Mrs. Beth Steffl, music director and principal at St. Raphael Catholic School in Springfield
     For forty plus years, March has been officially designated as Music in Our Schools Month by the National Association for Music Education.  It is the time of year when music education becomes the focus of schools across the nation.  It gives music teachers the opportunity to bring their music...
Springfield FFA Officers and Advisors are pictured from L: Troy Kastner, Brayden Trapp, Aubrey Paplow, Alexis Walter, Julian Larson, Cambria Kastner, Addison Lang, Addison Bast, Noah Bredeson and Alicia Sandberg.
     National FFA Week is February 21-28 this year.  The week-long event gives the Future Farmers of America chapters across the country, as well as alumni and supporters, the opportunity to come together to celebrate agricultural education, leadership development and the real-world impact the...
Dee Staton
     Dee Staton is the new Postmaster in Springfield.  She began her duties here on December 27, 2025.  She filled the position following the retirement of former Postmaster Ron Miller.      Staton began her career with the United States Postal Service in Colorado in 2016.  “I started as a city...
2026 River Valley Speech Team
The River Valley Speech team kicked off their tournament season at the Worthington Trojan Tournament on Saturday, February 7, earning the  first-place team trophy out of seventeen teams competing. First-place champions included Springfield High School senior Taya Beyer in extemporaneous reading and...

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2011 State Champion Team members who attended Friday’s reunion
     Team members of the 2010-11 Springfield Tiger Boys Basketball team were in attendance at the Tiger boys basketball game Friday evening.  They were celebrating winning the...

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