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Joint Review Board approves TID-5 for Colfax

By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Joint Review Board for the Village of Colfax has given final approval for creating Tax Increment Finance District 5. The Joint Review Board’s approval of TID-5 at a meeting held September 28 was the final step in the process of creating a new tax increment finance district for…

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Colfax school board retains masks optional policy

By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Board of Education has agreed to keep the “masks optional” policy in the Back-to-School Plan for dealing with COVID-19  — at least for now. In the first month of school, has the masks optional policy worked? asked Ken Neuburg, school board member, at the Board of Education’s…

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Nitrate contamination in Dunn County varies by individual water well

Note: This story has been updated to reflect the correct percentage of Town of Colfax wells testing above 10 mg/L for nitrate. By LeAnn R. Ralph TOWN OF COLFAX —  Although agriculture is the primary land use in Dunn County, and agriculture is associated with nitrate contamination of water wells, whether an individual well is…

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Colfax ended 2020 budget year $93,000 under-budget

By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX – The Village of Colfax was $92,889 under-budget for 2020, although public works was $2,032 over-budget. The only expenditure that was over the 2020 budgeted amount was public works at $2,000, but general government expenditures were under-budget by $10,000, noted Joe Harrison of Bauman Associates during the audit report given…

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