMAN
By Jeremy Waltner 
March 26, 2025
After a long stretch without much for dining options, The Coffee Cafe scheduled to open on Highway 81; Watecha Bowl Grille downtown And just like that, a restaurant scene in Freeman that has been dormant in recent years has taken on new life. Not only is The Fringe at Valley View Golf Course open ag...
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FREEMAN BOYS SETTLE FOR SIXTH IN THE ‘B’
FREEMAN BOYS SETTLE FOR SIXTH IN THE ‘B’
By Jeremy Waltner 
March 22, 2025
They arrived in Aberdeen sixth and on Sunday they will return to Freeman sixth. Facing a hot-handed Wall team and its relentless man-to-man press that forced 25 turnovers, the Freeman High School boys dropped the consolation championship to Wall 79-67 at the Barnett Center Saturday afternoon, March ...
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FREEMAN BOARD LUKEWARM ON PHOENIX EXPANSION
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FREEMAN BOARD LUKEWARM ON PHOENIX EXPANSION
By Jeremy Waltner 
March 19, 2025
Request comes from Marion, which is also in talks about an all-sports co-op with Parker; superintendents and ADs were to meet Wednesday An expansion of the Phoenix cooperative between Freeman, Marion and Freeman Academy arrived at the table of the Freeman Public School Board last week Monday, March ...
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FLYERS SODAK 16 BOUND; TO FACE HOWARD AT THE CORN PALACE
FLYERS SODAK 16 BOUND; TO FACE HOWARD AT THE CORN PALACE
By Jeremy Waltner 
March 7, 2025
The Freeman High School boys basketball team has developed a ritual this season of singing the school song, “Joyous and Ever Loyal,” in the locker room following every win. You better believe they felt every word of it in Parkston Saturday afternoon. In one of the most electrifying high school baske...
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BENEFIT FOR ROTH FAMILY THIS SATURDAY
BENEFIT FOR ROTH FAMILY THIS SATURDAY
By Jeremy Waltner 
March 5, 2025
Proceeds to help with expenses following Loren Roth’s June 19 brain injury Nearly nine months after an injury on the farm left Loren Roth with a traumatic brain injury, friends and neighbors are hosting a benefit for the Roth family this Saturday, March 8 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Freeman Communi...
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REGION 4B, 5A BOYS BASKETBALL UPDATE
REGION 4B, 5A BOYS BASKETBALL UPDATE
By Jeremy Waltner 
March 5, 2025
The Freeman Academy/Marion boys basketball team saw its season come to a close in the first round of the Region 4B Tournament Monday night, March 3, falling 68-47 to Irene-Wakonda in Irene. The Bearcats, who went into the tournament as the No. 9 seed, finishes the season 6-15. The Eagles, the region...
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COFFEE, ANYONE?
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COFFEE, ANYONE?
By Jeremy Waltner 
February 19, 2025
Freeman businesswoman Dawn Walz is finding out the answer  to that question is ‘yes’ as she turns her historic Main Street building into a gathering place for the young and old alike The stately structure that stands at the corner of Main and Fourth streets in downtown Freeman has taken on multiple ...
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MIKE PETERSON: A SELF-BUILT, AMERICAN-MADE PARADOX
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MIKE PETERSON: A SELF-BUILT, AMERICAN-MADE PARADOX
By Jeremy Waltner 
February 12, 2025
You don’t know Mike Peterson. You think you do. Those who have encountered the community resident of 36 years, or have heard about him, know him as a rough-around-the edges, inked-up, crass character who’s been on the business end of both punches taken and punches thrown, who years ago started his o...
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FRHS GALA — INVESTMENT: PEOPLE
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FRHS GALA — INVESTMENT: PEOPLE
By Jeremy Waltner 
January 29, 2025
Saturday night was a grand night for raising funds as nearly 200 men and women came out in support of the local health care facility. The result? $105K raised for a new endowment. JEREMY WALTNER  -  PUBLISHER It wasn’t long after the Freeman Regional Health Services (FRHS) Foundation was established...
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STATE OF THE MARION SCHOOL DISTRICT
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STATE OF THE MARION SCHOOL DISTRICT
By Jeremy Waltner 
January 22, 2025
Between a solid administrative team, stable staff and bold school board, there is good momentum in the western Turner County district. A renovation project planned for this summer is only expected to help. Based on enrollment — which is so often used to measure how well a school district is doing — ...
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AREA WIDE CONNECTION TO CEASE OPERATION JULY 1
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By Jeremy Waltner 
June 11, 2025
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SAARIE AND HIS STOLEN POLARIS RANGER; THE REPORT
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SAARIE AND HIS STOLEN POLARIS RANGER; THE REPORT
By Jeremy Waltner 
July 5, 2025
EDITOR'S NOTE: This story will appear in print in the July 9 issue of The Courier. Three individuals have been arrested and are facing state felony ch...
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FOR GOOD
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FOR GOOD
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 18, 2025
Freeman 39-year-old recognized nationally for her work as an adoption specialist with the Children’s Home Society of South Dakota — but this is not ab...
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ALL IN THE FAMILY
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ALL IN THE FAMILY
By Jeremy Waltner 
July 1, 2025
Forty-two years ago, his Grandpa Ted took over Ferd’s Market and renamed it Ted’s Market. Ten years after that, his dad, Bob, took over Ted’s Market a...
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: TACO TIME!
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: TACO TIME!
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 13, 2025
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...
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