Colfax
Optimists name December Youth of the Month
Honoring outstanding seniors from Dunn County’s high schools has been a tradition of the Menomonie Optimist Club for over 30 years. For the month of December, Optimists honored Mason Yarrington of Colfax High School as the December Youth of the Month. Mason Yarrington is a senior at Colfax High School, where he has excelled academically…
Read MoreResidents who use Colfax SW&R will have six months to implement clear plastic bags
Editor’s note: LeAnn R. Ralph serves on the Colfax Solid Waste & Recycling Committee as the representative for the Town of Otter Creek. By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — Residents who use the Colfax solid waste and recycling sites at Colfax and Elk Mound will have six months to implement the use of clear…
Read MoreRemembrances of Christmas Past Gust Fehr: “We were never bored at Christmastime. There was always something to do.”
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Colfax resident Gust Fehr grew up in the Towns of Auburn and Cooks Valley north of Colfax in Chippewa County during the years of the Great Depression and World War II. While the Fehr family may not have had much money, as was true of many families at the…
Read MoreSewer rates in Colfax will increase by 2 percent
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Residents and businesses in Colfax will be paying an increase of 2 percent on sewer rates in 2024. Lynn Niggemann, village administrator-clerk-treasurer, provided a spreadsheet to the Colfax Village Board during the December 11 meeting showing the increase at 2 percent, 4 percent and 6 percent. The average residential…
Read MoreColfax contracts with Ayres for preliminary work on Balsam and Oak for $87,000
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The next two streets identified in Colfax for reconstruction and paving are Balsam Street and Oak Street. To start the process, the Colfax Village Board approved a contract with Ayres Associates at the December 11 meeting for a total cost of $86,800 to survey the two streets; for the…
Read MoreColfax will no longer pay the entire fire bill for fires within village limits
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board has approved changing the procedure so that instead of paying the entire bill from the Colfax fire department for a fire within the village limits, the village will cover $500 toward the deductible. Right now, the village pays 100 percent of the cost for the…
Read MoreColfax 22ers 4-H club inducts new officers
Installation and Awards The Colfax 4-H 22ers recently installed new officers. The current President is Megan Christensen, the Vice President is Evelyn Lisowiski, the Treasurer is Jonah Harder, the Secretary is Ella Harder, Reporter is Michael Christensen, and the Historians are Eleanor Lisowski and Hans Harder. Many people received awards. Eleanor Lisowski was a County…
Read MoreColfax employees receive 6 percent pay raise, with police dept. receiving larger increases
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board awarded a 6 percent pay increase to village employees along with larger pay increases for the police department following a closed session meeting December 4 that lasted more than five hours. The closed session meeting began at 6 p.m. and adjourned after 11 p.m. The…
Read MoreColfax approves total tax levy of $496,147 with mill rate of $20.98
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board has approved a total property tax levy for the 2024 budget of $496,147 with an overall mill rate of $20.98 per $1,000 of property value. The village board held a public hearing on the 2024 budget the evening of December 7, although no members of…
Read MoreColfax Rescue Squad director, Don Knutson, resigns after 34 years of community service
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Talk about cataclysmic change for both the Colfax Rescue Squad — and for the director of the Colfax Rescue Squad, Don Knutson. After working in Emergency Medical Services for 34 years, Knutson tendered his resignation December 4. Knutson is 55 years old. Over half of his life has been…
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