’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 The Freeman Elementary School Christmas Concert will be held Thursday, Dec. 5 at 7 p.m., with students in preK-sixth grade performing songs such as: “Th...

Fifteen from Freeman schools, Marion and Menno heading to Sturgis next week Students from Freeman Academy, Freeman Public, Marion and Menno will all take part in the South Dakota High School Activities Association’s 2024 State Oral Interpretation Festival set for next Friday and Saturday, Dec. 6 and...

Longtime preschool/daycare center facing crisis; will close if new path forward isn’t found — and soon Six young children wiggled and squirmed as they eagerly sat at the feet of Hannah Guthrie, their preschool teacher who was opening the children’s book, “The Way I Feel.” It was Monday morning, Nov....

Dakota Protein Solutions dealing with unwanted odor Rendering facility bringing in outside help to fix the problem JEREMY WALTNER  - EDITOR & PUBLISHER “It’s not acceptable to us, it’s not how it was meant to be and it’s not how it’s going to be.” That no-nonsense statement from Dan Heiman, general ...

Relocation from Sixth Street scheduled to be completed Dec. 9 A Freeman business that has been around since Jan. 1, 1980 is moving. And Main Street is getting a new tenant. Amy Stahl and Seth Walter have announced plans to move their business, Insurance Services, from its offices on Sixth Street int...

National Honor Society once again hosts annual celebration recognizing and honoring service members of the community; essays, quilts mark the event One by one they stepped forward — probably part pride, probably part nerves — and shared with those in attendance what American patriotism and democracy...

Scotland Republican tops independent challenger in a landslide Registered voters living in District 19 are sending Kyle Schoenfish back to the South Dakota Senate — by a mile. The Scotland Republican, who first won election to the state legislature in 2012, will return to Pierre early next year on t...

Local race features battle for District 19 Senate seat; ballot measures to be decided include grocery tax repeal, legalization of abortion, marijuana The Freeman Community Center, Helena Agri-Enterprises LLC in Menno, the American Legion Hall in Marion and the Bridgewater Fire Hall will be among the...

Freeman Academy partners with Department of Tribal Relations to offer area students, public at large, a unique look at what makes us different — and the same The Freeman Academy campus has long been connected to rich musical traditions, with the sounds of four-part harmony, orchestral instrumentatio...

The history of the Freeman community is told in the 120-plus volumes of newspapers that make up the archives of the Courier, but also in the numerous binders filled with negatives from when film was synonymous with photography. This collection spans the 1980s, 1990s and dips its toes into the 21st c...