Margo Dawn Gross
Margo Dawn Gross Margo Dawn Goss passed away on Wednesday May 17th at Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire with her family at her side. Margo was born on April 16th, 1961 in Eau Claire to Henry and Margaret Goss. She graduated from St. Bede in Eau Claire. Margo had a beautiful smile and…
Read MoreLuther Grohn
Luther Grohn, 75, passed away unexpectedly as a result of an ATV accident on May 2, 2023. He was out checking the progress of spring planting and ended up at his eternal home with His Savior. Luther was the oldest of six children born to Gordon and Lois Grohn. He was born at Luther Hospital…
Read MoreColfax Solid Waste & Recycling plans Clean Sweep June 6
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — If you live in the villages of Elk Mound or Colfax or the Towns of Colfax, Grant, Elk Mound, Otter Creek, Spring Brook, Tainter or Wilson, you are eligible to participate in a Clean Sweep event June 6. The Clean Sweep will be held at the Colfax Fairgrounds from…
Read MoreMounder softball falls 2-1 to Mondovi in conference finale
ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound softball squad suffered its second consecutive Dunn-St. Croix loss when it fell to league champion Mondovi 2-1 in its conference and regular season finale last Monday, May 15. Locked in a scoreless contest through five innings, Mondovi finally broke the stalemate with a run in the top of the…
Read MoreColfax baseball whip E-PC Wolves
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent COLFAX — After walloping the Elmwood-Plum City Wolves 16-1 back in April, the Viking baseball team took care of business early once again with a 10-0 win in five innings at home over E-PC May 15. (The game scheduled in Glenwood City three days later was canceled due to poor…
Read MoreElk Mound baseball loses to Mondovi, defeats Bloomer and Spring Valley
After winning 7-5 on the road at Mondovi April 21, the Elk Mound baseball team was looking for the regular-season sweep and sole possession of the Dunn-St. Croix lead when it hosted the Buffaloes at Village Park last Monday, May 15. Both squads entered the game with just a single loss in conference play and…
Read MoreLady Vikings end conference play with a bang
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent After wrapping up play in the Dunn-St. Croix Conference with a 17-7 thumping of the Elmwood-Plum City Wolves at home May 15, the Colfax softball team picked up a non-conference home game against a very good Fall Creek team a day later and fell 15-1 to the Crickets. Finishing up…
Read MoreC-EM golfers finish 2nd in D-SC tourney, Brice and Nichols earn all-conference
COLFAX — The Colfax/Elk Mound boys’ golf team capped the Dunn-St. Croix and regular seasons with a second-place finish in the 18-hole conference tournament held Monday, May 15 on its home course at the Whitetail Golf Course. Four Colfax-Elk Mound golfers carded sub-100 performances, three of which scored in the 80s, at the 2023 Dunn-St.…
Read MoreColfax girls fifth, boys seventh in Dunn-St. Croix Conference meet
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent DURAND — The annual Dunn-St. Croix Conference track and field meet took place Tuesday, May 16 under pleasant conditions at Bauer Built Sports Complex in Durand. The Colfax girls, led by individual winners Molly Heidorn and Jeanette Hydukovich, along with the 4×800 meter relay team placed fifth of the eight…
Read MoreElk Mound boys win D-SC track championship, girls finish second
DURAND — Talent and depth served the Elk Mound boys’ and girls’ track and field teams well at last Tuesday’s Dunn-St. Croix Conference championship in Durand. Under near-perfect conditions, the Mounder boys copped five first-place finishes, half a dozen seconds and thirds, had a trio of individuals place in the top eight (team points were…
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