Area residents have been the target of aggressive and threatening phone calls by criminals impersonating Internal Revenue Service Agents, who tell them to pay for owed taxes
The IRS has seen a surge of these phone scams as scam artists threaten police arrest, deportation, license revocation and...
Springfield’s Justin “Hoover” Hillesheim, 33, and his sister, Brittany Hillesheim, 23, were among a crowd of more than 14,000 people who last Tuesday evening heard Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders fire up a crowd at St. Paul’s RiverCenter with populist appeals on issues ranging...
Springfield Area Food Shelf had a successful third year, distributing 71,911 pounds of food and fresh produce, an average of 36.2 pounds of food per individual served. The Board of Directors of the Springfield Area Food Shelf met at its regular meeting January 25 to review the past 12 months. The...
by Scott Thoreson,
Mayo Clinic Health System
in Springfield administrator
Welcome to 2016! It has been an interesting winter. First, it was abnormally warm — the warmest December since 1913 — and then we finally received some snow on Christmas Day. While weather is always a topic of interest, so...
Three major issues during the 89th Minnesota Legislative Session will be transportation, taxes and bonding, said local legislators — Representative Paul Torkelson (R-Hanska) and Senator Gary Dahms (R-Redwood Falls), during a town hall meeting in Springfield Friday.
Rep. Torkelson, who is...
Some business owners may say their schedule is demanding enough at the moment, and the thought of adding one more activity to their busy calendar is unbearable.
So why should they try to cram time into their already hectic schedules to join and actively participate in their local chamber of...
Mayo Clinic Health System experts share signs and symptoms of frostbite, as well as tips for prevention.
Consumers consistently cite newspaper advertising as the most valuable
and preferred media in planning purchases, and its reach continues to exceed
all other advertising vehicles.
Now more than ever, readers are accessing the news
and newspaper advertising across multiple platforms.
Make sure...
The Honor Roll for the second quarter of the 2015-16 academic year has been released by High School Principal Pat Moriarty.
Industrial Tech students study mechatronics at SHS
“You’ve been flown in halfway across the country, the machine’s down in a manufacturing plant, costing the company a half million dollars every hour its down, and you need to fix it. You’re on the clock... You have to fix it. Go!”
Given that...