Workers from NorthWestern Energy were finishing the installation of new fiberglass light fixtures on Friday, spending their time in the final block of Main Street's primary three-block business district — the 400 block. The historic lighting is the final portion of the city's $5.1 million capital pr...

The Freeman Public varsity boys won the Cornbelt Conference team title for the first time since 2010 and Menno senior Ashton Massey ran to a first-place finish at the 2023 Cornbelt Conference Cross-Country Meet hosted by Howard on Wednesday, Sept. 20. The Flyers slipped past Canistota in the team st...

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Freeman/Marion/Freeman Academy's football game on Friday, Sept. 22 at Colome has been moved from 7 p.m. to 4 p.m., per an update from Freeman Public Athletic Director Kristina Sage.

With thunderstorms expected tonight, both the Freeman/Marion/Freeman Academy and Scotland/Menno football games have been moved to earlier in the day. The Phoenix will play Colome in Colome at 4 p.m. A message from Freeman Public said students who want to attend the game will be dismissed at 1 p.m. i...

Moisture that had been missing throughout the month of September came all at once in the early-morning hours of Thursday, Sept. 21 as Freeman received 3 1/2 inches of rain. The welcomed moisture came with thunder and lighting, too, and showers continued after daylight. There's a 50% chance or better...

I loved being a dad the day I became one, and I’ve loved being a dad ever since. I was reminded of that pleasure thanks to an emotional weekend marked by Ella’s 17th birthday on Sunday. We celebrated with both sets of grandparents for a noon meal and then she was off enjoying downtown Sioux Falls wi...

JEREMY WALTNER - PUBLISHER There’s a good chance of rain, but Daniel Harnisch is hopeful the Pioneer Power Show will go on mostly as planned when it returns to Pioneer Acres on the north edge of Menno this weekend. The 37th annual throwback to steam and all that goes with it is scheduled for Saturda...

JEREMY WALTNER - PUBLISHER “This has been in our veins for a long time.” That comment from Ethan Schmeichel comes amidst exponential growth of the Schmeichel family business, S&S Ag Supply LLC, and is in reference to his dad and grandfather, Steve and Melvin, selling seed as far back as the 1950s. “...