Lesther Rocha, a sophomore at Freeman Public looks upfield as he controls the ball in soccer action at Freeman Academy Saturday afternoon. Rocha had four goals an an assist in the Bobcats' 8-0 win, which moved the third-ranked team to 9-1-1 on the season. Next up for the Bobcats is a rematch against...

It's a busy and buzzy Saturday at Freeman Academy as Sterling Hall is playing host to the Cornbelt Conference Junior High Volleyball Tournament, with Freeman/Freeman Academy, Viborg-Hurley, Bridgewater-Emery, Hanson, Irene-Wakonda, Menno and Canistota all taking part. The single elimination tourname...

This is what the moon looked like late Tuesday evening, Sept. 9 as it was in a Waning Gibbous phase, with 96% of its surface lit by the sun.

Freeman Academy senior Armando Miller and Freeman Public eighth grader Korbin Jensen — both running as Flyers — finished first and second in the junior varsity division of the Freeman Academy Cross-Country Invitational held at the Freeman Prairie Arboretum Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 10. Here are the...

Vaida Ammann, center, is pictured with the rest of the Freeman High School varsity team after recording her 1,000th set assist on the opening play of the Flyers’ home match against Centerville Tuesday night, Sept. 9. Also pictured are, standing from left: Olivia Schultz, Abigail Bradley, Landrei Bak...

This week's Courier introduces readers to Randall Koehler, who has been the pastor at the Hutterthal Mennonite Church since moving here with his family in 2021. The feature on Koehler is the fourth installment in the monthly series, "In-Between Sermons: Life of a Small-Town Pastor," created by Stuar...

The start of another work week saw several deliveries at the Freeman Shopping Center, the community's Highway 81 grocery store that opened in the late 1970s and has been a fixture on the east side of town ever since.

With the Freeman Missionary Church pictured in the background, mailboxes line the north end of the curvy Wynken Drive — a residential district in Freeman developed in the late 1980s and 1990s. The Missionary Church has been part of the church community for more than 50 years.

The football field at Freeman Public Schools is pictured on a crisp Friday morning — about 11 hours prior to one of the most anticipated kickoffs in Freeman in many, many years. Tonight's game features two of the top teams in Class 9AA: No. 3 Freeman/Marion/Freeman Academy facing No. 1 Elkton Lake-B...

Folding chairs and music stands line the stage inside the Freeman High School gym in anticipation of the pep band's participation in the first home volleyball game of the season. The 4-0 Flyers are playing host to 0-3 Howard in a Cornbelt Conference battle; a C game will begin at 5:15 p.m. following...