Dear Santa – Ms. Mohr’s 2nd Grade Class

My Favorite Christmas – Mr. Secraw’s 3rd Grade Class

My Favorite Christmas – Mrs. Kiekhafer’s 3rd Grade Class

My Favorite Christmas – Mrs. Hovde’s 3rd Grade Class

By Cara L. Dempski CEDAR FALLS — For all the joy the winter holiday season can bring, there can also be a lot of stress. Things like travel, parties, and even shopping for gifts can take their toll. Add in the extra challenge of having sick children, or being sick yourself, and small tasks can…

By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX —  As far as Mary and Ray Schulz are concerned, Christmas is the tie that binds. Mary and Ray celebrated their 71st wedding anniversary October 23. They were married in 1946. “People ask us how we made it 71 years. I always say, we never had anything in common. But…

By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX —  Violet Muhlenbeck’s earliest memories of Christmas involve listening intently. “In an old house, you always had the pipe that went to the chimney from the stove. My sisters and I would lay there, and my mother and dad would put the Christmas tree up. We would lay there and…

By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX —  To this day, when Faylene Keilholz Howe thinks about her German grandfather singing “Silent Night” in German, she gets tears in her eyes. Faylene was born in Eau Claire. Her family moved to a farm near Colfax when she was in fourth grade. She graduated from Colfax High School…

By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX —  Dr. David Frogner and his wife, Ethel (known to her friends and loved ones as “Eckie”), came from completely different backgrounds. Dr. Frogner grew up in Colfax. Mrs. Frogner grew up on a farm in Cooks Valley. Both of them, however, graduated from Colfax High School.

by Jerry Sutliff It seems like every year brings changes in the fashion of clothes we are expected wear, But Santa never updates any of his clothes I guess old Santa Claus just doesn’t care.