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The Springfield Early Learning programs will celebrate The Week of the Young Child by hosting a carnival for area families and their children. The event focuses on children 0 years old — third-grade and their parents and siblings.
The carnival will include games, activities, prizes and continuous...
The River Valley speech team competed at the Subsection speech tournament on Friday, April 4, at Montevideo High School. The team received recognition as Subsection Champion, earning 72 team points. Second place was awarded to RTR (Russell-Tyler-Ruthton) and third place to Montevideo High School...
Springfield FFA Judging Teams had a successful day at the South Dakota State University’s Little International Judging Contest on March 20. Springfield’s Dairy Cattle, Farm Business Management, Floriculture, Livestock Meats and Milk Quality teams all competed. The Farm Business Management team...
Since 1985, March has been filled with sound as music in our schools is celebrated around the nation. Sponsored by the National Association for Music Education, the event focuses the nation’s attention on the need for and benefits of quality music education programs. Schools and community groups...
Speech season is coming to an end, and River Valley Speakers will participate in their season’s last invitational at the Southwest Minnesota State University tournament in Marshall Saturday, March 24. The speakers are training diligently for Subsection competition with their goal to send a good...
The majority of the River Valley speech team traveled to Montevideo on Saturday, March 10, for the Thunderhawk tournament. In creative expression, Isaac Nelson was first place champion with Ross VanDerWal following closely behind in second place. Meanwhile, in extemporaneous reading, Emily...
Lowell Helget, chapter president of the Cottonwood River Gobblers, National Wild Turkey Federation, presented scholarship checks to Kylie Hayden and Justina Streich during the 18th Annual NWTF Banquet on Saturday, Feb. 24. Kylie and Justina were the 2017 recipients of the NWTF Scholarship and...
Aliza Griffis, a fifth-grader at Springfield Elementary School, is spelling champion at Springfield Public School. She is the daughter of the late Jonathon Griffis, and lives with her aunt, Martha Coffland. Runner-up was Ashley Nystrom, an eighth-grader, daughter of Anthony Nystrom and Rene Lord...
On January 19, 12 of the 14 members of the Springfield Chapter of the Business Professionals of America (BPA) attended the regional competition at Minnesota West Technical College in Granite Falls.
Placing in the top 10 were: Justin Haugo, eighth in Fundamental Accounting and eighth in Banking...
On Saturday, Feb. 10, the River Valley Speech team traveled to Pipestone for the PAS Arrows tournament. It was a large tournament with 21 teams present and more than 330 student entries.
The duo team comprised of juniors, Sarah Dunn and Colton Jensen, took second place in duo interpretation. ...
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