It's not surprising the Cody Fransen and Ty Soulek were all smiles as they served customers at the 2025 Freeman Volunteer Fire Department Firehouse Rib Cook-Off at the Swimming Pool Park Saturday, Aug. 9 — because the fundraiser is one of Freeman's most friendly annual events. Afternoon activities l...

Members of Post 152 — Logun Pankratz, Izayah Ulmer, Hunter Nankivel, Riley Gall and Easton Tschetter — walk off the field after taking a 5-0 loss to Sioux Falls Post 911 at the American Legion junior league state tournament Friday afternoon, Aug. 8 in Milbank. The 79ers (22-3) were scheduled to play...

Dustin Tschetter, head coach of the Freeman/Marion/Freeman Academy football team, takes a player count as the squad stretches on the first day of practice Thursday, Aug. 7. Soccer practice at Freeman Academy for the 2025 season is underway, as well, with cross-country and volleyball beginning next w...

This image from Google Earth shows Legion Field located on the north edge of Milbank — a brand-new ballpark that opened this year (note the unique layout of the outfield fence). It will be home to the Class B American Junior Legion State Tournament that begins Friday morning and concludes on Sunday ...

The Freeman water tower is pictured following an overnight storm that rolled through the area, producing thunder, lighting and another 2 inches of rain across the region. The weather pattern continues to be wet, with regular rains in June, July and now August.

David Walter, Hunter Nankivel and Tate Sorensen move a cabinet from the old shop on the west side to the Freeman Junior-Senior High School into the new steel shed that will serve the district for the first time this coming school year. The three boys were joined by other members of the Freeman High ...

This building — identified as "Opera House" — was located on the west side of the southernmost block of Freeman's downtown business district south of where Freeman Chiropractic Solutions is located. The structure also served as Freeman City Hall until a new building — the current building — opened i...

This is Legion Field at Milbank, where the 100th American Legion State Tournament is taking place. Scotland/Menno/Freeman/Canistota is facing Groton in an elimination game Sunday afternoon.

Larry Stern, Jerry Fischer and Larry Kirschenman of the Rames Bender Post 152 of the American Legion come to attention during the opening ceremony of the 2025 S.D. American Legion Class B State Tournament in Milbank Friday afternoon, Aug. 1. The three men from Menno were part of a larger color guard...

Doug Freidel, Region 4B commissioner with the American Legion, stands with the oldest players on the Post 152 Senior Legion team following the team's region championship last week. The players are, from left: Sawyer Wipf, Evan Scharberg, Rocky Ammann and Parker Hochstein. Those four, along with the ...