Freeman Academy oral interpretation coach Clara Beseman (left) works with her students outside Sturgis Brown High School Friday morning, Dec. 6 prior to their presentation of "Mythically Mythical Myths" in the category of Reader's Theatre. The SDHSAA State Oral Interpretation Festival is unfolding F...

These four returning letter-winners and the Freeman Academy/Marion girls will be the first to take the court this winter basketball season as the Bearcats host Parker tonight, Thursday, Dec. 5 in Marion. Pictured are, from left: FA senior Sieta Wiersema, Marion junior Kallie Johnson, Marion sophomor...

Wade Rupp, who works for the city of Freeman, hangs garland on one of the light polls on Main Street Wednesday morning, Dec. 4. Now that the calendar has flipped to the 12th month — and with temperatures turning cold — it's really beginning to look (and feel) a lot like Christmas.

Maria Paff, on behalf of the Freeman Network for Justice and Peace (FNJP), drops off items for The Courier's Toy Box Toy Drive that has been underway since early November. The FNJP committed $500 toward the drive, which will see dozens of items — from toys to games to clothes — distributed to famili...

You'd never know it was a cold Monday morning by the smile on Denise Handel's face as she clears snow from the sidewalk outside her place of employment, First Interstate Bank, on Dec. 2. Handel and the larger Freeman region was left to deal with the annoyance of a light snow that fell over the weeke...

The children of Box Elder couple Katie Vissers and Donald Morgan — in town to celebrate Thanksgiving with Vissers’ family — pose for a photo with Santa and Mrs. Claus on the stage of the Freeman Community Center at Hometown Christmas early Saturday afternoon, Nov. 30. Pictured with the jolly duo are...

Brothers Sam and Jack Unruh, ages 8 and 6, work on an activity at the 2024 Hometown Christmas at the Freeman Community Center late Saturday morning, Nov. 30. In addition to hands-on activities for children, the holiday event included a chance to purchase products and items from local and area vendor...

The coldest air of the end-of-the-year season is hitting the community, with highs not expected to exceed 20 degrees through the weekend. But milder temperatures are in the forecast for next week.

Three generations of ladies — Patty Carlson, her granddaughter Olivia Smith, and daughter Shelinda Smith — work Thursday morning, Nov. 28 in the kitchen of the Bethany Church in Freeman in preparation for Friendsgiving. This is the fourth year in a row the ladies have prepared and hosted a free Than...

This week's Publisher's Desk by Jeremy Waltner A Wet Mountain ‘thanks’ Family vacations were the rule, not the exception, when I was growing up. My mom and dad placed high value on travel — they still do — and told my sister and I during our childhood that taking us to places outside of our own, sma...