Colfax
7 more quilts awarded by Northwoods Quilts of Valor
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Members of the Northwoods Quilts of Valor have been working steadily, and they awarded another seven quilts during a ceremony at the Viking Bowl in Colfax on July 16. The most recent Quilts of Valor recipients are Tommy Allen, Larry Knutson, Josh Mannel, Shaun Olson, Delvin Ruhling, Janiece Ruhling…
Read MoreElk Mound’s Dr. Baier joins Clear Connection Chiropractic in Colfax
COLFAX — Dr. Katie Baier, a native of Elk Mound and a Mounder graduate, has joined Clear Connection Chiropractic. Dr. Baier, who specializes in sport injury and rehabilitation, will be treating patients at the Colfax office located at 600 Main Street. With the addition of Dr. Baier, the Colfax location will offer expanded hours Monday…
Read MoreZanchetti chrged with stealing over $30,000, bound over for trial
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A 29-year-old Chippewa Falls man charged with four felonies related to stealing nearly $30,000 worth of tools from Timber Technologies in Colfax has been bound over for trial in Dunn County Circuit Court. Mason P. Zanchetti appeared in Dunn County Circuit Court August 5 for a preliminary hearing before…
Read MoreSchool District of Colfax announces new Superintendents
Colfax, WI – The Board of Education for the School District of Colfax has selected Paul Blanford and Troy Gunderson to serve as Interim Superintendents for the upcoming school year. Blanford and Gunderson will combine efforts to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of William Yingst Jr. Blanford and Gunderson are recently retired school…
Read MoreDelivery on Colfax’s new fire engine expected in late March of 2026
Editor’s note: LeAnn R. Ralph serves as chair of the Town of Otter Creek and as chair of the Colfax Community Fire District Board. By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Delivery on the Colfax Community Fire Department’s new fire engine is expected in late March of 2026. The cost of the new fire engine is…
Read MoreNovember 20, 1969, Colfax Messenger: “Three Localites Meet By Chance in Vietnam”
COLFAX — Two of the people in this story from the Colfax Messenger archives, Larry Edwards and Duane Schindler, received quilts from the Northwoods Quits of Valor at a presentation March 29 at the Viking Bowl. Jim Irwin received a Quilt of Valor during a Veterans Day presentation November 11, 2024. From the November 20,…
Read MoreNorthwoods Quilts of Valor awards 12 quilts to Vietnam War veterans
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Members of the Northwoods Quilts of Valor awarded 12 quilts at the Viking Bowl the evening of March 29 to area veterans who served during the Vietnam War era from 1955 to 1975. Northwoods Quilts of Valor began stitching quilts in 2022. Quilts of Valor was started in 2003…
Read MoreDonor pledges $40,000 in matching funds for elevator project
Editor’s Note: LeAnn R. Ralph serves on the Colfax elevator commission. By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — An anonymous donor has pledged $40,000 in matching funds for the Colfax Municipal Building elevator project. The donor is an alumnus of Colfax High School, said Lisa Bragg-Hurlburt, director of the Colfax Public Library, and a member of…
Read MoreJ.D. Simons Award: Lisa Bragg-Hurlburt and Jolene Albricht
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The 2024 J.D. Simons Community Volunteer Award has been presented to Lisa Bragg-Hurlburt, director of the Colfax Public Library, and Jolene Albricht, youth services librarian. The Colfax Commercial Club presented the awards at the Colfax Public Library on March 27. The 2024 J.D. Simons Award marks the ninth presentation…
Read MoreApril 1 local area election results
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — April 1 was spring election day in Wisconsin, and there were a number of local elections on the ballot for village board, school board and town board. According to the unofficial election results posted on the Dunn County clerk’s website, a total of 17,196 votes were cast in Dunn…
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