Springfield News

Comfrey-Alan Treml, age 58, of Comfrey near Darfur, died at his home on Friday, November 20, 2009.

New Ulm Cathedral, which finished the regular season with a perfect 8-0 record Zach Fischer honored as the Defensive Player of the Year and Denny Lux was named the Coach of the Year for the Southern Minnesota Conference.

The daughter of an Orphan Train rider who lives in Sleepy Eye signed her recently self-published book, "Extra! Extra! The Orphan Trains and Newsboys of New York," on Saturday at the Country Loft and Sven & Ole's Books.

On Thursday, the District 84 Board of Education learned about the Flexible Learning Years program via a Powerpoint presentation from Supt.

The new, large, green clothing and shoes donation bins at New Ulm, Sleepy Eye and Springfield grocery and retail stores benefit Brown County Disabled American Veterans .

Share + Oct 31, 2009 9:14 am US/Central MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. 1 of 1 With legal guns on their hips, a dozen area residents spent nearly three hours picking up litter -- everything from cigarette butts to blown-out tires -- along a 2-mile stretch of the highway just east of the Mendota Bridge.

A group of Springfield High School students discussed their award-winning efforts to promote renewable energy, conservation and climate change Friday at an energy forum at the Brown County REA auditorium.

Buffalo Lake-Hector swept Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 25-11, 25-19, 25-18 Tuesday in Section 2A, North Subsection playoff action.

A group of Adopt a Highway volunteers were packing more than trash along the shoulder of Minnesota 55 in Mendota Heights on Sunday morning.

Lucille Clara Stage, 75, of New Hope, Minn. and formerly of Sleepy Eye, Minn., died on Monday, Oct.

The First National Bank of Fulda has made application to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to purchase the United Prairie Bank branches in Springfield and Slayton from the United Prairie Banks System.

A 34-year-old man was killed Friday morning in a rollover crash in Springfield, Minn., according to the St.

Emma Marie Lenz, 95, of Springfield, MN died on Monday, Sept. 14, 2009, at Springfield Medical Center in Springfield, MN.

So often with features in magazines and newspapers in smaller markets, stories come to the writers.

By Charlie Warner Argus News Editor Caledonia's new police chief Kurt Zehnder grew up in a family where his parents and siblings all liked to help others.

So often with features in magazines and newspapers in smaller markets, stories come to the writers.

Two Brown County men received 2009 Senior Citizen Distinguished Service Awards Thursday during Senior Citizen Day activities at the Brown County Free Fair.

James Irlbeck, age 57, of rural Sanborn, died Wednesday, July 29, 2009, while visiting family in Hartford, CT.

A train engine crashes into a semi truck injuring one person.The semi driver was airlifted to North Memorial in the Twin Cities.The Brown County Sheriff's Department says Larry Kronback was driving the L and S Construction Semi heading south on Country Road two, just west of Springfield, when he was struck by the train engine.The Sheriff's ...

Brown County Commissioners awarded a bridge and approach grading contract on CSAH 11 over the Cottonwood River Tuesday to the project's low bidder.