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Bellringers hold awards banquet

Submitted by Reporter Tyler Franklin The Emerald Bellringers held their annual awards banquet on October 14, 2012. We had the meeting first. President Izzy Nadeau called the meeting to order. We decided to do Bellringing at Ormson’s from November 30th to December 1st. Sign up is at the next meeting.

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Colfax runners finish off successful year at state meet

WISCONSIN RAPIDS — There were some expected occurrences and some un-expected ones when both the Colfax boys and girls teams competed at The Ridges Golf Course for the WIAA State Cross Country meet held under sunny skies Oct. 27 in Wisconsin Rapids. The boys’ team was hoping for a top five finish after placing 13th…

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Former Colfax residents scheduled for arraignment on drug charges

By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE —  A Dunn County judge has found probable cause in a drug case involving felony charges for two former Colfax residents and has scheduled arraignment hearings in December. Jacob H. Foslid, 21, and Samantha R. Osterberg, 17, appeared in Dunn County Circuit Court October 26 for a preliminary hearing. Foslid…

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Sand Creek Chatter – 10-31-2012

Carol Gustum and Swanee Rasmussen accompanied Tom and Sue Gustum, Abigail, Melvin and Lisa to Eau Claire on Sunday afternoon, Oct. 21 to attend “Fiddler on the Roof” held at the State Theater where Tom and Sue’s other 3 children, including: Hannah, who played the part of Fruma-Sarah, Samuel, playing the part of the Russian…

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Mounders end playoff run with loss to Cardinals

PRESCOTT — Although they breezed through their first level playoff game over Grantsburg last week, the Elk Mound football team found the going a lot rougher when they traveled to Prescott for an afternoon game Saturday, Oct. 27. Facing off against a much bigger and more physical Cardinal team which finished 4-3 in the Middle…

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WI DNR Online frac sand Q and A chat session held Oct. 24

By Kelsie Hoitomt On Wednesday, October 24 the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources website hosted a chat session with Tom Woletz. Woletz has worked at the DNR for 38 years in almost all of the environmental programs. He has conducted many inspections of mines as a field engineer. He has an engineering degree from the…

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Colfax women believe a cougar attacked their horses

By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX —  Many people are aware that we have bears, coyotes, bobcats and wolves in the area. But cougars? Stephanie Dusek and Stephanie Frogner, who live south of Colfax in the county Highway N area, both believe that their horses were attacked by a cougar within the past several weeks.

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