Underclassmen expected to step up for Colfax baseball team in 2024 season
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent COLFAX — With just two senior ball players out on the ball diamond this year, Colfax varsity baseball coach Kirk Secraw will look for his younger players to reach their goals this season. The Vikings have to replace their starting catcher and solid hitter Dylyn Hiitola, ace pitcher and all-around…
Read MoreOff the Editor’s Desk 4-3-24
Trump could pull off the greatest comeback in history! The following is a piece that was published in The Capitol Guardian on March 27th. It was written by Paul F. Petrick, an attorney in Cleveland, Ohio. “Having secured sufficient delegates to become the first thrice-nominated Republican presidential candidate since Richard Nixon and the only person…
Read MoreCelebrate National Library Week April 7-13, 2024 at Colfax Public Library
(Colfax, WI) – Ready, set, library! National Library Week is April 7–13, 2024, and Colfax Public Library invites everyone in the community to visit the library, renew your card (or sign up for one!), and explore all the library has to offer. Colfax Public Library has been part of the community for 108 years, but…
Read MoreColfax delays decision on cleaning water tower
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board has delayed making a decision on cleaning the exterior of the village’s water tower. According to information presented to the village board at the March 25 meeting, Rand Bates, director of public works, had received a quote from Water Tower Clean and Coat, Inc., out…
Read MoreStage 1 of Highway B project scheduled for April 1 to May 31
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The first stage of the county Highway B project from Highway 12/29 to just north of Badger Drive is scheduled for April to May 31, while the entire project is expected to be completed by November 1. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation held an on-line meeting about the county…
Read MoreElk Mound school district hires another tech ed teacher
By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — When school starts next fall in Elk Mound, another technology education teacher will be on staff in the Elk Mound school district. Following a closed session of the Elk Mound Board of Education on March 25, the school board approved hiring Tyler Hanson as a technology education teacher,…
Read MoreTrial began April 1 in Apple River stabbing case: underaged teenagers drinking and smoking marijuana
By LeAnn R. Ralph HUDSON — On the opening day of a two-week trial for a stabbing incident on the Apple River that left four people injured and one dead, testimony revealed that the group of underaged teenagers had been drinking and smoking marijuana. Nicolae Miu, age 54, of Prior Lake, Minnesota, is charged with…
Read MoreMan charged with fraud for attempting to cash forged check at Peoples State Bank in Boyceville
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A 36 year-old-man has been charged in connection with allegedly attempting to cash a forged check for $3,500 at Peoples State Bank in Boyceville. Dylan J. Corrigan is charged with one felony count of forgery, and one felony count each of fraud against a financial institution and of attempted…
Read MoreCouncil, owner, come to an agreement over time line to clean up hill top
GLENWOOD CITY — It was a hot time at city hall last Monday evening, March 18th as the council addressed it’s ordinance 323-4 over the storage restrictions of junked vehicles and appliances. The ordinance was an agenda item and was addressed first by Mark Nelson who had complained about his neighbor’s collection of junk on…
Read MoreHilltopper softball returns solid core of players
GLENWOOD CITY — After serving as an assistant coach last season, Tracy Marback has taken the reigns of the Glenwood City High School softball program from longtime head coach Matthew Schutz, who will remain on the sidelines and in the dugout as an assistant. Marback, who has extensive experience as both a collegiate softball player…
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