PHOTO OF THE DAY: WINDING DOWN 2024

This photo taken at the James River Valley looking west on Highway 44 is representative of the fading light of the year and the unknowns that lie ahead — right around the corner — in 2025. This issue of The Courier marks the last of 2024, and the newspaper will return next week with a look back on the past 12 months and with a New Year salute from the area business community. PHOTO BY JEREMY WALTNER

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49-YEAR-OLD FREEMAN MAN DIES IN ACCIDENT

By Jeremy Waltner

December 5, 2024

Adam Van Hove, a 1994 graduate of Freeman High School, died Wednesday, Dec. 4 in a single vehicle accident on Highway 18 one mile east of Menno Wednes...

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PHOTO OF THE DAY: HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

By Jeremy Waltner

November 28, 2024

Three generations of ladies — Patty Carlson, her granddaughter Olivia Smith, and daughter Shelinda Smith — work Thursday morning, Nov. 28 in the kitch...

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PHOTO OF THE DAY: A SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE

By Jeremy Waltner

December 7, 2024

The Reader's Theatre team from Freeman Academy performs "Mythically Mythical Myths" at the 2024 State Oral Interpretation Festival in Sturgis Friday m...

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FHS BOYS OPEN SEASON WITH OT WIN OVER NO. 2 COUGARS

By Jeremy Waltner

December 13, 2024

In an interview with The Courier for next week's boys basketball preview, Freeman Public head coach Lance Friesen cautioned not to put the cart before...

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PHOTO OF THE DAY: OLD MAIN

By Jeremy Waltner

December 16, 2024

This historic photo was shared by Heritage Hall Museum & Archives on its Facebook page Monday morning, with the following information: This photo of a...

PHOTO OF THE DAY: WINDING DOWN 2024

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