Editor’s Note: LeAnn R. Ralph serves as chair of the Town of Otter Creek and as the Otter Creek representative on the Colfax Solid Waste & Recycling Committee By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — As of January 1, the Colfax and Elk Mound solid waste and recycling sites will be changing the hours of operation…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Chetek Lakes Protection Association — with years of experience and success — has provided ideas on projects, fund raising and promotion to the Tainter Lake Rehabilitation District. Jamey Lideen, president of the Chetek Lakes Protection Association, spoke to the Tainter Lake Rehabilitation District Board of Commissioners at the…
Read MoreMENOMONIE, Wis. — Dunn and Pepin counties are working with a conservation organization to acquire a 6.5-mile section of the Chippewa River State Trail currently owned by Xcel Energy. “This is an exceptional stretch of this popular trail, and we have a unique opportunity to acquire it for a reasonable price,” said Chase Cummings, Dunn…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Dunn County had an employee turnover rate of 28 percent in 2022 and 18 percent in 2024, compared to a national average of 3.8 percent. Dunn County has 500 employees, and from 2020 to 2024, there were 389 total separations, with 16.45 percent (64 employees) that were retirements, said…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — As of December 31, 2023, the Village of Colfax had $466,415 in the unassigned general fund balance, compared to $592,837 in the unassigned general fund balance the previous year on December 31, 2022. Eric Davidson of Bauman Associates presented the 2023 audit report at the Colfax Village Board’s August…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board has approved a variance for Grassland Dairy, located on Dunn Street, to accommodate a walkway that was never previously approved and a “bump out” for employee lockers. The Colfax Zoning Board of appeals met just prior to the Colfax Village Board on August 26 and…
Read Moreby LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board has approved restructuring debt of $539,650 to pay for the project to stabilize the Red Cedar River bank so that the village’s wastewater treatment lagoons do not wash out. The village board approved the debt restructuring at the August 26 meeting. The Red Cedar River…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Members of the Wisconsin Northwoods Quilts of Valor have presented a quilt to Dale Rostamo of Colfax. Rostamo, who served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict from 1954 to 1956 and was discharged as an E-3, received the quilt on Saturday, August 24, which also was…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The proposal to supply water using private wells for additional development at the Settlers Ridge apartment complex has gone nowhere with the Elk Mound Village Board. Even if the Settlers Ridge developer, Jim Rooney, were to install private wells for Phase 2 of the development, the village would…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Members of the Russell-Toycen American Legion Post 131 in Colfax are working on raising funds for the Colfax Veterans Memorial at Evergreen Cemetery. The location of the veterans’ memorial will be near the entrance of Evergreen Cemetery located on county Highway M in Colfax The plan for the memorial…
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