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Glenwood City man crashes car
Wendy Lausted: 15 years and counting on the Walk to End Alzheimer’s
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — For Colfax resident Wendy Lausted, fund raising and completing the Walk to End Alzheimer’s every year for the past 15 years is personal. Wendy’s mother-in-law died from Alzheimer’s disease on June 21, 2005. Her aunt died September 27, 2007, on Wendy and David Lausted’s wedding anniversary.
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One dead following two-vehicle crash at USH 63 and CTH G
Second accident at sight injures one One man is dead and another in serious condition following a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of US Highway 63 and County Truck Highway G shortly before 7:30 a.m. Thursday morning in the Town of Emerald in St. Croix County.
Read MoreLeRoy Butler: the journey from a wheelchair to the Super Bowl
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Unbelievable as it may seem, LeRoy Butler, a member of the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame and recently nominated to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, started out life in a wheelchair. Butler spoke to elementary, middle school and high school students in the Colfax High School gymnasium…
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A PERFECT MATCH: Wife donates kidney to husband of 43 years
GLENWOOD CITY, Wis. — When Ed and Darlene Waters of Glenwood City, Wisconsin, got married 43 years ago, it seemed they were a perfect match. It was only recently, though, that the couple learned just how true that really was.
Read MoreIraq and Afghanistan display: “Remembering Our Fallen From Wisconsin”
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The display of people from Wisconsin who have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan is a stark reminder of how many have died in a war so far away. When Mike Hanke, AMVETS State Vice Commander, asked William C. Yingst Jr. at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial dedication at Tom…
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