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PHOTO OF THE DAY: ACTING OUT
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: ACTING OUT
By Jeremy Waltner 
March 25, 2025
Cast members taking the stage in "Jane Eyre" rehearse a scene Monday night, March 24, less than two weeks before the musical drama is presented as par...
FREEMAN BOYS SETTLE FOR SIXTH IN THE ‘B’
FREEMAN BOYS SETTLE FOR SIXTH IN THE ‘B’
By Jeremy Waltner 
March 22, 2025
They arrived in Aberdeen sixth and on Sunday they will return to Freeman sixth. Facing a hot-handed Wall team and its relentless man-to-man press that...
A CLOSER LOOK AT SCHMECKFEST’S ‘JANE EYRE’
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A CLOSER LOOK AT SCHMECKFEST’S ‘JANE EYRE’
By Jeremy Waltner 
March 19, 2025
EDITOR’S NOTE: Since January, the cast and production team involved with the 2025 Schmeckfest stage production, “Jane Eyre,” have been working diligen...
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WALTER TO PLAY AS FLYERS AIM FOR CONSOLATION TITLE
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WALTER TO PLAY AS FLYERS AIM FOR CONSOLATION TITLE
By Jeremy Waltner 
March 20, 2025
The Freeman High School boys are playing for a championship — a consolation championship, that is. And one day after sitting out because of illness, f...
FREEMAN BOARD LUKEWARM ON PHOENIX EXPANSION
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FREEMAN BOARD LUKEWARM ON PHOENIX EXPANSION
By Jeremy Waltner 
March 19, 2025
Request comes from Marion, which is also in talks about an all-sports co-op with Parker; superintendents and ADs were to meet Wednesday An expansion o...
COFFEE, ANYONE?
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COFFEE, ANYONE?
By Jeremy Waltner 
February 19, 2025
Freeman businesswoman Dawn Walz is finding out the answer  to that question is ‘yes’ as she turns her historic Main Street building into a gathering p...
MIKE PETERSON: A SELF-BUILT, AMERICAN-MADE PARADOX
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MIKE PETERSON: A SELF-BUILT, AMERICAN-MADE PARADOX
By Jeremy Waltner 
February 12, 2025
You don’t know Mike Peterson. You think you do. Those who have encountered the community resident of 36 years, or have heard about him, know him as a ...
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FLYERS B-BOUND; THE FULL REPORT
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FLYERS B-BOUND; THE FULL REPORT
By Jeremy Waltner 
March 12, 2025
Fifty years after they won the whole thing and a quarter century since the last time they qualified, the Freeman High School boys are going back to th...
STATE WRESTLING: REBELS BATTLE; TSCHETTER 8TH
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STATE WRESTLING: REBELS BATTLE; TSCHETTER 8TH
By Jeremy Waltner 
March 5, 2025
It may not have been the state tournament Marion/Freeman was hoping for, but the Rebels did return from Rapid City with some hardware — an eighth-plac...
REGION 4B: STRONG SEASON ENDS EARLY FOR FLYERS
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REGION 4B: STRONG SEASON ENDS EARLY FOR FLYERS
By Jeremy Waltner 
March 5, 2025
Losses to Avon, Gavyille-Volin put blemish on otherwise solid season, but head coach Jenny Peters says the Flyers rose to this year’s challenge If the...
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Obituaries
Wayne Pfeiffer, 74
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Wayne Pfeiffer, 74
March 24, 2025
Wayne Edwin Pfeiffer, 74, of Freeman, S.D., passed away peacefully on March 16, 2025 after a 14 year battle with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and prostate c...
Clinton Bauer, 89
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Clinton Bauer, 89
By Jeremy Waltner 
March 21, 2025
Clinton Bauer, 89 of Freeman, S.D., passed away on March 17, 2025 at the Freeman Regional Nursing Home. A memorial service will be held at 2:30 p.m. S...
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Death Notice: Clinton Bauer
By Jeremy Waltner 
March 18, 2025
Clinton Bauer, 89 of Freeman, passed away on March 17, 2025 at the Freeman Regional Nursing Home. A memorial service will be held at 2:30 p.m., Saturd...
Rita Erickson, 81
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Rita Erickson, 81
March 6, 2025
Rita Erickson, 81, of Sioux Falls, S.D., passed away unexpectedly at her home in Mesa, Ariz. from natural causes. A funeral service will be held on Mo...
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BENEFIT FOR ROTH FAMILY THIS SATURDAY
BENEFIT FOR ROTH FAMILY THIS SATURDAY
By Jeremy Waltner 
March 5, 2025
Proceeds to help with expenses following Loren Roth’s June 19 brain injury Nearly nine months after an injury on the farm left Loren Roth with a traum...
WALTER TO PLAY AS FLYERS AIM FOR CONSOLATION TITLE
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WALTER TO PLAY AS FLYERS AIM FOR CONSOLATION TITLE
By Jeremy Waltner 
March 20, 2025
The Freeman High School boys are playing for a championship — a consolation championship, that is. And one day after sitting out because of illness, f...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: AS SEEN IN 1978
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: AS SEEN IN 1978
By Jeremy Waltner 
March 14, 2025
This photo shows a renovation of the old K&K store on Freeman's Main Street prior to a series of businesses that would come and go inside those walls ...
FLYERS RETURNING TO STATE ‘B’ TOURNAMENT
FLYERS RETURNING TO STATE ‘B’ TOURNAMENT
By Jeremy Waltner 
March 11, 2025
Fifty years after they won the whole thing and a quarter century since the last time they qualified, the Freeman boys are going back to the State ‘B’ ...

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