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PHOTO OF THE DAY: SHOW AND TELL

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PHOTO OF THE DAY: SHOW AND TELL

Will Stuck, a children's performer who works with libraries around the country, introduces himself and his show to those who are taking part in the Summer Reading Program offered by the Freeman Public Library Wednesday afternoon, July 2. Struck was in town to help the local library celebrate the midway point of the summer reading programming, which got underway in mid-June and will continue through most of July, with a...Read Article

PHOTO OF THE DAY: THE START OF SOMETHING SPECIAL

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PHOTO OF THE DAY: THE START OF SOMETHING SPECIAL

Ted Pidde Sr., right, is pictured with Bill Morefeld, center, and Leo Laber inside the Freeman Meat Market in this undated photo. Morefeld purchased the building in 1930, with Laber becoming manager in 1948. Laber purchased the operation in 1974 — one year after Pidde assumed ownership of Ferd’s Meat Market and renamed it Ted’s Market. This photo is included with this week's story about Bob and Brett Pidde, the...Read Article

Death Notice: Ruby Waltner

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Death Notice: Ruby Waltner

Ruby Waltner, 94, of Freeman, S.D., passed away on June 28 at the Freeman hospital. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, August 9, at the Salem Zion Mennonite Church of rural Freeman. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, August 8 at Walter's Funeral Home in Freeman. Read Article

PHOTO OF THE DAY: SOMETHING BREWING

This photo was taken by Chauni Glanzer from her farm northwest of Freeman around 9:45 p.m., as a line of storms moved from west to east across eastern South Dakota. While severe weather was part of the system, the Freeman community received only wind and rain — another 0.40 locally.Freeman · Freeman Read Article

PHOTO OF THE DAY: MAN AT WORK

Jim Smidt, an employee of the city of Freeman who has helped manage the recycling center for the past decade, moves a container back into place Friday morning. Smidt says he is at the Cedar Street facility six days a week "and sometimes on Sundays" tending to the many recyclables dropped off at the facility, which is open to the public 24 hours. Recycling has been part of the city's...Freeman · Freeman Read Article

PHOTO OF THE DAY: ALIVE WITH COLOR

The high heat of the weekend coupled with the 2 inches of rain received Sunday night into Monday has the Freeman Prairie Arboretum thriving with growth, color and fullness as we have entered the later days of June, with the Summer Solstice — June 21 — offering the most daylight hours of the year.Freeman · Freeman Read Article

PHOTO OF THE DAY: GOOD MORNING, DOVE

It's not a Mouring Dove, rather an Eurasian Collared-Dove that is spotted on a warm Saturday morning in Freeman. The large pale dove is marked with a black crescent on the nape and is native to Eurasia and Northern Africa, and established later throughout North America, the Caribbean and parts of Central America, according to the Merlin app, which identifies the sounds of birds. Merlin notes the sound of an...Freeman · Freeman Read Article

Photo of the Day

JAB. Sagay City Veterinary Office personnel delivering a shot as it conducted mass anti-rabies vaccination and dog tagging in the city's Barangay Baviera.* CVO Sagay photoSilay City · Silay City See the Story

Legion: 79ers Rally Past Parkston

FREEMAN — A Rocky Ammann bases-loaded single in the bottom of the sixth clinched a 2-1 victory for the Scotland-Menno-Freeman-Canistota 79ers over Parkston in American Legion baseball action on Tuesday in Freeman.Freeman · Freeman Read Article

PHOTO OF THE DAY: TACO TIME!

Armando Cortez is enjoying the beautiful Friday morning and one of his passions — cooking — at his home at 300 S. Dewald in Freeman. Cortez is serving up beef, pork and chicken tacos and other sweet treats in conjunction with his rummage sale — one of many being held June 13 and 14 across the Freeman community. Cortez, who operates Armando's Tacos, is also a vendor at the Freeman...Cooking · Freeman Read Article

Death Notice: Lynell Dennis Hofer

Lynell Dennis Hofer, age 78, of Freeman, S.D., passed away peacefully on June 6, 2025, in Freeman. He was born on March 15, 1947, to Darius and Marie Hofer and often said he was born the day Julius Cesar died, just a few years apart. A lifelong resident of Freeman, he was a devoted member of the community and a loving husband and father. A service to celebrate his life...Freeman · Freeman Read Article

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