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Arrgh, matey: Elk Mound HS team wins Rube Goldberg contest on campus

MENOMONIE WI —  Elk Mound High School’s pirate-themed Rube Goldberg machine sailed away with the treasure at a regional competition Friday, March 2, hosted by University of Wisconsin-Stout. The school’s machine took first place and earned two other awards to lead six teams in the technology and engineering challenge at the Memorial Student Center. Elk…

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End of the road: Elk Mound girls fall to Durand in D4 regional final

By Cara L. Dempski DURAND — Elk Mound girls’ basketball coach Jordan Kongshaug’s description of the Division 4 regional final at Durand last week was perfect in its brevity. “It was a great high school basketball game,” he said. “Durand’s a great basketball team, and well-deserving of moving on.” If Mounder and Panther fans could…

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Mounder boys silence Crickets, fall to Regis

By Cara L. Dempski Elk Mound head boys’ basketball coach Mike Kessler is only in his second year at the helm of his own team, and picked up his first tournament win last week. The Mounders faced Fall Creek at Elk Mound February 27 for a regional quarterfinal contest that Elk Mound saw the better…

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Viking boys start hot, cool off in regional loss to Hilltoppers

By Cara L. Dempski GLENWOOD CITY — Colfax’s boys’ basketball team could have knuckled under and given up after losing both Treyton Teige and George Scharlau, but it did not. The Vikings may have picked up just two wins in the time between losing two of their top players and the start of tournament season,…

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MILLARD O. SIVERTSON

Millard O. Sivertson, 89, of Elk Mound passed away on Thursday, March 1, 2018 at his home where he was surrounded by his family.

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CATHY L. JOHNSON

Cathy L. Johnson, 57, of Colfax, passed away on Friday, March 2, 2018, at Mayo Clinic Health Systems, Eau Claire, surrounded by her family. 

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