This undated photo, taken decades ago, shows the south end of Freeman's Main Street and the Freeman Academy/Freeman Junior College campus sometime after 1965, when Frontier Hall (the college dorm, right) was built. The college closed in 1986 but Frontier Hall remains in use for boarding for out-of-t...

The Freeman High School boys basketball team is returning home today with this plaque after a 1-2 showing at the 2025 State B Basketball Tournament in Aberdeen March 21, 22 and 23. A welcome home is planned at the FHS gym Sunday at 1 p.m. The Flyers lost to Viborg-Hurley 72-44 in the opening round, ...

The Freeman Flyers assemble on the basketball court at Aberdeen Central High School Saturday morning, March 22 for their final walkthrough of the season just hours before they face off against Wall for the consolation championship. Tipoff is scheduled for 1:45 p.m. The winner will finish fifth in th...

Lance Friesen watches the action on the court of Wachs Arena inside the Barnett Center in Aberdeen during Freeman's opening game of the State Bs against Viborg-Hurley. The Cougars were too much for the Flyers, winning 72-44 to send sixth-seed Freeman into the consolation round where they will face s...

Wachs Arena at the Barnett Center on the campus of Northern State University — pictured during Freeman's one-hour practice session from 2 to 3 p.m. on Wednesday — will be alive with electricity beginning today as the 2025 State 'B' Boys Basketball Tournament begins. Action tips off at noon with No. ...

The Freeman High School boys basketball team assembles on the stage of the high school gym first thing Wednesday morning for a pep rally sendoff prior to its departure for Aberdeen. The Flyers left on a school bus shortly after 9 a.m. and will check in to the hotel in the Hub City by 1 p.m. — in ple...

Freeman Academy third grader Trevor Paff portrays Oscar Howe, the famous South Dakota painter, at the school’s living wax museum Monday evening, March 17. Headed up by Amber Bradley, director of instruction and the school’s 5-6 teacher, the project was part of the history curriculum and included 12 ...

This photo was posted to the Heritage Hall Museum & Archives Facebook page on Monday, along with the following explanation. Today we know the building on the east side of Highway 81 south of Ralph's Feed and southeast of the Freeman Shopping Center as the Fellowship Harvest Community Church. But in ...

Sharla Miller sets out decorated poster board inside the Freeman High School lunchroom as part of an effort by several moms of the Flyers boys basketball team Sunday afternoon, in celebration of the upcoming State 'B' Boys Basketball Tournament in Aberdeen. The group spent about 90 minutes decoratin...

This was — and is — the story of Saturday across the region as high winds howl through much cooler temperatures than those of more recent days. But the snow has mostly stayed clear of the Freeman area, with just dusting falling in the early morning (and briefly powerless) hours. This photo was taken...