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Handicapped-accessible fishing pier to be installed at Colfax Red Cedar Preserve and Recreation Area
By LeAnn R. Ralph Editor’s note: LeAnn R. Ralph serves on the Colfax Red Cedar Preserve and Recreation Area Management Committee. COLFAX — The handicapped-accessible fishing pier at the Colfax Red Cedar Preserve and Recreation Area will be installed and ready to use by the time warmer weather arrives this spring. Anderson Bridges of Colfax…
Read MoreThree friends reconnect 50 years after growing up together in Colfax
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — What do you remember about your friends when you were growing up? Do you still see them? Do you talk to them once in a while? Or have you lost touch with them but wonder what is going on in their lives now? A Little Slice of Italy in…
Read MoreColfax Commercial Club seeking nominations for 2023 J.D. Simons Community Volunteer Award
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Commercial Club is once again seeking nominations for the J.D. Simons Community Volunteer Award. The J.D. Simons Community Volunteer Award for 2023 will be the seventh awarded by the Colfax Commercial Club. The award is intended to provide recognition to an individual either living in Colfax or…
Read MoreIncumbents running for Colfax and Elk Mound village board and school board
By LeAnn R.Ralph COLFAX — Incumbents will be on the ballot April 2 for the Colfax Village Board, the Colfax Board of Education and the Elk Mound Village Board, while the Elk Mound Board of Education had one incumbent who filed notification of non-candidacy. All of the candidates filed their paperwork by the January 2…
Read MoreColfax paramedic appointed as interim director of the Colfax Rescue Squad
By LeAnn R.Ralph COLFAX — Chrystal Smith, a paramedic with the Colfax Rescue Squad, has been appointed as the interim director following the resignation of Don Knutson. Knutson officially resigned as of January 1 and served the Colfax Rescue Squad for 34 years. On January 2, Knutson started his new position as clerk-treasurer for the…
Read MoreOne couple’s journey from Elk Mound to Australia to Malaysia to Colfax
By LeAnn R.Ralph COLFAX — How did a young man who graduated from Elk Mound High School end up living in Australia and marrying a brilliant young woman from Malaysia with a doctorate degree in Social Psychology? Alex Tandberg and Hema Preya Selvanathan live in Brisbane, Australia, and were married in Malaysia on December 7,…
Read MoreFrom “Winding Up the Yarn” — A very special Christmas present
COLFAX — The following was published in Helen Reed’s column, “Winding Up the Yarn,” in the Colfax Messenger on January 1, 1959: A very special Christmas present arrived at the home of Mrs. Ethel Fjelsted and family just a week before Christmas. The arrival was Blacky, a black Angora cat who had disappeared from the…
Read More2023: A Year in Review: 2023 top headlines from January, February, and March
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Another year has come and gone, and as the Colfax Messenger enters its 128th year of publication, here is a look back at the top news stories of 2023. January 4, 2023 Although Dunn County is proceeding as if the county Highway B project from U.S. Highway 12 to…
Read MoreColfax school district “meets expectations” on state report card
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax school district, with a score of 64.9, “meets expectations” on the school report card for 2022-2023 issued by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. Colfax Elementary “exceeds expectations,” and the middle school and high school “meet expectations,” so overall, the school district meets expectations, said William C.…
Read MoreNew WASB resolutions support “talent development” to help with teacher shortage
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Two of the new resolutions that will be introduced at the Wisconsin Association of School Boards convention in January focus on incentivizing talent development as a way to help alleviate the teacher shortage. There are 11 resolutions that will be presented at the WASB convention, and the first two…
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