The Courier

09/24/2025

09/24/2025

By a unanimous vote, the five-member Turner County Board of Adjustment has found Dakota Protein Solutions (DPS) in violation of the conditional use permit granted by the board on Sept. 4, 2021.

The action came the evening of Tuesday, Sept. 23 inside the Parker Community Building, where more than 70 residents — mostly from the larger Freeman community — gathered for the hearing.

Additional action is expected at the board’s next regular meeting Tuesday, Oct. 21 starting at 6:30 p.m., and could range from a period of probation, amended conditions, or the revoke of the permit, therefore shutting down the rendering plant that opened just southeast of Freeman a year ago.

Read more at http://freemansd.com.

09/23/2025

It's a show that just keeps growing.

09/15/2025

Take note, Freeman!

08/26/2025

This week's front page.

08/07/2025

Following the shocking closure of the Brookings Register, Huron Plainsman, Redfield Press and Moody County Enterprise that was announced on August. 6, David Bordewyk, the executive director of the South Dakota NewsMedia Association, has issued a statement that reads, in part:

"First off, my thoughts are with the employees and staff members and their families of these now-closed newspapers. Their livelihoods have been upended in a matter of hours and they all need our support now.
"Secondly, this is a gut punch for community journalism in our state. No other way to put it. My hope is that solutions can be found quickly in the affected communities and local journalism can be restored and maintained. At South Dakota NewsMedia Association, we are working right now to answer questions and provide information and support as best we can."