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Two teenage boys injured when truck crashes into Boyceville Subway

By LeAnn R. Ralph BOYCEVILLE  —  Two teenage boys were injured when a pickup truck crashed through the exterior wall of the Boyceville Subway restaurant at 5:50 p.m. Thursday, August 24. According to the report from the Boyceville Police Department, two juvenile males were sitting at a table inside the restaurant when a 2014 brown…

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Colfax school referendum projects 98 percent complete

By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Colfax school district construction projects financed by a $7.2 million referendum approved by voters last November were 98 percent complete as of the August 21 school board meeting. “We’re going through the punch list right now,” said Bill Yingst, district administrator, in his report to  the Colfax Board of…

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Colfax Rescue Squad proposes $459,819 budget for 2018

By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Rescue Squad’s proposed budget of $459,819 for 2018 reflects a $129 increase over the the 2017 budget. The Colfax Village Board’s public safety committee reviewed the proposed budget August 21 in preparation for the rescue squad’s annual meeting August 30. Don Knutson, director of the Colfax Rescue…

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Colfax public safety hears complaints on law enforcement

By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — If you have a compliant about a law enforcement issue in Colfax, who should you call? A – a former village board member; B – a current village board member; C – the Colfax police chief or D – the administrator for the village of Colfax? The correct answers…

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