Colfax
Colfax Solid Waste & Recycling budget for 2023 set at $353,132
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The 2023 Colfax Solid Waste and Recycling budget is $353,132, which includes revenue and expenses for both the Colfax collection site and the Elk Mound collection site. The Colfax Village Board reviewed the budget for 2023 at the December 8 budget meeting. The state Department of Natural Resources…
Read MoreColfax Lutheran Church welcomes new pastor
COLFAX — Colfax Lutheran Church welcomed Pastor Mamy Ranaivoson on Sunday, November 20, 2022, with his official installation on December 4, 2022. Pastor Mamy has a rich history of life and professional experience. He is originally from Madagascar and began working as a missionary medical doctor in the 1990s in Papua New Guinea, serving as…
Read MoreColfax sets property tax levy at $485,082 on budget of $1.31 million for 2023
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board has set a property tax levy of $485,082 on a budget of $1.31 million for 2023. The village board held a public hearing on the 2023 budget December 8. No members of the public were present to speak about the budget during the public hearing.…
Read MoreColfax switches to Liberty Mutual health insurance at an annual cost of $102,248
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board has approved switching from Health Traditions for employee health insurance to Liberty Mutual an annual cost to the village of $102,248, resulting in a savings of about $5,000. The village pays 90 percent of the health insurance premiums for employees, and the employees pay 10…
Read More“Christmas in the Village” Dec. 3 on Main Street instead of Kyle’s Market
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — There has been a change in plans for the Colfantastic Event “Christmas in the Village” on December 3. According to information that was available to the Colfax Village Board in October and as was reported by the Colfax Messenger, the parade route was planned to follow the route for…
Read MoreColfax school district receives $30,000 rebate from EPA’s Clean School Bus program
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax school district has received a $30,000 rebate from the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean School bus program for the purchase of one liquid propane (LP) bus. The rebates were available for LP buses, and to qualify, the school district must have one older diesel bus…
Read MoreColfax village board approves pay raises for trustees and village president
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board has approved increasing the pay for trustees by $250 per year to $1,500 and increasing the pay for the village president by $450 to $2,000 per year and that the pay per meeting should remain at $20. The village board discussed the prospect of increasing…
Read MoreCost estimated at $175,000 to $190,000 to build a campground in Colfax
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The estimated cost to build a campground in Stuart Park directly east of Tom Prince Memorial Park in Colfax is $175,000 to $190,000. Bob Bossany, director of the Dunn County Economic Development Corporation, spoke to the Colfax Village Board at the November 14 meeting about the proposed campground. Bossany…
Read MoreColfax accepts bid of $328,489 for new ambulance
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board has accepted a bid of $328,489, less $10,000 trade-in, for a new ambulance from Demers Ambulances at a final cost of $318,489. Don Knutson, director of the Colfax Rescue Squad, sent out five bid requests for a new ambulance and received three bids back, the…
Read MoreColfax FFA chapter reports on experiences at national FFA convention
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Three members of the Colfax FFA who attended the 95th National FFA Convention and Expo in Indianapolis, Indiana, in October say it was the experience of a lifetime. Allison Schmitt, a senior at Colfax High School who is the vice-president of the Colfax FFA chapter, Rosie Sonnentag, a sophomore,…
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