BEARCATS FA/Marion girls 21, AC/DC 49 The Freeman Academy/Marion girls dropped to 3-13 with a 49-21 loss to Andes Central in Marion Thursday night. The Thunder, who improved to 10-6, led 17-1 after the first period and 31-3 at the half. Alexa Gortmaker and Avery Thomas scored seven and five points, ...

This shows the original Salem Home — first known as the "Salem Mennonite Home for the Aged" — which is now part of the Freeman Regional Health System network of services. Originally a two story house moved onto the corner of Main and Seventh streets, the Salem Home would see a series of expansions a...

This is the front page photo included with this week's Courier and is accompanied by the following explanation: Theater students from Marion High School took the stage at Brandon Valley last week for the South Dakota High School Activities Association State One-Act Festival. Pictured are, top from l...

This photo is featured in the weekly Monday morning Facebook post shared by Heritage Hall Museum & Archives offering a look back to an earlier time in the Freeman community. The narrative the follows gives it context: The accompanying photo is familiar. We know it as the Freeman Community Center. Bu...

Temperatures that have remained above freezing the past 10 days have resulted in significant melting, as is evident at the Dollar General corner on the northeast corner of Freeman. And with highs in the 40s and 50s this coming week — and a chance of rain on Thursday — that is only going to continue....

The Freeman High School boys basketball team runs through its offense during a walk-through prior to today's game against Bon Homme. The girls play the Cavaliers, as well, and were going through a walk-through of their own late Saturday morning. JV games begin at 1 p.m., with the girls and boys vars...

Freeman native Amber (Stern) Arlint and her youngest son, Braxton, stand with South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem and Lt. Governor Larry Rhoden at the base of the steps next to the South Dakota Capitol rotunda Thursday, Feb. 1. It was day set aside for legislators to bring their young children to stat...

It was a foggy morning in Pierre Thursday morning as South Dakota newspaper editors and publishers gathered at the state capitol for the annual South Dakota NewsMedia Day. The gathering includes a press conference with Republican and Democratic legislative leadership and a lunch with Senate and Hous...

13th fundraiser for the Freeman Regional Heath Services Foundation hits all the right notes; goal of $60,000 for DEXA scanner exceeded More than 170 men and women from the Freeman community and surrounding area dressed for the formal occasion that it was; an impressive spread of heavy hors d’oeuvres...

The sign in front of East River Furniture along Sixth Street in Freeman offers a good chuckle and the snow in the foreground provides a look at just how much has come since Christmas. But above-average temperatures this week are making a significant impact on the accumulation, and by the end of the ...