Despite a request from two district constituents to look further into the reasoning behind the resignation of Chris Sayler as head wrestling coach and teacher, the Freeman Public School Board voted unanimously Monday night to accept his resignation, effective at the end of the 2023-24 school year. T...

LOCAL CITY/SCHOOL VACANCIES Lachman challenging Gering in Ward 1 Sayler turns in petition for Freeman School Board; Vaith running in Menno JEREMY WALTNER - EDITOR & PUBLISHER There will be at least one local election this coming April. In addition to the nominating petition filed by Charles Gering f...

It was a whiteout night for Kobee Sherman in Menno on Tuesday, Feb. 13 as the Wolves community honored the Viborg-Hurley senior and his family with a tribute and cash donation in the amount of $2,767. Sherman has been battling bone cancer since shortly after the State B Boys Basketball Tournament la...

Michael Walter is seeking another term as mayor of Freeman. City Finance Officer Lisa Edelman confirmed this week that Walter has turned in his nominating petition for re-election; other petitions that had been filed with City Hall as of Wednesday morning include that of Ward 1 councilor Charles Ger...

It will be at least another month until the Marion School Board decides how to proceed with the general bond election that voters rejected in a special election held Jan. 16. Marion Superintendent Brian Brosnahan told The Courier on Tuesday that no decision was made at the school board’s regular mon...

For Cami Fransen and Ashlin Jacobsen it was a senior night to remember. For the rest of the Freeman High School girls basketball team and their fans it was a night they won’t soon forget. Facing Class B No. 1 Ethan at home on Tuesday night, Feb. 13 the Flyers overcame a 26-23 halftime deficit by out...

Chris Sayler, who returned to Freeman Public in 2008 and has been highly active in the Marion-Freeman Rebels wrestling program ever since, told his team at practice on Monday that he had submitted his resignation as teacher and coach that afternoon, but that he will finish out the remainder of the y...

Meeting in special session Thursday night, Feb. 8, the Menno School Board of Education voted unanimously to terminate the work agreement with Jan Mudder, according to the official minutes of the meeting. The action came following a 26-minute executive session to discuss a personnel issue. Mudder was...

“I am terrified and excited about being a part of this experience.” That honest take on what’s happening in New York City this weekend comes from Freeman High School freshman Jocelyn Lee, who has been chosen to take part in the High School Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall. Lee will be a so...

13th fundraiser for the Freeman Regional Heath Services Foundation hits all the right notes; goal of $60,000 for DEXA scanner exceeded More than 170 men and women from the Freeman community and surrounding area dressed for the formal occasion that it was; an impressive spread of heavy hors d’oeuvres...