Dental pros, students, work to ‘Give Kids a Smile’
EAU CLAIRE, WI – For moms like Ashley Schickling and Terri Lorenz, the Chippewa Valley Technical College Dental Clinic and its annual Give Kids a Smile Day event is a godsend. Each of the Eau Claire women brought three children to Give Kids a Smile Day Friday, Feb. 9, where they received free dental care,…
Read MoreColfax Health and Rehab – 2-14-2018
News for the week of February 5th to the 11th: Many of us slept in on Monday morning after staying up to watch the Big Game.
Read MoreColfax FBLA competes in Regional Leadership Conference with outstanding results
COLFAX — Members of the Colfax High School Future Business Leaders of America competed at the Regional Leadership Conference on Saturday, February 3, at St. Croix Central High School with 30 other schools from Region 1. The Colfax FBLA members had outstanding results, with all members taking the stage for placing in the top five…
Read MoreMARK H. JOHNSON
Mark H. Johnson, 64, of Colfax passed away on Tuesday, February 6, 2018, at home with his wife and grandson by his side.
Read MorePanel says roads, quarries and shoreland zoning important to maintain as ‘local control’
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — When it comes to roads, quarries and gravel pits, and shoreland zoning to help lakes polluted with blue-green algae, who is going to know more about the local situation: Dunn County or Madison? A panel of speakers invited to the Dunn County Judicial Center by the Chippewa Valley League…
Read MoreDC judge refuses to reduce $10,000 cash bail for Wausau man charged with EM robbery
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A Dunn County judge has denied a request to reduce a $10,000 cash bail for a Wausau man charged in connection with a Town of Elk Mound robbery. Judge Rod Smeltzer denied the bail request during an initial appearance made by Brandon D. Hervey in Dunn County Circuit Court…
Read MoreElk Mound getting closer to full-time police chief
By Cara L. Dempski ELK MOUND — Members of the Elk Mound village board learned last week the community is one step closer to having a full-time police presence once more. Interim police chief Mike Tietz reported during the February 7 regular meeting that Chad Weinberger is scheduled for his drug screen and physical and…
Read MoreCHS National Honor Society raises $3,000 for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — You know the old saying, “Many hands make light work.” The Colfax High School chapter of the National Honor Society put the concept to good use during a fund raiser for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) last month. All together, the Colfax chapter of NHS raised $3,000 for…
Read MoreColfax man suspected of criminal damage to property at the Colfax Laundromat
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A 29-year-old Colfax man is suspected of committing three misdemeanors pertaining to damage at the Colfax Laundromat. Donald J. Binder is scheduled to make an initial appearance in Dunn County Circuit Court before Judge James Peterson March 13 on one misdemeanor count each of criminal damage to property, disorderly…
Read MoreColfax men charged with breaking into Balsam Street home
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Two Colfax men have been charged in connection with a burglary at a house in Colfax on Balsam Street in December. Donald J. Binder, 29, and David A. Berg, 36, are both charged with Class F felonies of burglary to a building or a dwelling for an incident that…
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