Colfax
WCWRPC Regional Business Fund has money to lend
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Regional Business Fund, Inc. administered through the West Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission has $15 million to lend under a variety of programs. The Regional Business Fund became a non-profit organization in 2007 and consolidated Community Development Block Grant funds from a variety of communities that agreed to…
Read MoreGood news for Colfax – Army Corps of Engineers money counts as “in kind” contribution for river bank project
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — It’s a match! The only thing standing between the Village of Colfax and an application for a federal grant to help the village pay $600,000 toward the $1.6 million Red Cedar River bank project to protect the wastewater treatment lagoons from washing out was whether the $1 million…
Read MoreOCD Foundation evicted from former Colfax Area Nursing Home
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — A Dunn County court commissioner has granted an eviction order giving the OCD Foundation 10 days to vacate the former nursing home building in Colfax at 1011 University Avenue. Dunn County Court Commissioner Brent Skinner granted the eviction order following a hearing March 13. Tanya Bruder, an attorney representing…
Read MoreColfax Village Board grants zoning variance to Timber Tech for expansion project
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Timber Technologies has been granted a zoning variance for two larger driveways to accommodate the company’s expansion project. The village’s ordinance only allows one driveway per parcel, and Timber Technologies needs two driveways that will exceed the 30-foot width, which will require a variance approved by the village board,…
Read MoreWhere to go with all the snow in Colfax
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — With all of the snowstorms over the past six weeks, are you running out of places to put snow? If so, you are not alone. The issue of no more places to put snow was a topic of discussion for the Colfax Village Board at the March 11 meeting.…
Read MoreCaring Ministries Emergency Food Pantry still operating
COLFAX — The Caring Ministries Emergency Food Pantry is still operating from the Colfax United Methodist church. “There seems to be some confusion in the community if it is still actively serving people, which it is,” said Reverend Craig Conklin, the pastor at Colfax United Methodist and Tainter United Methodist, in an e-mail message to…
Read More$62,785 in restitution requested in connection with burglary at Rock Creek home destroyed by fire
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Restitution of $62,785 has been requested from a 34-year-old Eau Claire man who pleaded guilty in Dunn County Circuit Court in connection with a burglary at a Rock Creek home destroyed by fire. Dunn County Assistant District Attorney Andrew Maki requested the restitution amount from Michael A. Tenney…
Read MoreDunn County charges dismissed against EC man accused of stealing guns in Spring Brook burglary
MENOMONIE — A Dunn County judge has dismissed charges against an Eau Claire man accused of stealing guns in a Town of Spring Brook burglary but the charges were read into another case for sentencing in Eau Claire County. Judge Rod Smeltzer dismissed the charges against Patrick E. Nolan, age 30, during a hearing in…
Read MoreDunn County ATV/UTV Assoc. proposing route through Elk Mound
By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Dunn County ATV/UTV Association would like to have an all-terrain vehicle/utility task vehicle route through Elk Mound. Eldora Deraad, representing the Dunn County ATV/UTV Association, spoke to the Elk Mound Village Board about a route through the village during the public comments portion of the March 6…
Read More“Beds 4 Kids” aims to help families taking in children for foster care or kinship care
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — “Beds 4 Kids” is wondering if you could help. “About two years ago, we got placement of three (of our) grandchildren, and when we got them, we didn’t have sleeping arrangements for them. They were sleeping on an air mattress,” said Robyn Lee of New Auburn. “We had friends…
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