Players, coaches and other personnel from Freeman/Marion/Freeman Academy and De Smet come together at the center of the field after their postgame handshake to recite The Lord's Prayer. It was late Thursday evening, Oct. 24 and followed the Phoenix's 58-14 win over the Bulldogs to put them in the qu...

Wednesday morning, Oct. 23 marked the day that ground was broken for the new maintenance shed being built at Freeman Public Schools. Here, Watertown-based general contractor Sentry uses an excavator to begin the process that will continue through the year, with completion scheduled for next March. T...

The history of the Freeman community is told in the 120-plus volumes of newspapers that make up the archives of the Courier, but also in the numerous binders filled with negatives from when film was synonymous with photography. This collection spans the 1980s, 1990s and dips its toes into the 21st c...

Secretary David Flute of the South Dakota Department of Tribal Relations speaks with Freeman Academy students in grades 1-4 during what was a special morning at the school — an Indigenous Peoples' Celebration. The conversation that took place between Sec. Flute and the students inside Heritage Hall ...

Initiative between school and secretary of Office of Tribal Relations will include multi-cultural experiences; other schools invited to event JEREMY WALTNER  - EDITOR & PUBLISHER The public is invited to join students from Freeman Academy and surrounding schools to an Indigenous People’s Celebration...

Fifth Street in Menno will once again be alive with a stream of music and choreographed formations next Friday, Oct. 4 when another Menno Band Day takes the community by storm. The exhibition and competition will begin at 10 a.m. when the Wolves Marching Band leads a processional that will include 2...

What began as a relatively unassuming exhibition on the Menno City Park nearly 40 years ago will return once again, not to the park, but to Pioneer Acres on the north edge of town, where the Pioneer Power Show continues to grow and flourish with every passing year. Exhibits and demonstrations will t...

Overall totals dip slightly, but numbers at Freeman Public remain as high as they have been in more than 15 years The number of students attending Freeman Public Schools and Freeman Academy at the start of the 2024-25 school year was nearly identical to that of one year ago, with both school systems...

Dakota Protein Solutions, located on the outskirts of Freeman, will serve 150-mile radius; industry leaders say it will have strong economic impact on community  Once upon a time — and not that long ago in history’s ledger — rural America was falling short in its ability to retain and attract people...

The story of the Swiss-Volhynian Mennonites and their journey from Russia to the community that would become Freeman cannot and should not be told in simple terms. Rather, it’s a complicated history with roots going all the way back to an Anabaptist religious movement that began in 16th-century Swit...