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Colfax Health and Rehab – 10-11-2017

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News for the week of October 1st to the 7th:  Many of the week’s activities were all about apples. Not only did the residents have a great time at the orchard last week, many brought back a few of their favorite kind of apples.

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Merry Mixers Show & Tell: Hidden Talents

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Contributed by Susan Hill COLFAX — Who knew what hidden talents they all possessed? The regular September meeting of the Colfax Merry Mixers senior citizens group was followed by a program featuring “Show and Tell.” Attending members were asked to bring special items and share their individual talents, collections and hobbies with the rest of…

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Mounder Meals: many hands make light work

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By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND  — Every Friday, a group of volunteers gathers at Shepherd of the Hill Lutheran Church in Elk Mound to pack between 80 and 100 Mounder Meals for the weekend. “We have a great group of volunteers. We have people from three different churches that come in and help,” said…

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Thinking about health: Medicaid still a target of healthcare reform

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By Trudy Lieberman, Rural Health News Service What’s going to happen to healthcare now that Senate Republicans have failed to pass their bill, which would have replaced much of the Affordable Care Act? In particular, what’s going to happen to Medicaid, the government’s largest insurance program, which covers 74 million Americans? This is a good…

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Boyceville wins Food Fight Challenge

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Boyceville reclaimed the title of Food Fight Challenge winner for 2017. Both school districts did such a superb job and collectively everyone is a winner!  The effort and donations everyone put forth in this year’s Food Fight Challenge made this event a success, possibly the best yet! 

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