Colfax
“A Christmas Carol” coming to the Cozy Theater December 18
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — “Bah! Humbug!” — says Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” But by the end of the story, after encountering the ghost of Jacob Marley, Scrooge’s deceased business partner, and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come, Scrooge is cheerfully wishing everyone “Merry Christmas!” The…
Read MoreColfax allows hunting at solid waste & recycling site — for now
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board has agreed to allow hunting to continue at the Colfax Solid Waste & Recycling site for this year but to review the decision before the 2022 hunting season. The people who work at the collection site are concerned about hunting, said Lynn Niggemann, village administrator-clerk-treasurer,…
Read MoreColfax delays trade-in on Bobcat to find out 2-year trade-in value
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Instead of trading in the village’s Bobcat compact track loader after one year of operation, the Colfax Village Board has asked to find out the two-year trade-in value. The proposal in the village board’s packet for the November 22 meeting would have resulted in the village acquiring a new…
Read MoreColfax school district will not be offering COVID-19 vaccine clinics
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has now been authorized for emergency use in children ages 5 to 11, but the Colfax school district will not be offering vaccine clinics. In the past, blood drives have been held in the lobby of the Martin Anderson…
Read MoreThe Viking Ship: CHS tech ed students present projects to school board
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Did you know you can order Viking apparel, personalized mugs, signs and cribbage boards and “Viking buck” coat racks from a student-run business at Colfax High School called The Viking Ship? Jamie Buchholtz, CHS technology education teacher, and three of his students — Taylor Risler, Will Wanish and…
Read MoreColfax Veterans’ Day Salute
Viking Bowl Bowling Results – 11-17-2021
Sunday Mixed Couples 11/7/2021 Strikeless Yoopers 18-2, Fehrless Sinzers 14-6, Gutter Kings 12-8,Andy’s Custom Co 11-9, The 3 Balls, 2 split 7-13, Alley Gators 6-14, The Happy Secraw 6-14, Gotta Go’s 5-15 Men’s High Scratch Game: Mitchell Sinz 256,Tom Knutson 241 , John Sauerwein 236 Men’s High Scratch Series: John Sauerwein 682, Otter Hanson 596,…
Read MoreColfax Womens Club collect donations for the Bridge to Hope
Dunn County Highway Department looking at $1.4 million budget deficit
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Depending on how much snow falls between now and the end of the year, the Dunn County Highway Department could end up with a $1.4 million budget deficit for 2021. The deficit is because of an accounting error as the result of purchasing equipment with no revenue to match…
Read MoreDunn County pays $168,000 claim resulting from fraud
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — “Someone” changed a pay request from Haas Sons Inc. for road work, and now Dunn County is on the hook for $168,000. Haas Sons was under contract with Dunn County in 2019 to build the road that runs parallel with U.S. 12/29 connecting Lookout Road, which is the entry…
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