Gaylen Olson
Gaylen Olson, 82, of Superior, WI, died Thursday, March 16, 2023 at Essentia Health, St. Mary’s Hospital Duluth MN. A Celebration of Life service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 10, 2023 at Williams Lobermeier Boettcher Funeral Home. 3208 West 3rd St, Duluth, MN. Visitation one hour prior to the service. Burial at…
Read MoreIrma Ilene Dahl (Clifford)
On Thursday, May 25, 2023, Irma Ilene Dahl (Clifford) of Wyoming, MN, loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother passed away at the age of 85. Born June 25, 1937 to Danna and Catherine Clifford, Irma graduated from Glenwood City High School in Glenwood City, WI in 1955 and immediately married Donald Dahl. Irma and Donald moved…
Read MoreDC facilities committee recommends approval of Russian Slough easement for fiber optic
by LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Dunn County Facilities Committee has recommended the county board approve an easement for 24-7 Telcom to bring fiber optic in through the Russian Slough and under the Red Cedar River. The actual easement would not be drafted and filed until 24-7 Telcom is ready to bring in fiber…
Read MoreJanet Marie (Hilson) Haines
Janet Marie (Hilson) Haines, age 85, of Colfax, Wisconsin, passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 16, 2023. Janet was born on December 20, 1937, at home in Colfax, to Noel and Mildred (Joles) Hilson. She graduated from Colfax High School in 1955. She lived most of her life in Colfax. Janet worked hard raising her…
Read MoreMichael Jon Marko
Michael Jon Marko age 60 of Colfax passed away at his home Wednesday, May 24th. Mike was an avid hunter and fisherman and passed those traits along to his son. He also spent a few years in the United States Army. Mike was preceded in death by parents Robert and Patricia Marko; siblings Danny Joe…
Read MoreFrom the Archives … “Winding Up the Yarn” June 4, 1958 tornado: “White-faced and weary …”
COLFAX— Helen Reed, co-owner of the Colfax Messenger, wrote a weekly column for the newspaper at the time of the June 4, 1958, tornado. Here is Helen’s column the week after the tornado in the June 12 edition of the Messenger: White-faced and weary, after a whole night of wakefulness, and with a numbness that…
Read MoreFrom the Archives … Tornado devastates Colfax
Compiled by LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Sixty five years ago, on June 4, 1958, a tornado — later determined to be an EF5, the most destructive of tornadoes — descended on Colfax at 7 p.m. All together, the tornado left a path of destruction 33 miles long and killed 28 people, 12 of them…
Read MoreKeinin Miller finishes seventh in 200m for Mounders only points at state track meet
LA CROSSE — Sophomore speedster Keinin Miller finished seventh in Saturday afternoon’s Division 2, 200 meter final to provide the Elk Mound boys with their only two points of the 2023 WIAA State Track and Field Championships which were held last Friday and Saturday, June 2 and 3 at Veterans Memorial Field Complex on the…
Read MoreBrice finishes season, places 28th at Sectional Golf meet
CHIPPEWA FALLS — Zane Brice, the Colfax-Elk Mound boys golf team’s final competitor, finished his season placing in a four-way tie for 28th at the WIAA Division 2 Sectional Golf meet hosted by McDonell Central at the Lake Wissota Golf Course in Chippewa Falls Tuesday, May 30. The junior shot a 12-over-par 84 on the…
Read MoreElk Mound baseball loses regional semifinal in extra innings to Stratford
STRATFORD — In a WIAA Division 3 regional baseball semifinal game between two evenly matched squads, the fifth seed Elk Mound Mounders playing at fourth seed Stratford overcame a five-run deficit to force an extra inning in their Tuesday, May 30 playoff tussle. The Tigers had taken an 8-3 advantage after four innings of action.…
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