This photo is included in this week's Freeman Courier and is also part of the photo galleries looking back on Schmeckfest — ...

The “suitcase moment” Alice experiences represents two enduring takeaways from the 2026 Schmeckfest musical — that “Bright ...

This was the rural landscape east of Freeman late Monday afternoon following a thunderstorm that moved across the area.

Ever since in all began back in 1959, large crowds have been coming to Freeman’s big festival that celebrates the community’s ...

Amy Waltner tends to a roaster filled with sauerkraut in the Pioneer Hall kitchen Friday morning, April 10 — the calm before ...

Those who are familiar with Schmeckfest will recognize this scene — a busy, energetic and good-spirited dining hall that has ...

Gwen Ortman, left, helps Sheila Franz demonstrate poppyseed at Heritage Hall Museum & Archives Friday afternoon, April 10 — ...

This grainy image showing the Freeman city limit sign (1990 census) is part of a 51-minute documentary going inside the ...

A young Alice Murphy (Nadia Mudder) and Jimmy Ray Dobbs (Cullen Mack) share a sweet moment alone in the first act of "Bright ...

Seven-year-old Kenzie Bauer works alongside her grandma, Jonetta Hofer, in package Schmeckfest sausage Saturday morning, ...

The bell tower at the Salem-Zion Mennonite Church is pictured on a cool but sunny Easter morning April 5, 2026.