photo day
March 13, 2025
Elementary students at Menno watch a tractor pass by during the FFA's tractor parade Tuesday, March 11.
opinion
March 13, 2025
Freeman High School’s remarkable return to the State ‘B’ Boys Basketball Tournament could not have come without the anwavering support, not just of th...
opinion
March 13, 2025
I remember writing an exhaustive retrospective of the 1975 State B basketball title won by the Freeman High School boys on the occasion of its 40th an...
photo day
March 12, 2025
The Freeman Flyers celebrate a 62-50 SoDak 16 win over Howard on the Corn Palace court Tuesday night, March 12, which sends them to their first state ...
sports
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...
breaking news
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’ ...
photo day
March 11, 2025
For players on Freeman's boys basketball team, the biggest game of their lives will unfold tonight as the Flyers face Howard at the Corn Palace in the...
photo day
March 10, 2025
This photo was shared on the Heritage Hall Museum Facebook page last month as part of its weekly look back. The accompanying explanation follows: This...
March 7, 2025
The Freeman High School boys basketball team has developed a ritual this season of singing the school song, “Joyous and Ever Loyal,” in the locker roo...
photo day
March 9, 2025
Geese cross the sky above Freeman on a recent late-winter morning — a sight and sound indicative that spring is right around the corner.
photo day
March 8, 2025
The Freeman High School boys basketball team stands at attention while RJ Arnold sings the national anthem prior to Friday night's Region 4B game agai...
photo day
March 7, 2025
As expected, there was cleanup to take care of Friday morning following a Thursday night snow that left 3-4 inches across the area. But, other than be...
March 7, 2025
Region 4B and Region 5B basketball is on tap for tonight, with local teams looking to get through to the final round of play tomorrow. In 4B action, F...
photo day
March 6, 2025
Those taking part in the recent Lil’ Flyer Cheer Camp — including organizers Amy Sorensen, left, and Taylor Fransen, right — offer a big “thank you” t...
photo day
March 5, 2025
This photo is from May of 2020 and represents the first year The Courier invited the community to support graduating seniors through its banner projec...
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...
sports
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...
sports
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...
sports
March 5, 2025
Scotland/Menno wins seven of final nine, including Region 5A battle against Bon Homme; Schlimgen says the standard has now been set Head coach Todd Sc...
sports
March 5, 2025
Young Freeman Academy/Marion team finishes season 3-16 JEREMY WALTNER - PUBLISHER The 2024-25 basketball campaign started well enough for the Freema...
March 5, 2025
The Freeman Academy/Marion boys basketball team saw its season come to a close in the first round of the Region 4B Tournament Monday night, March 3, f...
March 4, 2025
Because of forecast incoming weather, the Freeman City Council meeting scheduled for tonight has been moved to Thursday, March 6 at 6:30 p.m. There ar...
photo day
March 4, 2025
No other races necessary on April 8; Cody Fransen to join Freeman City Council, Katie Fransen Freeman School Board There will be two new members servi...
sports
March 3, 2025
The Freeman Academy/Marion boys fell behind 12-0 and never recovered in the opening round of the Region 4B Tournament, dropping a 68-47 game to Irene-...
sports
February 26, 2025
Three-day state tournament begins Thursday in Rapid City Three minutes and 45 seconds. That’s how long Easton Tschetter was on the mat during last wee...
photo day
March 3, 2025
Jerico Shape, head boys basketball coach for Freeman Academy/Marion, will be the sidelines again Monday night as the Region 4B tournament begins. Shap...
photo day
March 2, 2025
Matchups have been set for the high school boys regionals as the postseason begins this week. In Region 4B, Freeman Public (16-4) is the No. 3 seed an...
photo day
March 1, 2025
Logun Pankratz totally dominates Lemmon freshman Maxwell Anderson in the first round wrestleback on Friday on his way to a 16-0 major decision and a c...
photo day
February 28, 2025
This is the scene inside the Summit Arena at The Monument in Rapid City as the second day of the 2025 State Wrestling Tournament gets underway Friday ...
sports
February 27, 2025
A wrestler Easton Tschetter hadn’t seen before — Britton-Hecla junior Bryce Hawkinson — muscled his way to a 7-2 decision over the Freeman freshman in...