The first installment of the South Dakota’s 2024 prep postseason will be made this week, when Freeman Academy hosts West Central in the quarterfinal round of the Class A soccer playoffs Tuesday, Oct. 8. The match between the No. 3 Bobcats and No. 6 Trojans is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. FA is 7-3-3...

The Sunday morning sun lights up the sign on the north side of the Freeman Missionary Church.

Members of the Menno Wolves Marching Band stop and perform on Fifth Street as the 2024 Menno Band Day at the start of the 10 a.m. parade. Menno marched in Friday's annual event an exhibition and was followed by 20 middle school and high school bands from the region. Band Day once again concluded at ...

Downtown Menno — Fifth Street — was quiet early Friday morning, but it will be music to the ears of the people come 10 a.m. when Menno Wolves Marching Band leads a processional of 20 others through the Band Day parade. Both middle school and high school bands, from as near as Parker and Avon to as f...

This photo was taken last month and shows Freeman Academy junior David Ilunga in action against an opponent from Rapid City Christian. The Bobcats are back in action this afternoon when they host Vermillion in a match scheduled to start at 4 p.m. Here's an update as the season nears its end. For Fre...

That’s West Freeman farmer Kerry Hofer combining beans two miles north of Menno late Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 1, a sure sign that the fall season is upon us. Hofer said he began harvesting Sept. 20 — earlier than most — and has been focusing primarily on beans. The corn he has brought in has been goo...

As these trees along Freeman's West County Road show, the colors are beginning to change marking a switch in season that can also be felt in the air. Tuesday morning's temperatures were much cooler than has been the case in months — highs were in the 40s — and weren't expected to get out of the 60s ...

All was calm at the corner of Highways 81 and 44 during a recent sunrise, where the orange glow of the morning washes the "Welcome to Freeman" sign with light. But it wasn't so calm on Monday as high winds made for uncomfortable conditions on the final day of September.

This is the original South Dakota Mennonite College that opened as a “church school” in 1903 when settlers associated with the Anabaptist movement felt the need for better education for older students and to bridge the gap between German and English languages. While the college closed in 1986, Freem...

This photo offers a good look at Freeman's downtown business district as it was in the 1920s or 1930s. A number of the buildings pictured are still standing, including three on the right between Gross Cafe and Hotel and the large brick building with the big canopy. Freeman Main Street began developi...