53rd Annual Colfax Firefighters’ Ball is Saturday, September 11

By LeAnn R. Ralph

COLFAX — After not being held in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 53rd Annual Colfax Firefighters’ Ball will be held Saturday, September 11.

Line up for the Grand Parade will begin at 9 a.m. in the Colfax High School parking lot.

Parade units can sign up the day of the parade, or you can contact Aaron Logslett at 715-308-4869 or  Collin Repaal at 715-308-0101 to participate in the parade.

The Grand Parade will begin on Main Street at noon on Saturday.

The parade concludes at the Colfax Fairgrounds on Railroad Avenue.

A chicken dinner, BBQs, hotdogs and beverages will be served at the fairgrounds starting at 11 a.m. and going “til we run out.”

After the parade, the penny hunt and the live auction will be held at the fairgrounds.

To donate good, sellable auction items, contact Gary Hill at 715-962-4407 or Tyler Knutson at 715-309-8493.

A bucket raffle also will be held at the fairgrounds.

The contact for the bucket raffle is Jordan Logslett at 715-495-7307.

The beer tent at the fairgrounds will open at 11 a.m. Saturday.

Live music by “Ben’s DJ Service” will go from 8 p.m. until midnight in the beer garden at the Colfax Fairgrounds.