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Colfax prospects to lead Vikings’ volleyball into new era
by Laura Giammattei Sports Correspondent COLFAX — The volleyball court will look quite different at Colfax High School this season. For the past four years, a special group of athletes dominated the Dunn-St. Croix (D-SC) Conference, bringing home four consecutive conference titles and wrapping up their final high school season with a 7-0 conference record…
Read MoreBloomer man who fled from Colfax police in March finally located for court hearing
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — After allegedly breaking into the Outhouse Bar, a 31-year-old Bloomer man who attempted to elude police officers in Colfax in early March by jumping into the Red Cedar River has finally been located for a court hearing. Joshua A.Whitley is charged in Dunn County with one felony count of…
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Styer sentenced to life in a mental health institution
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Gary Styer has been sentenced to life in a mental health institution after pleading not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect in the death of his father, Edward Styer of Colfax. Styer, age 51, appeared with his attorneys, Liesel E. Nelson and Jeremiah Harrelson, for a plea…
Read MoreDC solid waste and recycling expects to shut down January 1
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Dunn County Solid Waste and Recycling program is expecting to shut down as of January 1. Enough of the municipalities in the solid waste and recycling program decided to pull out of the program by the August 19 deadline that there would not be enough revenue to operate…
Read MoreColfax Zoning Board of Appeals recommends zoning change for part of Area Nursing Home lot
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Zoning Board of Appeals is recommending a zoning change from B-2 business to R-1 single family housing for a portion of the Area Nursing Home lot on University Avenue. Although Lynn Niggemann, village administrator-clerk-treasurer, had sent out letters to the required landowners in the area of the…
Read MoreTop drill sergeant in the United States Army has ties to Colfax
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Staff Sergeant Erik Rostamo of Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, has been named as the 2020 U.S. Army Drill Sergeant of the Year. Sergeant Rostamo is a drill sergeant with Fort Leonard Wood’s 14th Military Police Brigade and competed with 10 other drill sergeants to receive the title. Rostamo is…
Read MoreColfax rejects DCWS&R proposal for non-mandated recycling and admin services
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board has rejected a new proposal from Dunn County Solid Waste and Recycling to provide non-mandated recycling drop-off and administrative services. Morgan Gerk, director of DCSW&R, held a Zoom meeting with representatives of the municipalities in Dunn County to provide additional options of keeping the transfer…
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Village Board approves Colfax ATV/UTV ordinance
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board has approved an ordinance regarding the operation of All-Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) in the village. The ordinance presented to the village board at the August 24 meeting was a draft and any changes can be reviewed and approved at a future meeting, said Lynn Niggemann, village…
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