On Tuesday, March 10, the junior high speakers of River Valley Speech attended one last junior high tournament at St. Peter. They ended their season with a bang by taking first place as a team! Taking first place in their categories were Sarah Kottke in drama, Lucas Milbrath in humorous, KayLynn...
The National Geographic Society named Ellie Tonn, an eighth grader at Springfield Public Elementary, as one of the semifinalists eligible to compete in the 2020 National Geographic GeoBee State Competition.
Ellie is the daughter of Becky and Derek Tonn.
She is the first Springfield student to...
On Wednesday Feb. 26. the Springfield High School Honor Society hosted a blood drive. The American Red Cross Bloodmobile collected 87 pints of blood during its visit to Springfield High School. The total collected was 14 pints over their goal and 11 more than the previous school record of 76. “It...
Springfield Elementary School kicked off their annual “I Love To Read” month, with some fun activities. Students enjoyed decorating colorful paper bags like the cover of their favorite book. The bags then get returned to the grocery store to be used during the month.
Carrying on their “I Love To...
On Saturday, February 8 the River Valley Speech team traveled to Minneota for the Vikings tournament.
“It was an eventful bus ride. When the team was about 30 minutes away from their destination, they experienced bus trouble and needed to pull over. Another school bus recognized the distress and...
Springfield’s Public School took second place at sections this past weekend. They performed at United South Central High School on Saturday.
With their win they’re now alternates at the state competition held on this Thursday, Feb. 6 and Friday, Feb 7.
Springfield performed, “The Last Nickel” by...
Russell Beers, a seventh grade student is the 2020 spelling champion at Springfield Public School as part of the Scripps Spelling Bee competition.
Runner up and alternate was Christopher Boss, a fifth grade student.
Seventeen students, the top spellers in grades 5, 6, 7, and 8 determined by an...
It’s One-Act Play time once again at Springfield Public School and rehearsals are underway for this year’s entry.
“It’s another long night for Jamie, with an obnoxious sister and a trio of sardonic puppets to keep her awake. Tinged with fun and sisterly nostalgia, the merriment comes...
The annual reorganization of the Springfield School District 85 Board of Education was conducted during their first meeting of the year 2020 on the evening of January 8.
Jeff Kretsch was reelected Chairman of the board. Mandy Rasset was reelected Clerk. Megan Quesenberry was reelected Treasurer. ...
Springfield High School YES team will again be collecting non-functioning holiday lights this season.
Clean some clutter by donating your lights you don’t use. Recycle the unused lights. Drop off the old, tangled or non-functioning lights at Runnings, Springfield Market, high school office,...