Friends & Family
John Watson Post 257 American Legion provided Christmas presents to veterans at The Maples and St. John Lutheran Home recently. Twenty-two men received royal blue blankets with gold lettering identifying the local post. Legionnaires Floyd Rogotzke and Jocko Meyers, who are pictured with Arnold...
The Springfield Rotary Club, the organization carrying out the work for the Operation Christmas Joy, a program that provides food and a few other essentials to families with special needs, has sent gift cards for food to 102 families/individuals in the Springfield community, and 28 gifts of food,...
Give a meaningful gift this holiday season. Donate blood when the Red Cross Bloodmobile comes to town on December 21.
The Red Cross Bloodmobile is coming to Springfield on Monday, December 21, and will be accepting blood donations at the Springfield Area Community Center from 1:00 to 7:00 p.m...
Little ghosts dancing around a witch’s cauldron is the focal point of a delightful Halloween scene in the front yard at the home of Jason and Kelly Fenger and family on Central Street. Mrs. Fenger and her day care children pose for a picture with the decorations — from left: Left to right: Jacob...
Local artist Pearl Ziegenhagen of Clements created the poster for this year’s Celebrate Art! Celebrate Coffee! festival at Willmar. She received the award for Best 2-Dimensional Art, and Peoples Choice Award overall. The following story and photos produced by Dan Burdette, community content...
“I can hardly believe it,” said Gen Moe as she reflected on her 104th birthday that she’ll observe tomorrow.
Gen resides at St. John Lutheran Home. She spends her days listening to audio books, keeping up with current events by television news, and enjoys visiting with residents and staff at the...
For thirty-five years, a group of women in the St. Raphael Catholic Parish have been creating fancywork and craft items.
Their work has been a ministry in itself. While it gathered women of the parish together for fellowship, they created a variety of beautiful handcrafted items that raised money...
Springfield, Minnesota — Chris Stark, Director of St John’s Grandkids and V.I.K. programming and Chaplin Noel Wetter were awarded a mini grant of $5,194.00 this summer to purchase wheelchair accessible garden beds and gardening equipment for the campus of St John’s.
Prior to this grant St John’s...
Gladiolus lovers became budding floral designers at the Minnesota Gladiolus Society State Show held August 15 and 16 during the Brown County Fair.
Two local women, Margaret Moe and Cindy Moe, who are gardeners and members of the Springfield Garden Club were among those who participated in the...
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