Colfax bests Elk Mound in boys basketball showdown
By Cara L. Dempski COLFAX — It was a win two seasons in the making. Literally. The last time a Colfax boys’ basketball team beat Elk Mound was during the 2014-2015 season, just after the Mounders lost a significant number of the players that took the team to the state semifinals in March of 2014.…
Read MoreMounder girls’ hoops hammer Blackhawks in home contest
By Cara L. Dempski ELK MOUND — Rhythm can be found almost anywhere you look in life. Spoken words have a pattern, music has a beat that is hard to miss, the footsteps can tap out a cadence as people walk or run. Sports, too, have a tempo, as Jordan Kongshaug and his Mounder girls’…
Read MoreLady Mounders stampede past Vikings for D-SC win
By Cara L. Dempski COLFAX — In the end, the game might have been closer if the Colfax girls had just made a few more shots. Coach Joe Doucette’s Lady Vikings put up plenty of shots, but they seemed to have either too much or not enough energy, leading to a lot of missed scoring…
Read MoreElk Mound boys beat Boyceville to register first conference win
By Cara L. Dempski ELK MOUND — When Elk Mound took on Bloomer at this year’s Northwest Tipoff Classic there were a few faces from the Boyceville roster spotted in the crowd. It is a common practice for coaches and teams to scope out upcoming opponents to learn the best approach to the team. The…
Read MoreColfax boys stave off Spring Valley, stay unbeaten in D-SC
By Cara L. Dempski COLFAX — Imagine you are a high school basketball coach about to face a team that is consistently one of the best in the conference, and one of your best players is sick. That is the situation Colfax boys’ head coach Garret Maas faced last Tuesday, December 12 when his Vikings…
Read MoreBloomer/Colfax wrestlers look stronger against Chetek-Weyerhaeuser/Prairie Farm
By Cara L. Dempski CHETEK — It was not just the Colfax wrestlers earning points last Thursday for the Blackhawk co-op. A trio of Bloomer grapplers got in on the scoring fun at Chetek-Weyerhaeuser High School December 14, and while the Blackhawks still fell to the home squad 42-33, the team scored a solid set…
Read MoreGrapevine senior nutrition menu – 12-2-2017
Grapevine senior nutrition menu – 12-2-2017
Read MoreNierenhausen receives $500 scholarship
Nikki Nierenhausen received a $500.00 scholarship from School of Health and Human Services at St. Cloud State University on December 4th.
Read MoreColfax Health and Rehab – 12-20-2017
News for the week of December 10th to the 16th: Monday morning found the Green Leaf Crafters making cookie holders in the shape of Christmas Trees. We will use these to cover the cookies we will pass out to the visiting groups of children.
Read MoreTruth Be Told – Holidazed Edition Gene Gibson: Being Santa’s helper
COLFAX — Gene Gibson and his wife, Connie, who is a teacher at Colfax High School, have lived in Colfax for 25 years. They have three sons: Reed, Grady, and Drew. Gene is a stay-at-home dad. He has coached youth football and baseball and has worked with several CHS productions including “Once Upon a Mattress,”…
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