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By Jeremy Waltner

December 4, 2024

’Tis the season for Christmas programs and there are a number coming up. Here’s a look at what’s ahead, in chronological order. Freeman Elementary Th...

sports

WINTER SPORTS SEASON UNDERWAY THIS MONTH

By Jeremy Waltner

December 4, 2024

A new era of high school basketball is dawning this month when student-athletes from Menno and Scotland take the court together as the Trappers. The f...

obituaries

Florence Beier, 89

By Jeremy Waltner

December 4, 2024

Florence (Sulack) Beier, 89, passed away Nov. 28, 2024 at Oakview Terrace in Freeman, S.D. A funeral was held Friday, Dec. 6 at Bethany Mennonite Chur...

obituaries

Mary Stahl, 98

By Jeremy Waltner

December 4, 2024

Mary Stahl, 98, formerly of Freeman, S.D., passed away on Nov. 28 at Legends at Lake Lorraine in Sioux Falls, S.D., under Hospice Care. A funeral serv...

obituaries

Metha I. Wildermuth, 95

By Jeremy Waltner

December 4, 2024

Metha I. Wildermuth was born July 16, 1929 in Freeman, S.D. to Karl and Sophia (Ulmer) Koerner. She was baptized as a child of God on Aug. 5, 1928 and...

photo day

PHOTO OF THE DAY: TOY DROP

By Jeremy Waltner

December 3, 2024

Maria Paff, on behalf of the Freeman Network for Justice and Peace (FNJP), drops off items for The Courier's Toy Box Toy Drive that has been underway ...

photo day

PHOTO OF THE DAY: MORNING CHORES

By Jeremy Waltner

December 2, 2024

You'd never know it was a cold Monday morning by the smile on Denise Handel's face as she clears snow from the sidewalk outside her place of employmen...

photo day

PHOTO OF THE DAY: SMILES WITH SANTA

By Jeremy Waltner

December 1, 2024

The children of Box Elder couple Katie Vissers and Donald Morgan — in town to celebrate Thanksgiving with Vissers’ family — pose for a photo with Sant...

photo day

PHOTO OF THE DAY: RIGHT AT HOME

By Jeremy Waltner

November 30, 2024

Brothers Sam and Jack Unruh, ages 8 and 6, work on an activity at the 2024 Hometown Christmas at the Freeman Community Center late Saturday morning, N...

photo day

PHOTO OF THE DAY: TEMP CHECK

By Jeremy Waltner

November 29, 2024

The coldest air of the end-of-the-year season is hitting the community, with highs not expected to exceed 20 degrees through the weekend. But milder 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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