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Colfax village president candidate Carey Davis
COLFAX — Colfax Village Board member Carey Davis has filed as a write-in candidate with the village clerk for the village president position in the April 4 election. Village board member Jeff Prince has filed nomination papers for the village president position and will be on the ballot for trustee as well. The Colfax Messenger…
Read MoreColfax Public Library reports total circulation of 30,265 for 2022
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Public Library had a total circulation for 2022 of 30,265, according to the annual report dated February 15 filed by Lisa Bragg-Hurlburt, director of the Colfax Public Library. Last year’s circulation of 30,265 compares to a total circulation of 34,598 for 2021, which was the highest circulation…
Read MoreColfax Board of Education candidate Jaclyn Ackerlund
COLFAX — Four candidates are on the ballot for the April 4 election for three positions on the Colfax Board of Education: Jaclyn Ackerlund (incumbent), Ken Bjork (incumbent), Jodi Kiekhafer (incumbent) and Denise Solberg. The Colfax Messenger sent out candidate questionnaires. Here are Jaclyn Ackerlund’s responses. Ackerlund is married to her husband, Steve, and has…
Read MoreColfax Board of Education candidate Denise Solberg
COLFAX — Four candidates are on the ballot in the April 4 election for three positions on the Colfax Board of Education: Jaclyn Ackerlund (incumbent), Kenneth Bjork (incumbent), Jodi Kiekhafer (incumbent) and Denise Solberg. The Colfax Messenger sent out candidate questionnaires. Here are Denise Solberg’s responses. Solberg, age 47, is married to Nathan Solberg and…
Read MoreColfax Board of Education candidate Ken Bjork
COLFAX — Four candidates are on the ballot in the April 4 election for three positions on the Colfax Board of Education: Jaclyn Ackerlund (incumbent), Kenneth Bjork (incumbent), Jodi Kiekhafer (incumbent) and Denise Solberg. The Colfax Messenger sent out candidate questionnaires. Here are Ken Bjork’s responses. Bjork, age 72, and his wife, Mary, have four…
Read MoreColfax contracts with Hydrocorp for cross-connection inspections at $3,024
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board has contracted with Hydrocorp to continue cross-inspections for residential service connections in the village for the amount of $3,024. The state Department of Natural Resources requires so many residences and/or commercial properties to be inspected per year to prevent backflow contamination of municipal water sources,…
Read MoreTainter Machine celebrates 30 years — and now onto to the next chapter
by LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Tainter Machine — operating under the motto of “Building your ideas! — celebrated its 30th anniversary February 24. The rural Colfax business, located on county Highway D not far from Tainter Lake, is one of the few machine shops that will do a “one off” and can fabricate just…
Read MoreJ.D. Simons Community Volunteer Award for 2022 presented to Michelle Knutson
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX— Colfax resident Michelle Knutson is the recipient of the J.D. Simons Community Volunteer Award for 2022. Mark Johnson, president of the Colfax Commercial Club, presented the award to Knutson at the Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper at Colfax Lutheran Church February 21. J.D. Simons was considered to be the founder of…
Read MoreWASB delegates turn down resolution for providing universal free school lunches
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Delegates at the Wisconsin Association of School Board’s delegate assembly at the convention in January failed only one resolution out of 19 — the resolution to provide universal free lunches for school children. Ken Neuburg, a member of the Colfax Board of Education and the board’s representative to the…
Read MoreColfax school board approves girls’ wrestling co-op
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Board of Education has approved a girls’ wrestling cooperative with the Bloomer school district. A few years ago, a boys’ wrestling co-op was established with Bloomer, and the boys and girls who wrestle were on a combined team, said Michael Hodel, athletic director for the Colfax…
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