Kathleen (Kathy) Louese (Martin) Snyder
Kathleen (Kathy) Louese (Martin) Snyder of Menomonie, WI passed away peacefully at her home Thursday, April 6, 2023 after a long battle with congestive heart failure. Kathy was born on October 23, 1942 in Bloomer, WI to Fayne August and Margaret Louese (Baker) Martin. Her family moved to Ladysmith WI where Kathy attended school and…
Read MoreRobert “Bob” A. Anderson
Robert “Bob” A. Anderson, age 83, of Boyceville, WI passed away Friday, April 14, 2023 at MCHS – Red Cedar. Bob was born February 14, 1940 in Eau Claire, WI to Arnold and Anna (Madson) Anderson. He grew up in rural Elk Mound and graduated from Elk Mound High School in 1958. After high school…
Read MoreJeffrey “Jeff” R. Sikora
Jeffrey “Jeff” R. Sikora age 62 of Colfax, passed away peacefully at his home Thursday April 6, 2023. Jeff was born August 5, 1960 to Bernadine and Donald Sikora in Chippewa Falls and grew up in Cooks Valley where he worked on the family farm. He graduated from Colfax High School in 1978 and took…
Read MoreBartig, Blaskowski named Elk Mound’s 2022-23 Dunn-St. Croix scholar athletes
The Elk Mound High School Athletic Department is proud to announce the selection of Tori Blaskowski and Ryan Bartig as this year’s Dunn-St. Croix Conference Scholar Athlete representatives from Elk Mound. Each member school district within the Dunn-St. Croix Conference is invited to nominate one boy and one girl for scholar athlete honors. Criteria for…
Read MoreColfax baseball team splits pair of games
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent Playing on back-to-back days on the road, the Colfax baseball team lost a game 19-6 to the Durand Panthers Thursday, April 13, but 24 hours later made a drastic turn around when they bombed the Spring Valley Cardinals 16-1. Both games were played under sunny skies with the temperature in…
Read MoreElk Mound softball sweeps trio of Dunn-St. Croix games
The defending conference champion Elk Mound softball team started its title defense by sweeping a trio of Dunn-St. Croix foes in the opening week of action. Although, the Lady Mounders had to wait a few extra weeks to take the softball diamond due to inclement weather, it was well worth it. Elk Mound opened its…
Read MoreMounder baseball wins two out of three to open season
With Mother Nature finally cooperating and delivering clear skies and warm temperatures, many area high school sporting teams were able to play several games outdoors last week. Including Elk Mound who went 2-1 in their first week of competitive baseball. The Mounders had to travel to Arcadia last Monday, April 10 for what proved to…
Read MoreLady Vikings finish with two wins, one loss
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent The Colfax girls were finally able to get some softball games played under decent conditions when they went on the road last week for a trio of contests. They won a pair of games against two different teams, 15-11 over Durand April 13, then stayed there and defeated Glenwood City…
Read MoreColfax tracksters compete in two meets
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent In what ended up to be summer-like weather last week, the Viking track and field teams took part in the Eleva-Strum Early Bird meet April 11 then two days later competed at the Elk Mound Invitational. Eleva-Strum The Viking girls placed fourth out of 10 teams in the competition with…
Read MoreElk Mound thinclads compete at Durand Invite and host invite at home
With sunny skies and temperatures soaring into the 80s, the Elk Mound track and field teams were finally able to get in a pair of 5-school, outdoor meets last week including their first home meet in nearly a decade and a half. The Mounder thinclads traveled to Durand on Tuesday, April 11 and returned home…
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