The summer baseball season is underway for the local American Legion team — Post 152 based in Menno. Playing as the 79ers, ...

The Post 152 79ers are an American Legion baseball team made up primarily of players from Freeman, Menno and Scotland and ...

John Charles Gering, 68, of Sioux Falls, passed away June 3 at Ava's Hospice House in Sioux Falls. A private family burial ...

Planters like this one in front of Merchants State Bank dress up Freeman's Main Street for the summer season.

Among the weekly features in The Courier is the history section, which takes a look at the old news from the Freeman and ...

It is the largest and most widely-used building in the freeman community, and how it came to be is remarkable. A story told ...

Marion senior medals twice; Preheim returns to podium; relays finish strong   Not only was it the end of an era for Freeman ...

Lowell Fredrick Claussen, 84, of Freeman, S.D., passed away on May 9 surrounded by family. His celebration of life service ...

Lorene Kaufman, 87, formerly of Freeman, S.D., passed away May 27, 2025 in Sterling, Ill. A time of viewing and visitation ...

This was the scene on the west side of the Freeman Prairie Arboretum as personnel with the South Dakota Game Fish and Parks installed a new fishing pi ...