Colfax
Elk Mound to begin update of village’s comprehensive land use plan
By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound Village Board has asked village staff and one volunteer from the village board to work on writing survey questions to begin the process for updating the Smart Growth comprehensive plan. State law requires comprehensive land use plans to be updated at least every 10 years,…
Read MoreWildlife rehabilitation expert Patti Stangel: “Good luck. God bless. Long life.”
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Whenever Patti Stangel releases an owl, a bird, a badger — or any of the other wildlife she rehabilitates — she always says, “Good Luck. God bless. Long life.” Stangel, of Wildlife Rehabilitation and Release Inc., spoke to the Merry Mixers at their June 2 meeting. Stangel’s wildlife rehabilitation…
Read MoreMonty’s Traveling Reptile Show coming to the Colfax Free Fair
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Maybe you’ve seen Monty’s Traveling Reptile Show at the Minnesota State Fair. Well — now you can say you’ve seen it at the Colfax Free Fair, too. Monty’s Traveling Reptile Show will be at the Colfax Free Fair on Sunday, June 19, beginning at 2 p.m. The Colfax Fair…
Read MoreAmerican Legion essay contest: What Memorial Day Means to Me
COLFAX — The Russell-Toycen Post 131 American Legion of Colfax held an essay contest this year on the subject of “What Memorial Day Means to Me.” The first place winner, Paige Jensen, read her essay at the Memorial Day ceremony at Colfax Evergreen Cemetery on May 30. Here is Paige’s essay, followed by the second…
Read MorePatrick Furey retiring from Colfax school district
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — After two and a half decades as a math and science teacher at Colfax High School and Colfax Middle School, Patrick Furey is retiring. As if hunting, fishing and a variety of community service projects were not enough to keep him busy, Furey is planning to work full time…
Read MoreColfax Village Board seeking bids to repair municipal building’s west wall
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board is seeking bids to repair the west wall of the Colfax Municipal Building. Troy Knutson of the Colfax Municipal Building Restoration Group contacted a contractor about a spray concrete to spray the interior basement walls, said Lynn Niggemann, village administrator-clerk-treasurer, at the Colfax Village Board’s…
Read MoreProject to stabilize Red Cedar River bank progressing
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Eight years after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers first came to Colfax to assess the erosion near the wastewater treatment lagoons along the Red Cedar River, the project to stabilize the river bank has finally started. The Village of Colfax was awarded $592,000 in Community Development Block Grant…
Read MoreColfax Public Library Board adopts “book challenge” policy
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Public Library Board has adopted a formal “book challenge” policy in the event that someone asks to have a book removed from the library’s collection as an act of censorship. Lisa Bragg-Hurlburt, director of the Colfax Public Library, said at the Colfax Public Library Board’s May 17…
Read MoreColfax continues discussion of turning Stuart Park into a campground
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Perhaps you’ve noticed the wooden stakes in Stuart Park on your way in and out of Colfax on state Highway 170. According to a preliminary drawing of the site submitted to the Colfax Village Board at the May 9 meeting by Village Trustee Jeff Prince, there could be as…
Read MoreColfax approves $6,000 for library carpeting and $9,300 for metal well house and gazebo roofs
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Maybe you have noticed the large wrinkles in the carpet at the Colfax Public Library. The wrinkles are large enough to pose a tripping hazard for patrons of the library, said Lisa Bragg-Hurlburt, library director, at the Colfax Village Board’s May 9 meeting. Hurlburt attended the meeting to discuss…
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