In control of their destiny: First-place Lady Vikings beat Mounders
By Cara L. Dempski ELK MOUND — It is fairly safe to say Joe Doucette’s Viking girls’ basketball team did not play up to its potential the first time it played Elk Mound this season. That game, played December 14 at Colfax, saw the Mounders take a 48-36 win after capitalizing on the chinks in…
Read MoreColfax Ice Vikes and Elk Mound Youth Ice Fishing angling through the cold
By Cara L. Dempski The first few weeks of 2018 brought a cold start to this year’s ice fishing season, with temperatures down around zero most Saturdays. But, the cold conditions did not dissuade a group of young local anglers intent on catching the big one from hitting a few Northern Wisconsin lakes for weekend…
Read MoreBloomer/Colfax wrestling gets taste of conference at Heart O’ North duals
By Cara L. Dempski CUMBERLAND — The Bloomer/Colfax wrestling co-op got the flavor of how things might go in this year’s Heart O’ North with a unique series of duals held last Friday evening. The January 26 HON Duals, the conference’s first Super Tour contests, pitted north division teams against their south counterparts. While the…
Read MoreColfax Dance Team qualifies for State
The Colfax Dance Team began working back in August to prepare for that one moment on the floor to show their skills and they did just that this past Saturday, January 27 at the WACPC Western Regional Competition in Wausau, WI. The Division 5 Pom in the Western Regional had the toughest competition and the…
Read MoreColfax Public Library launches “Reading Road Trip Challenge”
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — In which state was the Declaration of Independence signed? Mount St. Helen erupted in 1980 in which state? Which state was the last of the 13 original colonies? These are just three of the 12 geography questions included in the Colfax Public Library’s “Reading Road Trip Challenge.”
Read MoreFire prevention: Colfax Elementary students design posters for “Every Second Counts, Plan 2 Ways Out”
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — If your house was on fire, have you thought about how you would get out? What would you do if you were on the first floor? What if you were upstairs? Or what if you were in the basement? When it comes to being prepared in the event of…
Read MoreColfax sells old warming house for $520.67
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board has awarded the high bid to Gary Hill of Colfax for the old ice skating rink warming house in the amount of $520.67. The village board awarded the bid at the January 25 meeting. The Colfax Village Board had been scheduled to meet January 21…
Read MoreColfax Village Board declines offer of old nursing home building
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board has decided not to accept the offer of the former nursing home building on High Street from the Colfax Health and Rehabilitation Center. The village board met in closed session January 25 to discuss the recommendation of the Colfax Plan Commission to stop any further…
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Bowling News – 1-24-2018
Read MoreOff The Editor’s Desk – 1-24-2018
Change! Remember eight years ago, or I mean more than nine years ago when Obama was running for President and all his supporters were carrying around signs that read “CHANGE.”
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