Colfax
Colfax acknowledges east/west Roosevelt Street vacated in 1930
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — It never hurts to check. The Colfax Village Board formally acknowledged at the October 11 meeting that a street identified as Roosevelt Street running east and west directly south of the A.E. Ackerman Dairy Products building was vacated in 1930 and the village board had reviewed the street already…
Read MoreAnother mystery: What happened to the bronze plaque on the flagpole in downtown Colfax?
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Here’s another mystery for people living in the Colfax area: What happened to the American Legion’s bronze plaque that used to be on the base of the flagpole in downtown Colfax? The solid bronze plaque was displayed on the base of the flagpole when the flagpole was in the…
Read MoreColfax authorizes transfer of Lot 4 in East View to Homes by Croix Creek
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Construction on another house will start soon in the Village of Colfax’s East View residential development on Dunn Street. The Colfax Village Board approved transferring the deed to Lot 4 in East View to John Fraley of Homes by Croix Creek at the village board’s October 11 meeting. The…
Read MoreColfax agrees to $15,400 for engineering fees in lieu of liquidated damages for Riverview Avenue
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board has agreed Skid Steer Guy LLC should pay $15,400 in additional engineering fees for the Riverview Avenue project instead of the village receiving $25,000 because the project went 34 days beyond the contracted completion date. The Riverview Avenue and High Street project now has a…
Read More2021 Colfax Homecoming festivities
More 2021 Colfax Homecoming photos can be found on our photography website.
Read MoreColfax harriers compete in Old Abe Invite
EAU CLAIRE — In their lone competition of the week and the final preparation prior to Thursday’s Dunn-St. Croix meet in Mondovi, Colfax’s boys’ and girls’ cross country teams traveled to Eau Claire’s South Middle School Saturday morning, October 9 to run in the annual Old Abe Invitational. In one of their best races of…
Read MoreCMBRG meets October 17
The Colfax Municipal Building Restoration Group will meet Sunday, October 17, at 4:30 p.m. in Tower Park next to the Colfax Municipal Building. In case of inclement weather, the group will meet at Cafe II Coffee Shop & Bakery on Main Street, a half block south of Tower Park. Anyone who is interested in the…
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Colfax public safety committee recommends 40-year-old ambulance agreement be updated
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The existing ambulance service agreement between the Colfax Rescue Squad and the municipalities served is 40 years old, and members of the village board’s public safety committee concur that it’s time to update the agreement. The service agreement currently in place was executed in the late 1970s or early…
Read MoreColfax public safety committee agrees to review rewritten 2nd amendment resolution
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — It all depends on the rewrite. If the group asking that the Colfax Village Board adopt a resolution making Colfax a second amendment sanctuary submits a rewritten resolution addressing the concerns of the village board and the concerns of the village’s attorney, the village board’s public safety committee agreed…
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