Colfax
55th Colfax Firefighters’ Ball this Saturday
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The 55th Annual Colfax Firefighters’ Ball kicks off this Saturday, September 9, with the parade on Main Street at noon. Lineup for the Colfax Firefighters’ Ball Parade begins at 9 a.m. in the Colfax High School parking lot on University Avenue in Colfax. Parade units may register the day…
Read MoreColfax Rescue Squad annual meeting: municipalities recommend $2 per hour raises for EMTs
By LeAnn R. Ralph Editor’s Note: LeAnn R. Ralph serves as chair of the Town of Otter Creek. COLFAX — Representatives for the municipalities served by the Colfax Rescue Squad have recommended that the EMTs receive raises of $2 an hour and that the ambulance service has four 40-hour per week EMTs. The $2 an…
Read MoreColfax school district annual meeting sets $3 million property tax levy for 2023-2024
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Electors in the Colfax school district approved a property tax levy of $3,007,245 for the 2023-2024 school year at the annual meeting August 21. Adjustments to the tax levy could be made in October after the September student count and after the exact amount of state aid has been…
Read MoreColfax school board aims to maintain graduation decorum
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — All it takes is one senior wearing a Spiderman costume or attaching blinking lights to a graduation cap with a message of “Now What?” inscribed in glitter on the back of the graduation gown — and the decorum of the graduation ceremony is ruined. The Colfax Board of Education…
Read MoreColfax elevator fund now close to $130,000
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Village of Colfax’s elevator fund for the Colfax Municipal Building is now close to $130,000. Lisa Bragg-Hurlburt, director of the Colfax Public Library, reported in a videotaped library update available on the library’s Facebook page that the elevator fund is $168 shy of reaching $130,000. The elevator thrift…
Read MoreColfax Public Property committee identifies first steps for improvements to clerk’s office, police dept. and library
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Why has the Colfax Municipal Building basement been closed to the public for nearly 25 years? What would it take to remodel the Department of Public Works Building to also house the Colfax Police Department? These were the two questions the Colfax Village Board’s Public Property Committee identified as…
Read MoreColfax grants subdivision request for 608 and 612 University
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Following a public hearing and a recommendation from the Colfax Plan Commission, the Colfax Village Board has approved a subdivision request for 608 University Avenue and 612 University Avenue. The public hearing for the request made by Samantha Secraw (612 University) and Kent (Sid) Hoke (608 University) was held…
Read MoreTractor Fest scheduled at Colfax Fairgrounds August 26
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The 3rd Annual Tractor Fest sponsored by the Colfax FFA and Colfax FFA Alumni will be held the Colfax Fairgrounds this Saturday, August 26, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Anyone who is interested in bringing any kind of tractor can come to the fairgrounds prior to 9 a.m.…
Read MoreColfax adds 3-foot setback for boundary fences and allows black vinyl-coated chain link
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Zoning Board of appeals will no longer have to meet for a variance request to allow a black vinyl-coated steel chain link fence. The Colfax Village Board approved adding black vinyl-coated steel chain link fences to the village’s fence ordinance at the August 14 meeting. Prior to…
Read MoreHouse fire on Pine Street damages upstairs bedroom
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Community Fire Department responded to a call at 9:30 p.m. Sunday, August 13, for a structure fire on Pine Street in Colfax that ended up being confined to a second story bedroom. Colfax firefighters were on scene at 508 Pine Street for about two hours, said Gary…
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