Colfax
Local law enforcement partners with 24-7 & West Wisconsin Telcom for Packer cards
Green Bay Packer season is here! Local Law Enforcement and 24-7 & West Wisconsin Telcom have a new deck of 2018 Packers Trading cards to give away. These special Green Bay Packer Player trading cards include pictures of 20 different Packers players and Coach McCarthy. On the reverse side, the cards have crime prevention tips…
Read MoreTwister Run results listed
Following are the results of the 2018 Twister Run:
Read MoreColfax Health and Rehab – 9-19-2018
News for the week of September 9th to the 15th: Before I start with the news for this week, let’s review last Saturday’s events from the Colfax Firefighter’s Ball Parade. In the morning we busied ourselves loading the wagon with residents who would ride in the parade.
Read MoreCHS Class of 1968 extends reunion invitation to all CHS grads
COLFAX — The Colfax High School Class of 1968 invites all graduates of Colfax High School to join them at their 50th class reunion at 8 p.m. September 22 at Whitetail Golf Course. “We are having a fantastic time planning our fiftieth reunion. We are having a big hurrah,” said Julie Peterson Harmon, a member…
Read MoreJoan Scharlau: Head vases from Mickey Mouse to Lana Turner and Rita Hayworth
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The things you don’t learn about in this job. Head vases, for example. What’s a head vase, you ask? Head vases are what they sound like — a ceramic vase in the form of a person’s head. Joan Scharlau of Colfax collects them. Scharlau has about 70 head vases…
Read More“God’s work. Our hands.” — Colfax Lutheran builds new fence for Evergreen Cemetery
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The old saying, “Many hands make light work,” really is true. A group of about 20 volunteers from Colfax Lutheran Church built and installed a new fence at Evergreen Cemetery in Colfax on Sunday, September 9, as part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s “God’s work. Our hands.”…
Read MoreBeer garden at Colfax Fairgrounds to get new bleachers
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Out with the old — in with the new. New aluminum bleachers, that is. The Colfax Village Board approved moving forward with purchasing new aluminum bleachers for the beer garden at the Colfax Fairgrounds during the September 10 meeting. Rand Bates, director of public works, had gone on record…
Read MoreColfax approves B2 zoning for Colfax Railroad Museum’s Soo Park
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board’s approval of Business 2 zoning for the Soo Park parcel has brought the Colfax Railroad Museum one step closer to making the miniature train ride a reality. The parcel was not zoned prior to this. The zoning board of appeals, following a public hearing, has…
Read MoreLeague of Women Voters to observe National Voter Registration Day
MENOMONIE – League of Women Voters of Greater Chippewa Valley this week announced activities planned for National Voter Registration Day, Sept. 25. “With midterms and governor races happening in a few weeks, every eligible American voter should exercise his or her right to be heard at the ballot box this year and next,” says Kitz…
Read MoreLeague of Women Voters to host Assembly District 29 Forum
MENOMONIE – League of Women Voters of Greater Chippewa Valley this week announced a forum for the three candidates for Assembly District 29 on Sept. 25, 6:30 p.m. in the community room of the Judicial Center, 615 Stokke Parkway, Menomonie. Candidates to represent Assembly District 29 are: Republican Rob Stafsholt, Libertarian Brian Corriea and Democrat…
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