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obituaries

By Jeremy Waltner

October 30, 2024

Faye Lorraine (Wipf) Goertz, the second oldest of seven daughters of Paul Z. and Velissa (McCann) Wipf, was born September 30, 1930 on the family home...

photo day

PHOTO OF THE DAY: BRACKET RELEASED

By Jeremy Waltner

October 30, 2024

This shows the bracket for the Region 4B Volleyball Tournament scheduled for Monday, Tuesday and Thursday of next week. The home teams will host the m...

news

VOTERS WILL HAVE THEIR SAY TUESDAY

By Jeremy Waltner

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 ...

photo day

PHOTO OF THE DAY: COLOR ME FALL

By Jeremy Waltner

October 29, 2024

The turning of the colors and the falling of leaves have really picked up speed the past week, as is evident in the middle of these Freeman street. Th...

photo day

PHOTO OF THE DAY: MILESTONE MARKED

By Jeremy Waltner

October 28, 2024

The Freeman High School volleyball team stands with Emily Mendel last week Tuesday, Oct. 22 in celebration of the senior’s 1,000th career dig, which s...

photo day

PHOTO OF THE DAY: MOMENT IN TIME

By Jeremy Waltner

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 ...

sports

MCCONNIEL EDGES HOLDEMAN BY 0.03 FOR CLASS B TITLE

By Jeremy Waltner

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...

photo day

PHOTO OF THE DAY: STATE MEET CONNECTION

By Jeremy Waltner

October 26, 2024

Marion seventh grader Faith Pekron makes an emotional phone call moments after qualifying for the state cross-country meet with a gutsy 20th-place fin...

sports

PHOENIX FEAST ON DOGS

By Jeremy Waltner

October 25, 2024

Freeman/Marion/Freeman Academy scored eight touchdowns on 10 possessions and held De Smet to 191 total yards — all on the ground — in a 58-14 win in t...

news, photo day

SPECIAL CELEBRATION MAKES CULTURAL CONNECTION

By Jeremy Waltner

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...

news

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...

sports

FHS BOYS DROP SECOND-STRAIGHT GAME

By Jeremy Waltner

January 2, 2025

One day after suffering their first loss of the season to Howard, the Freeman High School boys dropped their second game of the season, falling the De...

photo day

PHOTO OF THE DAY: FINAL RITES

By Jeremy Waltner

December 30, 2024

Personnel from Ellsworth Air Force Base, representing the United States Air Force, were on hand to help offer military rites over the body of William ...

photo day

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...

photo day

PHOTO OF THE DAY: ACTION RETURNS

By Jeremy Waltner

December 28, 2024

The Freeman High School boys run through drills Saturday morning in advance of their game against White River scheduled to start at 3 p.m. that aftern...

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