99Marion, SDOctober 1, 2024Memorial Services were held on Monday October 7, at the Salem Zion Mennonite Church of rural Freeman.John Schwartz was born June 18, 1925 to Fred and Sadie (Albright) Schwartz. He joined his brother Curt and was later followed by sister...
94Hurley, SDSeptember 27, 2024Olive Baker, 94 of Hurley, passed away on September 27, 2024 at the Avera McKennan Hospital, Sioux Falls. A graveside service was held on Tuesday, October 1, 2024 at the Hurley City Cemetery. Arrangements provided by Hofmeister-Jones...
91Hurley, SDSeptember 28, 2024Darlene Schissel, 91 of Hurley, passed away on September 28, 2024 at the Pioneer Memorial Nursing Home, Viborg. Services will be held at a later date at the United Methodist Church, Hurley. Memorial services will be at 10:00 a.m. Monday,...
86Stafford, VASeptember 18, 2024Marjorie Ann (Dahlin) Boehmer, 86, of Stafford, VA passed away on September 18, 2024. Marjorie was born and raised in Centerville, South Dakota. Prior to living in VA, Marjorie was a resident in Indianapolis, IN; Peoria, IL; Smyrna, TN;...
88Denver, COAugust 7, 2024Verlyn Jane Fast, born on October 19, 1935, died in Denver, Colorado on August 7, 2024, from complications from a stroke. Verlyn grew up on the family farm outside of Freeman until the family moved into town when she was 16. Verlyn attended...
77Beresford, SDSeptember 22, 2024Reinhold Bittner, 77, of Beresford passed away on September 22 at the Bethesda Nursing Home in Beresford. Memorial Services will be held on Friday October 11, at 2 p.m. at the Walter’s Funeral Home in Freeman. Visitation will begin at...
Renae Hansen | Editor The 84th celebration of National Newspaper Week will take place October 6-12, 2024. With this year’s theme being “Telling Our Stories”, we decided to bring you the stories of some of those who work diligently behind the scenes to bring you the...
Corbin Tople works hard to gain more yards after contact vs. Freeman/Freeman Academy Marion. (Photo/Tricia Eide) Tricia Eide | Centerville Sports Senior night on Friday night lights! This year we recognized six senior leaders on the team. Your time, talents,...
Harper Wattier digs a spike vs. Irene-Wakonda. The students dressed in camouflage and orange to honor Superintendent Hutch. They raised over $800 to donate towards expenses while he battles cancer. No one fights alone. (Photo/Tricia Eide) Tricia Eide | Centerville...
Tricia Eide | Centerville Sports The cross country team made the trip to Colman to compete in the Colman-Egan Invitational. The competition is steep at these meets. The further the team travels the newer the competition. There was not a JH division again this meet so...
Shane Merrill | Parker Sports Parker headed to Chamberlain last Friday night with high hopes of keeping their post season hopes alive and coming back with a win. Unfortunately for the Pheasants, who were suffering injuries, the Cubs were too much to overcome, and...
Shane Merrill | Parker Sports The Parker volleyball team picked up two wins at the annual Sioux Falls Pentagon tournament, taking down Menno and Canistota while losing to MVP and Winner.Against Menno, Parker won 2-0, 25-21 and 25-22 and was led by Jenna VanVelzen with...
Jake Austin gets one hand on a pass from Brady Schroedermeier.. (Photo/Faydra Christensen) Faydra Christensen | Viborg-Hurley Sports The Viborg-Hurley Cougars (5-1) dominated Chester 68 to 25 on Friday night, and we’re sure the victory was too sweet, after...
Addy Huth goes up for a kill over some Baltic defenders. (Photo/Faydra Christensen) Faydra Christensen | Viborg-Hurley Sports The Viborg-Hurley Lady Cougars moved to 4-11 on the season after splitting two games this week. On Tuesday, the Cougars cruised past the...
Alan Astleford | Writer Bearcats fall to Pirates in MarionThe Freeman Academy/Marion Lady Bearcats fell to the Lady Avon Pirates in straight sets 12-25, 17-25, 22-25. The ladies struggled from the field most of the evening. In the final set, they were able to get in...
Tate Sorensen (32) and David Walter (23) play defense for the Phoenix. (Photo/Alan Astleford) Behind the rushing of Dominic Sperling and passing of Riley Tschetter, Freeman/Marion/Freeman Academy cruised to a road win by the 50-point rule in nine-man football action...
The Centerville Marching Band came home with all of the hardware from the Watchdog Marching Festival. (Photo/Tricia Eide) Tricia Eide | Centerville Sports The Centerville Marching Bands headed to their first competition of the year. First up was the Watchdog Marching...
Sherman coaches from the sidelines at a Cougars football game this year. (Photo/Faydra Christensen) Ryan Deal | 605 Sports Kobee Sherman is paying it forward. In March 2023, Sherman was diagnosed with osteosarcoma cancer in his knee, which spread to his clavicle,...
Riva Sharples | Writer Planning is already underway for the 25th Cornstock event, to take place Saturday, August 2, 2025, in Wakonda. The annual celebration of music and fun in the Wakonda Park has been organized and run by The Friends of the Wakonda Pool for the past...
