Raptor wrestlers split home duals, finish fourth in Shell Lake Challenge
The Raptors’ wrestling team hosted a Cloverbelt Conference triangular at Bloomer High School Thursday, January 23 where it split its two duals. Bloomer/Colfax shut out Thorp/Owen-Withee 71-0, but fell to Cloverbelt co-leader Cadott by a 67-6 score. With those outcomes, Bloomer/Colfax is now 4-2 in Cloverbelt duals which currrently puts it in third place. Two…
Read MoreColfax Commercial Club seeking nominations for 2024 J.D. Simons Community Volunteer Award
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Commercial Club is once again seeking nominations for the J.D. Simons Community Volunteer Award. The J.D. Simons Community Volunteer Award for 2024 will be the ninth one awarded. The award is intended to provide recognition people who have made the Colfax community a better place. “We are…
Read MoreOff the Publisher’s Desk 1-29-2025
We spend more on interest than on defense For this week’s column I am using the op-ed below. It was written by Robert Romano and appeared in the Capitol Guardian on January 15. It is about the amount of spending that our federal government does and how much it will increase over the years. Let’s…
Read MoreSteve Kothlow: The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, to President Johnson’s funeral, to performing for the Queen of England
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — When Steve Kothlow enlisted in the United States Marines in 1971, he had no idea of the experiences that awaited him. Kothlow, who earned the rank of Lance Corporal, went into the Marines in October of 1971 and was honorably discharged in October of 1973. To honor Kothlow’s military…
Read More3 train crashes in 5 years has state considering lighted and gated railroad crossing at Stardust Drive in Elk Mound
By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — After three train crashes in five years at Stardust Drive in Elk Mound, the latest of which this past December resulted in the death of the driver, the state Commissioner of Railroads is considering a lighted and gated railroad crossing. Dan Vruwink, state railroad commissioner at the Office…
Read MoreMenomonie sells 29 acres for $1.16 million to develop distribution facility
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Menomonie City Council has approved selling 29 acres in the North Industrial Park to SPA Properties, LLC, for $1.16 million to construct a distribution facility. The sale agreement is for $40,000 per acre, or a total of $1,160,000, said David Schofield, director of public works, at the Menomonie…
Read MoreBail set at $25,000 for suspect in Shooters Showgirls arson
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Bail has been set at $25,000 cash for a 25-year-old Comstock man who is charged in connection with arson in the January 18 fire that destroyed Shooters Showgirls in the Town of Elk Mound. Colton Wayne Jansen appeared in Dunn County Circuit Court by video from the Dunn County…
Read MoreBoyceville wrestling team cops share of first place at Bloomer-Colfax Wrestling Duals meet
COLFAX — After winning just one wrestling dual the first month of the season, Boyceville won three times that in just its first competition of the new year. Boyceville won three of its four duals and finished in a tie for first place at a five-team, dual-format tournament hosted by the Bloomer-Colfax Raptors at Colfax…
Read MoreKonder obtains another grant for Glenwood City FFA
By Renee Bettendorf GLENWOOD CITY — The Glenwood City FFA was one of ten Wisconsin FFA chapters that were recently awarded $500 grants from the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Foundation and the Wisconsin Agriculture in the Classroom program. “As an educator, I am always looking for grants to not only improve my classroom, but to also…
Read MoreBoyceville girls begin 2025 with pair of losses
This wasn’t how the Boyceville girls’ basketball team wanted to start 2025. Despite an extended holiday break that offered a bit of respite, a pair of lengthy back-to-back, non-conference road games on consecutive days late last week seemed to wear down the Bulldogs and resulted in losses. The Lady Bulldogs trekked to Independence last Friday,…
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