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The bitter cold and snow-covered ground didn’t stop St. John’s Circle of Care Foundation from hosting its annual Easter Egg Hunt for hundreds of children Saturday morning.
The temperature of 26 degrees with a cold wind blowing, that didn’t seem to chill the enthusiasm of the children who turned...
Attending Springfield High School as an international student is a dream come true for Michelle Ring, 16, of Germany.
“I decided very early that someday I would come to America” to study, said Michelle during a recent interview. “When I was 10, I talked to my dad and told him that I wanted to...
The Springfield Tigers Boys basketball team ended their season with a heartbreaking loss to Mayer Lutheran in the Section 2A title game at Minnesota State University in Mankato Friday evening, March 16. The game was tied 75-75 with two seconds left when the ball ended up in the hands of Mayer...
Operation Breakthrough is Missouri’s largest early learning center. Its mission is to help children who are living in poverty develop to their fullest potential by providing them a safe, loving and educational environment. This organization provides day care, meals, Children’s Mercy Clinic, a...
Curling clubs throughout Minnesota and Wisconsin — the home states of the American players in the 2018 Winter Olympics — had late-night television viewing parties that attracted viewers in the local area to cheer for Minnesotans in the games.
Those who watched the curling competition held in the...
The week of Feb. 18-24 gave us 10.3 inches of snow with 1.18 inch of precipitation in Springfield, with 3.8 inches on Thursday, Feb. 22, and 5.2 inches on Saturday, Feb. 24. The snow and frost — for a few fleeting, frozen moments — created a beautiful landscape worth of a picture . . . or...
The Springfield City Council, during their February 20 meeting, discussed with City Engineer Andy Kehren the proposed Street and Utilities Improvement Projects for the 2018 construction season.
While a project for improvements on Central Street was top of the list last fall, the city made...
Winter storms and the flu don’t just mean a lot of people are missing work and school — it also means they can’t keep their American Red Cross blood donation appointments. The Red Cross is urging healthy donors of all blood types to roll up a sleeve to help maintain the blood supply for patients in...
Volunteering by definition is the giving of your time or effort for a cause with the expectation of no compensation. This was not the case during the celebration in Minneapolis leading up to the 52nd Superbowl.
I looked at this opportunity to volunteer as a way of giving back for all those who...
“It should be an interesting session,” said local legislators, State Senator Gary Dahms (R-Redwood Falls) and State Representative Paul Torkelson (R-Hanska), as they provided an update on 2018 Minnesota politics during a town hall meeting in the Springfield Area Community Center on Jan. 26.
The...
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