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The Springfield Nativity Pageant is an amazing accomplishment of a diverse group of local people, and it is with a strong commitment and community spirit and supported by all the churches in our community that makes it successful.   Now in its thirtieth season, the Springfield Nativity Pageant is...
This is a busy week for the Springfield Area Nativity Theatre Association as they prepare for the thirtieth season of the Springfield Nativity Pageant next week. The “Little Town of Bethlehem” will be set up at the football field in Riverside Park Saturday, December 5, starting at 9 a.m.   The...
Plans have been set and fundraising has begun to bring an off-leash dog park to the City of Springfield in 2016. 
Belgian student Lore Buchée, center front, is pictured with her American  host family, Mike and Denise Reiner and daughter Anna.
“I really love it here,” says Lore Buchét, 17, of Belgium, who is attending Springfield High School as a participant in the Nacel Open Door student program dedicated to international understanding and language education. She is living with Mike and Denise Reiner and their daughter, Anna, on Central...
Digital learning is any instructional practice that effectively uses technology to strengthen a student’s learning experience. It emphasizes high-quality instruction and provides access to challenging content, feedback through formative assessment, opportunities for learning anytime and anywhere,...
St. Raphael School to host Veterans Day program St. Raphael School will conduct a Veterans Day program at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11. The fifth-grade, taught by Sheila Forster, is planning the program and all grades will participate. St. Raphael Pastor, the Rev. Phil Schotzko, will give the...
Fall flowers still in bloom
Flowers remain untouched by Jack Frost! Southern Minnesota is experiencing beautiful autumn weather, and as of November 2, we have not had a killing frost in Springfield, and flowers continue to bloom in numerous places around town. Petunias and salvia still show their colors.
Vik Chatrath, M.D.
Vik Chatrath, M.D., Avera Medical Group, now provides outreach orthopedic care two days each month at Mayo Clinic Health System in Springfield. Dr. Chatrath is an orthopedic specialist with the Avera Medical Group Marshall and is fellowship trained in joint replacement and trauma surgery. He...
The new addition to Beers Family Dental clinic is complete, and Adam Beers, D.D.S., and staff will showcase the facility at open house from 5:00 - 8:00 the evening of Wednesday, November 11, in conjunction with Springfield’s Holiday Open House.
The new addition to Beers Family Dental clinic is complete, and Adam Beers, D.D.S., and staff will showcase the facility at open house from 5:00 - 8:00 the evening of Wednesday, November 11, in conjunction with Springfield’s Holiday Open House. “We have added 1,368  square feet of space to the...
Robyn Sand Anderson’s contemporary painting in acrylics titled, In God’s Image, won the first-place award in the Juried Art Show.
Two New Ulm artists won top awards at the Springfield Juried Art Show that opened with an reception the evening of October 21. Ruth Lindemann’s art piece, Bean Fields Near Courtland, painted in watercolors on rice paper, earned her the grand prize award and $500 cash.  Robyn Sand Anderson earned...

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