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Master Sergeant Jeffrey Vogel to be Memorial Day speaker

Master Sgt. Jeffrey R. Vogel, former Springfield man who is the noncommissioned officer in charge for the U.S. Army National Guard Personnel Policy Mobilization and Readiness Branch, will be speaker at this year’s Memorial Day Service that starts at 5 p.m. Monday, May 27, in the Springfield Public...

Valedictorian Elijah Kirschstein and Salutatorian Sarah Dunn — will lead their classmates into the school gymnasium for 2019 Commencement Friday evening.

34 members Class of 2019 to graduate Friday evening

Springfield High School will conduct its 2019 commencement Friday evening, May 17, starting at 7:00 in the school gymnasium. Thirty-four graduates will walk through the school corridors one last time as students, march into the gymnasium to the music of Pomp and Circumstance to receive their...

St. John’s Circle of Care is celebrating National Skilled Nursing Care Week

St. John’s Circle of Care will celebrate National Skilled Nursing Care Week May 12-18, 2019. This year’s theme, “Living Soulfully,” will celebrate skilled nursing centers, their residents and staff, by showcasing how they achieve happy minds and healthy souls. Every day, skilled nursing care...

Ken Groebner and son, Joe Groebner, in their dairy barn, on the last dairy farm in North Star Township.

Groebners to quit dairy farming after four generations

Small dairy farms are rapidly disappearing. Groebners’ Dairy Farm is going out of business after four generations. “We’re the last dairy farm in North Star Township, Ken Groebner said during a recent interview. At one time there were 17 dairy farms in North Star. The Groebners began dispersing...

The Springfield Advance-Press sold to Publisher Adam Conroy

by D.J. Hedstrom Advance-Press Publisher From the day I was born and the rest of my life I will recognize the fragrance of ink and newsprint. After a lifetime in the printing business, I’m hanging up my apron and am pleased to announce the sale of the Springfield Advance-Press and Springfield...

Flowers are a symbol of spring and traditionally used at Easter as gifts, centerpieces and religious decorations. The traditional flower of Easter, lilies are often mentioned in the Bible as a joyous symbol of new life, hope, and spirituality. The glory of snow created stunning white “flowering” shrubs at the United Methodist Church during last week’s snow storm.

White flowering shrubs

At sunrise Wednesday, April 10, the sky was bright red in the eastern sky and a pinkish-red sky was overhead as far as one could see. By 6:45 a.m. the red was gone, and by 7:00 snowflakes were falling to the ground. The common phrase “red sky at morning” is a line from an ancient rhyme often...

The Springfield Advance-Press staff — Publisher D.J. Hedstrom, seated; and, from left, Kimberly Hagert, Jeff Krueger, Sally Anderson and Doris Weber.

The Advance-Press, works for community!

We at the Springfield Advance-Press believe the future for small town newspapers is continued success. As each individual has their own identity, their own hopes, dreams and personalities, so does each of the many small communities that dot the landscape of our country. It is the local community...

River Valley Speech Team had a commanding presence in the finals portion during the Minnesota State High School League Sub-Section Speech Tournament at Montevideo on Friday, March 29.

9 speech entrants are champions at Sub-Section Speech Tournament

River Valley speakers traveled to Montevideo on Friday, March 29, for the Minnesota State High School League Sub-Section tournament. The speakers arrived and were ready to compete knowing fully that it was make-it or break-it time since only the top four in each category advance to the Section...

Springfield City manager Joe Stremcha, Emergency Management Director Scott Johnson, and City Engineer Bill Helget, of Bolton and Menk, watch as huge chunks of ice and a floe break free on the Big Cottonwood River and move downstream the afternoon of March 20.

Big Cottonwood crests at 29.41 feet

As the raging Big Cottonwood River rose last week, so did the anxiety level of the people of Springfield; and when the river reached its crest and began to slowly recede, the people of Springfield breathed a sigh of relief. The U.S. National Weather Service on Friday, predicted the river to rise...

Flood watch Spring river flooding risk appears real

There is growing concern about Minnesota’s flood prospects, following a February that brought snowfall four times normal for many river basins. National Weather Service forecasters can look out with some level of confidence and accuracy about 7-10 days. Beyond that it’s virtually impossible to pin...