Seven-year-old Christopher Hofer (on the bike) and 10-year-old Emmett Poe play in a large water puddle near the Freeman Public School complex on Saturday. Frequent rains have made for a wet spring across the area and, while providing a opportunity for boys to be boys, is also impacting spring planti...

The Freeman High School boys golf team of Alaric Knittel, Tannen Auch, Oliver Waltner and Thor Aanensen stand for a photo before leaving for Brookings and the 2024 State Golf Tournament Sunday morning. The team qualified at the Region 3B Tournament last month, where the Flyers finished second by a s...

This is a great look back at one of Freeman's most iconic lost buildings — the depot. It was constructed after the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Company extended its line through southeastern Dakota Territory in the late 1870s and established a series of stops every eight miles. That incl...

The floor of the away dugout is scattered with seeds as players from Scotland/Menno cheer on the action in the semifinal round of the SDHSAA State Softball Tournament. The No. 5 Trappers are facing No. 1 Castlewood for a change to play in the state title game on Saturday after defeating Gayville-Vol...

A couple from Livingston, Texas passing through is calling the parking lot at Heritage Hall Museum & Archives home for a short time thanks to the local museum's participation in the Harvest Hosts program. The guests — the second to use the museum grounds as temporary lodging — arrived Wednesday, tou...

Service members of the Rames-Bender Post 152 of the American Legion solemnly sit as the Menno community's Memorial Day observance at the city cemetery Monday morning, May 27. The traditional program featured an address by Anna Arnold, a who lives in Menno with her family and is the commander of the ...

Flags at the Freeman Area Veteran's Memorial are pictured on what is a gorgeous Memorial Day morning Monday, May 27. Most businesses and institutions are closed today and Menno will be having its traditional observance at 10:30 a.m. at the city cemetery. A full report will be featured in this week's...

This was the scene on the east side of the Dave Kaufman home in Freeman Tuesday morning, May 21 as stormy spring weather pounded the community. The 100-plus-year-old silver maple came down around 8:30 a.m. by a strong gust of wind, and underneath the felled tree is Kaufman’s pickup and camper. By 10...

The Freeman High School boys golf team and Freeman Academy junior Jada Buse will all be taking part in the 2024 State Golf Meet in Brookings Monday and Tuesday, June 3 and 4. All qualified at the Region 3B Tournament played at Central Valley Golf Course in Hartford on Monday, May 20. Buse earned her...

These four runners — Luke Peters, Tate Sorensen, Rocky Ammann and Chris Aasen — were among the Freeman Public boys state qualifiers taking part in practice Monday morning. The girls were scheduled to practice this evening. Peters, Sorensen, Ammann and Aasen are part of the 4x100 and 4x200 relay team...