This photo from a year ago shows Santa and Mrs. Claus making their arrival at the Freeman Community Center for the Hometown Christmas/Mistletoe Market holiday event. The jolly couple is expected to make another trip to Freeman from the North Pole this Thursday, Nov. 30 as the seasonal activity retur...

This sign owned and maintained by the Freeman Community Development Corporation offers a reminder as November quickly gives way to December. And area residents will have a chance to support local vendors at the Hometown Christmas/Mistletoe Market celebration this Thursday, Nov. 30 from 5 to 7:30 p.m...

This photo was featured in Heritage Hall Museum & Archives' weekly Monday Facebook post looking back on an image from the Freeman community. The post included the following explanation: For two decades, a used car dealership was located on the north side of 6th Street. The building today is the home...

Wade Rupp strings garland around a light pole on Freeman's Main Street earlier this week. City workers spent Wednesday, Nov. 22 decorating downtown for Christmas, which is now just over a month away. And with Thanksgiving now in the rearview mirror, expect to see more and more symbols of the season ...

This is what those living across the region woke to Saturday morning — a light accumulation of snow that had fallen during the overnight hours. While it didn't amount to much, and while it was expected to clear out soon — the white stuff serves as reminder that winter is just around the corner.

Daniel Graber directs the Swiss Choral Society through their final Sunday night rehearsal on Nov. 19 — less than a week before the traditional choral group presents Brahms' "A German Requiem." The sacred oratorio will be offered by a group of 40 tonight, Friday, Nov. 24, at the Salem Mennonite (Sout...

The setting sun lights up the November sky west of Freeman — a representation of the spectacular colors of fall and the Thanksgiving season. To commemorate this day, we are reprinting below President Theodore Roosevelt’s Thanksgiving Day proclamation of 1903, which was published in the Freeman Couri...

It was a family affair at Jamboree Foods as 7-year-old Jackson Leite was joined by his parents, Nikki and Tyson, helping out at the family's downtown business. Jackson represents the fourth generation to work in the aisles of a grocery store; his uncle, Brett, and grandpa and grandma, Bob and Karen,...

Marion/Freeman head wrestling coach Chris Sayler uses grapplers Logun Pankratz and Brody Gossen to demonstrate technique during practice after school on Monday. Wrestlers are now in their second week of training in advance of what will be their first competition of the 2023-24 season — the Kimball/W...

Emily Hofer, president the Freeman Community Foundation board of directors (left of center) is pictured with community members representing the latest organizations to receive funds from the charitable organization. Pictured are, from left: Michelle Nehuarth (Freeman Regional Health Services), Tabit...