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FREEMAN PUBLIC RECEIVES $240K FOR CTE CURRICULUM
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FREEMAN PUBLIC RECEIVES $240K FOR CTE CURRICULUM
By Jeremy Waltner 
July 3, 2024
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...
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MENNO TO CELEBRATE 4TH THURSDAY (WEATHER PERMITTING)
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MENNO TO CELEBRATE 4TH THURSDAY (WEATHER PERMITTING)
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 26, 2024
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...
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SCHOOL BOARD CHANGES, OTHER PERSONNEL SHIFTS COMING
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SCHOOL BOARD CHANGES, OTHER PERSONNEL SHIFTS COMING
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 19, 2024
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...
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MARION OFFICIALS CHANGING COURSE AFTER BOND REJECTION
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MARION OFFICIALS CHANGING COURSE AFTER BOND REJECTION
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 12, 2024
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...
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D-19 INCUMBENTS, FRIESEN WIN RE-ELECTION; MARION BOND ISSUE FAILS AGAIN
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D-19 INCUMBENTS, FRIESEN WIN RE-ELECTION; MARION BOND ISSUE FAILS AGAIN
By Jeremy Waltner 
June 5, 2024
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...
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SLEVIN RESIGNS AS FREEMAN CHIEF OF POLICE
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SLEVIN RESIGNS AS FREEMAN CHIEF OF POLICE
By Jeremy Waltner 
May 29, 2024
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...
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PHOTOS FROM 2024 STATE TRACK MEET
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PHOTOS FROM 2024 STATE TRACK MEET
By Jeremy Waltner 
May 26, 2024
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STASTNY: FIVE THINGS
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STASTNY: FIVE THINGS
By Jeremy Waltner 
May 23, 2024
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...
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FHS VALEDICTORIANS NOTE SPECIAL CONNECTION
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FHS VALEDICTORIANS NOTE SPECIAL CONNECTION
By Jeremy Waltner 
May 16, 2024
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...
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EXCLUSIVE: ‘THE GIRL WHO SHOVELED THE TRACK’
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EXCLUSIVE: ‘THE GIRL WHO SHOVELED THE TRACK’
By Jeremy Waltner 
May 8, 2024
... 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...
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Freeman 39-year-old recognized nationally for her work as an adoption specialist with the Children’s Home Society of South Dakota — but this is not ab...
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Forty-two years ago, his Grandpa Ted took over Ferd’s Market and renamed it Ted’s Market. Ten years after that, his dad, Bob, took over Ted’s Market a...
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Emma Schoenwald and friend Evelyn Lafrentz found enjoyment in a ditch full of water not far north of their Dewald Street homes in Freeman Monday eveni...
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