news
November 20, 2024
Longtime preschool/daycare center facing crisis; will close if new path forward isn’t found — and soon Six young children wiggled and squirmed as they...
news
November 20, 2024
Dakota Protein Solutions dealing with unwanted odor Rendering facility bringing in outside help to fix the problem JEREMY WALTNER - EDITOR & PUBLISHE...
news
November 20, 2024
Relocation from Sixth Street scheduled to be completed Dec. 9 A Freeman business that has been around since Jan. 1, 1980 is moving. And Main Street is...
news
November 13, 2024
National Honor Society once again hosts annual celebration recognizing and honoring service members of the community; essays, quilts mark the event On...
news
November 13, 2024
Scotland Republican tops independent challenger in a landslide Registered voters living in District 19 are sending Kyle Schoenfish back to the South D...
news
October 30, 2024
Local race features battle for District 19 Senate seat; ballot measures to be decided include grocery tax repeal, legalization of abortion, marijuana ...
news, photo day
October 17, 2024
Freeman Academy partners with Department of Tribal Relations to offer area students, public at large, a unique look at what makes us different — and t...
sports
November 13, 2024
Thrilling 5-set win over Menno highlights a season of vast improvement The Freeman High School girls may have fallen one match short of the SoDak 16 w...
sports
November 13, 2024
Menno battles Freeman Public for five dramatic sets, but are edged in the end When the seven seniors who were part of this year’s volleyball team at M...
sports
November 13, 2024
Season ends with early loss in regions, but 10 wins better than previous 5 years combined “I only see good things coming from this program.” If ever t...
sports
November 8, 2024
A game that was well within reach at halftime felt seemingly lost by the end of the third quarter, after Parkston turned a 12-8 edge into a 28-8 advan...
obituaries
November 8, 2024
Bonnie (Preheim) Betts passed away on Nov. 7 at the Good Samaritan Home in Sioux Falls. A visitation and viewing will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. on Wedn...
obituaries
November 5, 2024
Ardis Jantzen, 97, of Freeman, S.D., passed away Monday, Nov. 4, 2024 at the Freeman Regional Nursing Home. A memorial service will be held Saturday, ...
obituaries
November 4, 2024
Darlene Schaeffer, 88, of Yankton, S.D., passed away Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, at the Avera Sister James Care Center in Yankton. Visitations were sched...
obituaries
November 3, 2024
Karen Wollman, formerly of Menno, passed away at Harrison Bay Assisted Living in Mound, Minn., Thursday, Oct. 31, at the age of 87 years. A visitation...
photo day
November 6, 2024
Tim & Becky Wiese announce decision this week; 81 Metal Art will continue One of Freeman’s “mom and pop shops” is closing its doors. Tim and Becky Wie...
photo day
October 27, 2024
This shows the moment that SDHSAA executive director Dan Swartos confirmed that Freeman Academy/Marion senior Finley McConniel had won the 2024 Class ...
photo day
November 3, 2024
Sonja Waltner and Sheila Wipf, who along with Iwona Lewter are music teachers at Freeman Public Schools, were recognized for their years of service Sa...
sports
October 31, 2024
Players and coaches from Freeman/Marion/Freeman Academy knew that Hill City was an explosive football team capable of scoring quickly and often — a te...
sports
October 26, 2024
Marion senior Finley McConniel edged Mitchell Christian sophomore Silas Holdeman by the closest of margins — 0.03 seconds — to claim a dramatic 2024 C...
