Flags like this one in front of the Freeman Junior-Senior High School have been getting a workout this spring as windy weather has been a regular occurrence the past month. High gusts accompanied stormy and rainy weather across the area on Monday and breezy conditions have prevailed once again on Tu...

A praise and worship team made up of mostly graduating seniors from Freeman Academy and Freeman Public offer music as part of the 2024 Freeman Community Baccalaureate service held at the Freeman Community Center Sunday afternoon, May 5. The 4 p.m. worship service included song, scripture and an addr...

The Freeman High School boys 4x200 relay turned in the best result among local athletics competing on the first day of the 99th Howard Wood Dakota Relays in Sioux Falls Friday afternoon, running to a second-place finish in the Class B division. The team of Luke Peters, Tate Sorensen, Chris Aasen and...

Students arrive at the Freeman Elementary School Friday morning, May 3 for the annual Freeman Music Contest, a vocal and instrumental competition that showcases the musical ability of local and regional students in grades 5-8. Freeman has hosted the event since shortly after the new elementary schoo...

Menno's Bryce Sattler keeps a tag on Freeman's Luke Peters after Peters successfully swipes second base in Wednesday's night's high school baseball game in Menno between the Scotland/Menno Trappers and Freeman/Canistota/Marion Sticks. It was a long overdue Region 1 battle that came after two weather...

Freeman Athletic Director Kristina Sage is surprised with a token of appreciation for her years of service to Freeman Public Schools at the Wizard Relays late Monday afternoon, April 29; that's FHS Principal Katie Juhnke presenting here with a necklace engraved with the words "AD Sage." Sage is leav...

The impact of as much as 3 inches of rain that has fallen across the community since late last week can be seen by standing water everywhere — including at the local baseball and softball fields. While the moisture is welcomed, it is resulting in scheduling challenges. The planting season is now del...

As event brainchild Kris Carlson suggested at intermission, it was Carnegie Hall quality inside a different kind of hall — Pioneer Hall — on the campus of Freeman Academy Saturday night, April 27 as Mory Ortman and Jordan Ortman returned to their alma mater for The Ortmen Piano Duo. The concert that...

A much anticipated concert featuring Mory Ortman and Jordan Ortman will commence tonight inside the Pioneer Hall auditorium starting at 7:30 p.m. The two professional musicians who are both Freeman community natives — and an uncle and nephew — will offer audience members works by Saint–Saëns, Richar...

Ducks swim in a pond in a field east of Freeman Friday morning. It's another wet day across the region with rain and thunderstorms in the forecast today and again on Saturday. PHOTO BY STACEY WALTNER