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By Jeremy Waltner

January 9, 2025

The flags at the Freeman Post Office are half staff — and there is no mail delivery or service today — as a way to honor President Jimmy Carter, who p...

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PHOTO OF THE DAY: WHO’S WHO IN ‘JANE EYRE’

By Jeremy Waltner

January 8, 2025

Director Jill Hofer has announced the cast of “Jane Eyre,” which will be presented for Schmeckfest 2025. The show will be staged Thursday night, April...

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FOSS STEPPING DOWN AS SUPERINTENDENT IN MENNO

By Jeremy Waltner

January 7, 2025

The 2024-25 school year will be the last in Menno for Kory Foss. The district superintendent announced Monday morning, Jan. 6, that he has accepted th...

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TICKETS NOW ON SALE FOR 2025 SCHMECKFEST

By Jeremy Waltner

January 8, 2025

64th annual ‘festival of tasting’ set for April 4-5; see schmeckfest.com for tickets for ethnic Germans-from-Russia meal, musical ‘Jane Eyre’ Tickets ...

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PETERS’ LATE 3-POINTER LIFTS FHS BOYS TO NARROW WIN

By Jeremy Waltner

January 7, 2025

Luke Peters connected on a three-pointer from the top of the key with 4 seconds to play and a desperation three-point field goal that would have tied ...

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PHOTO OF THE DAY: WHITE ON BROWN

By Jeremy Waltner

January 7, 2025

It's nothing like the kind of winter weather other parts of the country have been experiencing the past few days, but the Freeman community did turn w...

Death Notice: Twyla J. Hora

By Jeremy Waltner

January 6, 2025

Twyla J. Hora, age 91 of Menno, S.D., passed away Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, at the Menno-Olivet Care Center, Menno. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m.,...

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PHOTO OF THE DAY: WAY BACK WHEN

By Jeremy Waltner

January 5, 2025

This photo shows Stern Oil Company as it was in 1989, when the homegrown business was located downtown Freeman — on the corner of Main and Fourth stre...

PHOTO OF THE DAY: TEMP CHECK

By Jeremy Waltner

January 4, 2025

The clock at CorTrust Bank in Freeman tells the story of a cold Saturday morning.

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PHOTO OF THE DAY: A TRIBUTE

By Jeremy Waltner

January 3, 2025

Passing of Bill Headley on Dec. 22 triggers look back on legacy for the ages William J. Headley, known by most as Bill and whose surname is synonymous...

BENEFIT FOR ROTH FAMILY THIS SATURDAY

By Jeremy Waltner

March 5, 2025

Proceeds to help with expenses following Loren Roth’s June 19 brain injury Nearly nine months after an injury on the farm left Loren Roth with a traum...

FLYERS SODAK 16 BOUND; TO FACE HOWARD AT THE CORN PALACE

By Jeremy Waltner

March 7, 2025

The Freeman High School boys basketball team has developed a ritual this season of singing the school song, “Joyous and Ever Loyal,” in the locker roo...

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PHOTO OF THE DAY: AS SEEN IN 1978

By Jeremy Waltner

March 14, 2025

This photo shows a renovation of the old K&K store on Freeman's Main Street prior to a series of businesses that would come and go inside those walls ...

FLYERS RETURNING TO STATE ‘B’ TOURNAMENT

By Jeremy Waltner

March 11, 2025

Fifty years after they won the whole thing and a quarter century since the last time they qualified, the Freeman boys are going back to the State ‘B’ ...

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TSCHETTER SETTLES FOR 8TH AFTER 7-2 LOSS

By Jeremy Waltner

February 27, 2025

A wrestler Easton Tschetter hadn’t seen before — Britton-Hecla junior Bryce Hawkinson — muscled his way to a 7-2 decision over the Freeman freshman in...

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