Service members of the Rames-Bender Post 152 of the American Legion solemnly sit as the Menno community's Memorial Day observance at the city cemetery Monday morning, May 27. The traditional program featured an address by Anna Arnold, a who lives in Menno with her family and is the commander of the ...

Flags at the Freeman Area Veteran's Memorial are pictured on what is a gorgeous Memorial Day morning Monday, May 27. Most businesses and institutions are closed today and Menno will be having its traditional observance at 10:30 a.m. at the city cemetery. A full report will be featured in this week's...

Top athletes from Freeman Academy/Marion, Freeman Public and Menno will take center stage when the SDHSAA State Track and Field Championships conclude on Saturday. Local athletes will be competing in two field events when action begins at 9:30 a.m. (more on that later), but the real drama will take ...

Amy Sorensen, head track coach for the Freeman Public girls, was by the triple jump and had just watched freshman Cadence Hofer qualify for the finals when she took off for the track a short walk away for the Flyers’ next event. “I’m going to watch the girls 4x100 break the school record,” said Sore...

THURSDAY, MAY 23 - HOWARD WOOD FIELD - SIOUX FALLS Live coverage can be found on YouTube/sdpb.org/track and at sd.net. 11 a.m. – Girls 100 hurdles prelim Heat 2: Ashton Massey - 15.15 (2nd) Heat 3: Rylee Peters - 15.46 (3rd) 11:40 a.m. – Girls 4x800 FINAL Section 2: Menno - 10:10.34 (5th) 12:50 p.m....

This was the scene on the east side of the Dave Kaufman home in Freeman Tuesday morning, May 21 as stormy spring weather pounded the community. The 100-plus-year-old silver maple came down around 8:30 a.m. by a strong gust of wind, and underneath the felled tree is Kaufman’s pickup and camper. By 10...

These four runners — Luke Peters, Tate Sorensen, Rocky Ammann and Chris Aasen — were among the Freeman Public boys state qualifiers taking part in practice Monday morning. The girls were scheduled to practice this evening. Peters, Sorensen, Ammann and Aasen are part of the 4x100 and 4x200 relay team...

Graduates from Marion High School assemble in a hallway outside the high school gym in the moments leading up to Saturday afternoon's commencement. Ten from Marion and another five from Freeman Academy said goodbye to high school in their 1 p.m. ceremonies held May 18, brining the 2024 graduation se...

Two of the five seniors from the Freeman Academy Class of 2024 — Sam Clark and Stefany Cortes — are featured on banners lining Sixth Street in Freeman is recognition of the graduation season locally. The banners also include graduates from Freeman Public, and a similar shoutout is featured in the co...

Members of the Freeman Academy/Marion and Freeman Public 4x400 relay teams stand together following their race at the Dan Clarke Relays hosted by Bridgewater-Emery on Thursday. The Bearcats clipped the Flyers in what was a thrilling finish 3:33.40 to 3:33.42, which were both PRs and are the third an...