State funds will be used to establish improved shop area, commercial kitchen Freeman Public Schools is benefiting from $6.4 million in grants recently distributed to 36 districts across the state by the South Dakota Department of Education to help schools bolster their career and technical education...

Full slate of family-friendly activities starts with 11 a.m. parade There will be no shortage of activates for young and old alike when Menno throws another big Independence Day party on Thursday, July 4. While there is a good chance of rain, as of Wednesday morning the activities were on as planned...

The Freeman Public School District is needing to fill a vacancy on the school board following the resignation of Karissa Podzimek, who joined the board in July of 2022 after running unopposed for election. The board accepted her resignation in regular session Monday, June 10 — the same meeting in wh...

The Marion School Board isn’t interested in finding out if the third time will be the charm. At least not right now. One week after voters rejected — for the second time in less than six months — a general obligation bond issue that would have generated $6 million in new tax revenue to help fund a m...

Jessica Bahmuller and Drew Peterson both won re-election as District 19 representatives in the South Dakota House, finishing in front of challenger Steven Mettler in the June 4 Primary Election held Tuesday. Bahmuller came out well in front, with 2,165 voters choosing her; that’s 45% of the vote. Th...

Head of department for less than a year calls departure ‘unfortunate’ Yet another chief of police with the city of Freeman — this time Jonathan “Jay” Slevin — has resigned after less than a year as head of the department. The Freeman City Council accepted Slevin’s resignation, effective June 3, at i...

Science teacher shares encouragement and five end their days at Freeman Academy  Standing behind the lectern on the Pioneer Hall stage, Carol Stastny, science and computer teacher at Freeman Academy used the opportunity as the keynote speaker at the 2024 commencement to give the graduating seniors a...

Twenty graduating seniors say goodbye at emotional ceremony It was both the end of an era and the start of something new inside the Freeman High School gym as 20 graduating seniors said goodbye to high school Saturday afternoon, May 11. And in their commencement address, co-valedictorians Ava Anders...

... and other stories about Menno senior Ashton Massey, who bounced back from emotional adversity to become one of South Dakota’s top track and field athletes and among the best Menno has ever seen — even success aside. Prologue: Then and Now It was Oct. 23, 2021 and Ashton Massey was competing in t...