Colfax
Otter Creek residents concerned sex offender house “uninhabitable” and too close to children
By LeAnn R. Ralph TOWN OF OTTER CREEK — Town of Otter Creek residents who attended a public meeting about Chapter 980 sex offenders being placed in the township said they are concerned the house is “uninhabitable” and too close to neighboring children. The Dunn County Sheriff’s Department held a public meeting at the…
Read MoreChippewa Valley CWD Advisory Team: baiting and feeding bans extended in six counties
By LeAnn R. Ralph ROCK FALLS — With two additional wild Whitetail deer testing positive for chronic wasting disease in western Eau Claire County since last April, baiting and feeding bans have been extended in six west central Wisconsin counties. The Chippewa Valley CWD Advisory Team met at the Rock Creek Town Hall in Rock…
Read MoreColfax considering ways to help Timber Tech with expansion
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board is considering ways in which the village could help Timber Technologies with a 25,000 square foot expansion. After the expansion is completed, the village could give back to Timber Technologies half of the property tax money generated by the new construction, said Lynn Niggemann, village…
Read MoreColfax eligible for federal grant on $1.6 million Red Cedar River bank project
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — For years, the Colfax Village Board has been told people in Colfax “make too much money” for federal grants to help pay for the $1.6 million Red Cedar River bank stabilization project to protect the wastewater treatment lagoons. Not anymore. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development updated…
Read MoreHydrologist says people in rural subdivisions are drinking their neighbors’ septic tank water
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Do you know where your well water comes from? Neil Koch, a retired hydrologist, says in rural subdivisions in this area with private wells, within a few years of drilling the well, people are drinking their neighbors’ septic tank water. Koch, who also serves as a supervisor on the…
Read MoreSeehaver remanded to Mendota Mental Health Institute for medication and treatment
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A Dunn County judge has placed court proceedings on hold and has remanded former Colfax resident Richard Seehaver to the Mendota Mental Institute for medication and treatment to restore his competency. Judge Rod Smeltzer ordered Seehaver, 52, to be sent to Mendota during a court hearing February 28 after…
Read More“A Dog’s Purpose” coming March 16 to the Colfax Cozy Theatre
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — How many readers of the Colfax Messenger have a dog — or had one at some point in their lives? Do you consider your dog to be member of the family? And what is your dog’s “purpose?” Companion? Helper? Working dog? A free showing of the movie, “A Dog’s…
Read MoreDiscus honored by Colfax and Elk Mound School Districts
Rod Dicus receives D.A.R.E. plaque
THANK YOU — Colfax and Elk Mound Superintendents Bill Yingst (left) and Eric Wright (right) presented Rod Dicus (center) with a plaque during halftime of the Elk Mound versus Colfax boys’ basketball game Monday evening, February 11 in Elk Mound. Dicus retired recently from the Dunn County Sheriff’s Office where he served as the…
Read MoreColfax school board WASB report: school safety became contentious issue
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — If there is any subject that should not seem contentious it would be school safety, because doesn’t everyone want kids to be safe at school? As it turned out, school safety was not so much the issue, but rather, whether students who make threats at school should be charged…
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