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Dear Santa – By Mrs. Ryan’s 2nd Grade Class
Dear Santa, I have been good. I have been helping my mom. I am putting up my tree. Thank you for all this stuff and I got a new puppy that is mine. His name is Andrew. How does you sled work? I wish that my family is alwase happy. Please bring me a cosy…
Read MoreMy Favorite Christmas By Mrs. Kiekhafer’s 3rd Grade Class
My Favorite Christmas was Last year. Last year I got a lot of gifts. I also got to spend time with my family. and I got to go to a cool place to eat. then I went home and played with my toys. these are some things that I liked about Last years christmas. Haylie…
Read MoreMy Favorite Christmas By Mrs. Hovde’s 3rd Grade Class
My Favorite Christmas was when I got my doll school. First, i got this in 2020. Next, we celebrate christmas on our living room. Then, befor we came out of the bedrooms we herd a noise… it was santa. finlly, Me My sister and My brohter and my mom and dad all celebrate. This was…
Read MoreMy Favorite Christmas By Mr. Secraw’s 3rd Grade Class
My Favorite Christmas 2 year ago I gut a laver tag, french ball dog, rc car, monster truck, ugly sweater, candyland and combine becasue teh food that my grndma and grandpa make is good it is fun makeing gingerbread house then we go sledding my favorite is opening presents. Kale Bjork, 8 My Favorite Christmas …
Read MoreBarbershoppers bring holiday cheer to area care centers
On Tuesday, December 6, 2022, the “Merry Gentlemen Holiday Singers” from the Dunn County Chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society made several stops throughout the Chippewa Valley area. The first stop was at the American Lutheran Home in Mondovi to sing several Yuletide Favorites and Jolly Christmas songs to their residents and friends. On with…
Read MoreRemembrances of Christmases Past Mary Ellen Ralph: Norway was the experience of a lifetime.
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Never in her wildest dreams did Mary Ellen Greenhill ever think she would live in Norway. And work as a nurses’ aid and as a nurse. For two and a half years. But she did. Mary Ellen Greenhill Ralph considers her time in Norway, on a visit with her…
Read MoreRemembrances of Christmases Past Ingman Ralph: “I probably had a little bigger part in the Christmas program than I would have liked.”
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Ingman Ralph, who grew up on a farm west of Colfax in the Norton area, says that many of his memories of Christmas revolve around the Norton School Christmas program and the Sunday school Christmas program. “What I can remember about the programs is that I probably had…
Read MoreRemembrances of Christmases Past Cheryl and Gary Stene: “Opposites” agree that Christmas is about family
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — One grew up in the country. The other grew up in town. One came from a family of 15 children. The other came from a family of two boys. One had lutefisk at home for Christmas. The other did not have lutefisk at home. But even though Colfax residents…
Read MoreState report card: Colfax schools “meet expectations”
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax school district “meets expectations” on the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction’s report card for the 2021-2022 school year. The Colfax Board of Education reviewed the latest results pertaining to the state report card at the December 14 meeting. The school board had originally been scheduled to…
Read MoreColfax’s TIF Districts are working well
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Colfax’s three Tax Increment Finance (TIF) Districts have a positive balance, according to a report from Josh Lowe of Ehlers, the village’s municipal financial advisor. The Joint Review Board for the village’s TIF districts met just prior to the December 12 Colfax Village Board meeting to receive the report…
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