Kevin Waltner visits with other guests at the 2020 Menno Pioneer Power Show late Saturday morning, Sept. 26 — the first day of the two-day event that every year draws several thousand to the Menno community. The Power Show includes featured vintage tractors, cars and steam engines, a host of vendors and exhibitors, a flea market, demonstrations, food, activities for children and more, all taking place on the sprawling Pioneer Acres on the north side of Menno. 

Mike Weier, left, of Sioux Falls and Samuel Borntrager of Trimont, Minn., work with a hay threshing demonstration on the first day of the 2020 Menno Pioneer Power Show Saturday, Sept. 26. The show runs through 3 p.m. today and on Sunday. 

Flags are flying at half staff in honor of the late Supreme Court Judge Ruth Bader Ginsberg, who died on Sunday of complications from pancreatic cancer. Ginsberg is lying in state at the U.S. Capitol today.

This photo appears to have been taken sometime after or around 1953, shows the east side of Main Street, where a drug store and the U.S. Post Office once stood. Today those buildings are occupied by State Farm Insurance and Strasser Law Office.

Dr. Ken Kirton, the former chief of staff at Freeman Regional Health Services, offers a few remarks after being presented with a Modern Woodmen Hometown Hero award Monday afternoon, Sept. 21. After living in Freeman since 1992, Kirton has moved to Sioux Falls where he is the medical director for the hospice program at Avera, although he is still practicing at Freeman Regional Health Services one week a month. Watch the Sept. 24 issue of The Courier for more on Kirton's Hometown Hero honor. 

Falling leaves are the tell-tale sign of a new season, and, in fact, the first day of fall is upon us.

Austin Smidt clears away pieces of old concrete at the intersection of Fifth and Poplar streets across from the Freeman Post Office Monday morning, Sept. 21. Koerner Construction has been hired by the city of Freeman to replace all four approaches at that intersection for just over $10,000.

Folks of all ages found fun on Menno's Fifth Street as the fifth annual Menno Volunteer Fire Department Car Show played out Saturday afternoon and evening, Sept. 19. Vehicles of all shapes, sizes, colors and ages lined both sides of the downtown area and firefighters served ribs, pulled pork sandwiches and other foods out of the fire hall. Watch for more in the Oct. 1 issue of The Courier.

This photo was taken last September inside the Menno Fire Hall as the fourth annual Menno Volunteer Fire Department Car Show unfolded on Fifth Street. The fundraiser returns today, Saturday, Sept. 19 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., and will include food (ribs and pulled pork) prepared by the fire department and live music in the evening. 

This view from the Freeman Prairie Arboretum shows the sun dropping to near the horizon on a comfortable Thursday night, Sept. 17.