Lady Mounders begin new win streak
After being knocked from ranks of the unbeatens following a January 21 non-conference loss to a strong Somerset squad, what did the Lady Mounders’ basketball team do? It simply started a new winning streak. Traveling to the southern reaches of the Dunn-St. Croix Conference for a pair of games last week, Elk Mound played at…
Read MoreViking boys drop pair of contests to Mondovi and Osceola
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent After winning three straight games against Dunn-St. Croix Conference teams a week earlier, the Colfax boys had high hopes of making it four straight conference wins when they hosted the Mondovi Buffaloes January 26. Things didn’t go as planned however as they dropped the contest 56-51 in a hard fought…
Read MoreElk Mound boys handle Hilltoppers, beat Blackhawks, plucked by Cards
While last Thursday’s lopsided 65-35 home victory over lowly Glenwood City helped the Elk Mound boys’ basketball team maintain a share of the Dunn-St. Croix lead with Durand-Arkansaw, the Mounders also got in a pair of non-conference contests last week. Playing those two out-of-league games around their contest with the Hilltoppers, the Mounder boys had…
Read MoreColfax Rescue Squad updates first-in kits thanks to Dunn Energy Operation Round Up
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — A nearly $800 grant from Dunn Energy Cooperative’s Operation Round Up has allowed the Colfax Rescue Squad to update the ambulance service’s “first in” kits. Colfax Rescue ordered the “first in jump bags” last spring right after receiving the $779.90 grant from Dunn Energy Cooperative, said Don Knutson,…
Read MoreColfax business receives 50-year plaque
COLFAX — Ray’s Metal Works has received the Lennox Presidential Award for being a Lennox dealer for 50 years. Ray’s Metal works was established in 1968 by Ray Johnson as a heating business and became a Lennox dealership in 1971 for furnace and air conditioning products in a small shop that now houses Morgen’s Auto…
Read MoreOff the Editor’s Desk 2-1-2023
Do you have classified material in your house? How many of us have stored somewhere in our home or office some secret document that contains some highly classified information, like the atomic powered space ship on the way to Jupiter? We do not enjoy access to those files. As the past week has shown, if…
Read MoreColfax Elevator Commission has raised nearly $125,000 towards purchase and installation
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — To date, the Colfax Elevator Commission has raised nearly $125,000 to put toward installing an elevator at the Colfax Municipal Building. The money has been raised through pledges, donations, memorials, the $22 for 22 Steps campaign, thrift sales and other fund-raising events. Almost $22,000 has been raised through the…
Read MoreGreen Bay Packers “Fan of the Year” has ties to Colfax and Elk Mound
Although she was born and raised in San Diego, California, Erica Linberg was recently named the Green Bay Packers Fan of the Year. The NFL Fan of the Year contest is presented to one fan of each NFL team by Captain Morgan “to celebrate extraordinary fans who Spice Up the game through their love of…
Read MoreSnow removal in Colfax: “They’re doing the best they can.”
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Once again, snow removal in the village was a topic of discussion for the Colfax Village Board. At the Colfax Village Board meeting two weeks ago, Susan LaNou, owner of Deluxe Beauty Salon on Main Street, had asked if there was a different way to plow snow so her…
Read MoreMary J. Bazille
Mary J. Bazille of Menomonie, WI gained her angel wings on Monday, January 9th, 2023 at Mayo Hospital in Menomonie, WI at the age of 71. Born on March 9th, 1951 to Harry and Lucille (St. Aubin) Leavens in New Richmond, WI, the youngest of 6 children. The family lived in New Richmond where she…
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