Michael Freeman may have had a Monday off from his teaching responsibilities at Freeman Public, where he is a PE, social studies and science instructor, but there was work to do outside his Freeman home as he used a shovel and snowplow to clear his sidewalk and driveway following a significant overn...

This is Dana J. Dykhouse stadium, home of the South Dakota State University Jackrabbits football team, prior to its semifinal game against UAlbany on Friday night, Dec. 15. The Jackrabbits earned a 59-0 win in that game to advance to the FCS national championship that will be played Sunday afternoon...

Freeman city workers were out pushing snow Saturday morning following about an inch of accumulation locally overnight. More snow is expected Monday before temperatures will plummet later in the week.

Freeman High School senior Ashlin Jacobsen starts the fast break in Cornbelt Conference action Thursday night in Emery. The Flyers faced Bridgewater-Emery in a girls/boys doubleheader, with Freeman Public winning both games. Jacobsen and the girls won 59-48 to improve to 6-1 while the boys held off ...

This was front page news 50 years ago as the Freeman High School boys basketball team secured the Hutchinson County Tournament Jan. 3, 1974 with a 60-47 win over the Tripp Wildcats. As the caption indicates, it was the third year in a row the Flyers claimed the county title. Freeman was led in the w...

The Freeman Post Office is pictured as the sun rises on Wednesday, Jan. 3. After several weeks of stop-and-go scheduled do to the holidays, it's back to routine business as 2024 begins.

This was the scene near the corner of Main and Third streets Tuesday morning as the first work day of the new year began. Libby Miller, who has owned Flawless Nail and Salon since early 2014, is remodeling her downtown Freeman business, which includes new siding on the south side of her store. That ...

Mother Nature gifted the area a spectacular start to the new year with a frosty (and cold) Jan. 1, 2024. Fog from the overnight hours served as a paintbrush that decorated trees like these near the Freeman Prairie Arboretum in white.

On this New Year's Eve day 2023, here's a fabulous look back at a Main Street winter scene from 125 years ago. This is what Main Street looked like looking south in 1918, with Freeman Depot pictured in the lower right and South Dakota Mennonite College pictured in the far distance. Also notable is t...

City workers from Freeman spent Friday morning clearing the rest of the snow of Main Street from the winter weather earlier in the week. Now, it appears as though the snow-removal equipment can be put away for awhile as the short-term forecast is dry.