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Colfax Health and Rehab – 8-2-2017

News for the week of  July 23rd to July 29th:  The Big Yellow House is looking even more yellow as the sunflowers behind the building are beginning to show their beautiful yellow blossoms. 

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Glenwood City graduate brings farm life to northwestern Zambia

By Cara L. Dempski DOWNING — It may be hard for those of us living in Wisconsin to believe there are parts of the world where people think milk is not something that comes from an animal. Such was the case the first time Methodist missionary Paul Webster milked a goat and provided some for…

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LTE – Janet Scepurek – 7-26-2017

To the Editor, I beg to differ with the Opinion-Piece-Disguised-as-a-News-Story called “The unintended consequences of Obamacare?” that you printed in your July 12th edition. I will call it Fake News, because it does not correlate with the factual information that I found. I Googled “causes of opioid epidemic,” and not one mention of Obamacare came…

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LTE – Mary Hoeft – 7-26-2017

Democrats and Republicans Unite Democrats are united in their belief that healthcare is a basic human right.  Americans should not die because they can’t afford insurance.  

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Miracle League ensures every child who wants to play baseball can

By Cara L. Dempski EAU CLAIRE — Summertime baseball leagues are a rite of passage for many young American athletes. The sport known as America’s pastime offers a chance to hone skills and learn lessons in teamwork that are useful in the future, but for some young baseball lovers, there are significant challenges to keep…

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Colfax Sportsman Team participates in 2017 Scholastic Action Shooting Sports and Scholastic Clay Target National Championships

The Colfax Sportsmens Club sent 15 athletes to the 2017 Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) and Scholastic Action Shooting Program (SASP) national championships on July 14 and 15, 2017 in Marengo, OH.  The athletes competed in Optics Rifle, rimfire pistol, centerfire pistol and the new this year 1911 pistol divisions. Coming in 21 of 34…

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