Glenwood City Hilltoppers topple Colfax Vikings in homecoming gridiron action
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent COLFAX — It was homecoming week at Colfax high school with plenty of activities going on leading up to the annual football game. The Vikings hosted the Glenwood City Hilltoppers Friday, September 27 with every intention of building on the previous week’s game in which they scored their highest point…
Read MoreElk Mound XC runners compete at Durand Invite
by Renee Bettendorf Sports Correspondent DURAND — The Elk Mound Cross Country teams competed at the Durand-Arkansaw Invite on September 26. The varsity boys’ team took fifth place out of 11 teams and the girls placed seventh out of nine teams. Sophomore Hudson Banaszak was the first Mounder to cross the finish line. He placed…
Read MoreFraley withdraws as East View developer, Rosenbrook Construction and KM Construction interested
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — John Fraley of Homes by Croix Creek has withdrawn his option on two lots in the East View residential development on Dunn Street, while two other developers have indicated an interest. Fraley recently sent an e-mail message to the Village of Colfax stating that he was not going to…
Read MoreElk Mound football squashes Fall Creek Crickets for third straight Cloverbelt win
FALL CREEK — The Elk Mound football team captured its third straight Cloverbelt conference victory of the season with a 12-0 shutout of host Fall Creek last Friday, September 27. With their win over the Crickets, the Mounders improved to 3-1 in league play and 5-2 overall. Elk Mound could secure a playoff berth with…
Read MoreColfax cross country runners compete in pair of races
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent A small group of runners from Colfax competed at the Cadott Invite Sept. 24 and again at a Friday night race in Marshfield three days later. Kaysen Goodell led the girls in both races, placing ninth in Cadott with a time of 21:33 and placing 12th in the Marshfield race.…
Read MoreColfax-Elk Mound girl golfers repeat as CloverCroix Conference champs
You can call them champions once again! The Colfax-Elk Mound girl golfers claimed their second straight CloverCroix Conference championship last week with a trio of convincing wins. Colfax-Elk Mound swept the conference’s nine-hole mini-meets with a pair of back-to-back victories Tuesday, September 24. Competing at Whispering Pines Golf Course in Cadott that morning, the locals…
Read MoreHovde, Menomonie Optimists of the month
The Menomonie Optimist Club has recognized outstanding young people from Dunn County’s four high schools for over 40 years. At their September meeting, Optimists honored Theodore Hovde of Colfax High School, as the September Youth of the Month. Theodore Hovde is the son of Trevor and Nancy Hovde, and has been active academically, athletically and…
Read MoreAggies celebrate 105th reunion
The l05th reunion of the Dunn County Aggie School was held at the Moose Lodge in Menomonie on September 21, 2024 at noon with 40 members present. Marvin Olson was secretary-treasurer for many years and he passed away last year. His daughter, Deb Milberger, has agreed to take on the job and she did a…
Read MoreOff the Editor’s Desk – 10-2-2024
Book of lists! I recently received a copy of the Book called “2024 Book of Lists.” It contains facts and figures about the seventeen counties in western Wisconsin like population figures, income and other statistics. The Business News published this book and I would like to relate a few of the findings included in it.…
Read MoreDunn County preliminary 2025 budget contains $7.3 million deficit
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Dunn County’s preliminary budget for 2025 contains a deficit of $7.3 million, which is the difference between the “asks” from the county departments and the revenue that will be available. The executive committee met the week before the county board meeting and has made several recommendations for eliminating the…
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