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Dunn County judge declines to reduce jail sentence for man found in Colfax garage
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A Dunn County judge has declined to reduce a jail sentence by four months for a 48-year-old Menomonie man found in a Colfax garage in August of 2018 with methamphetamine, marijuana, gem Baggies and drug paraphernalia. Steven O. Johnson, who is in custody, appeared by video-conferencing before Judge James…
Read MoreColfax Public Library to continue curbside pick-up through June, computers by appointment June 1
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Public Library will continue curbside pick-up of library materials through June and will expand the curbside hours along with allowing use of the computers by appointment beginning June 1. The library must “pause” before re-opening and not return back to normal hours until the logistics of opening…
Read MoreColfax approves mausoleum agreement, asks for 50 percent of construction cost for perpetual care
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board has approved an agreement to allow a private mausoleum to be built at Evergreen Cemetery and is asking for 50 percent of the construction cost for perpetual care. The agreement removes any liability for the village, said Lynn Niggemann, administrator-clerk-treasurer, at the Colfax Village Board’s…
Read MoreColfax High School student donates treats for Colfax Health & Rehab staff and residents
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Colfax High School student Jaclyn Olson misses her grandmother, Janet Hanes, who is a resident at the Colfax Health and Rehabilitation Center. The COVID-19 pandemic has been a long haul — and it’s not over yet — for staff and residents at Colfax Health and Rehab — and for…
Read MoreStyer pleads not guilty by mental disease or defect
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Gary Styer, who is accused in his death of his father, Edward Styer of Colfax, has pleaded not guilty and not guilty by mental disease or defect. Styer, age 51, appeared with his attorneys, Liesel E. Nelson and Jeremiah Harrelson, for an arraignment hearing in Dunn County Circuit Court…
Read MoreColfax woman killed in Washburn County crash
SPOONER — A 20-year-old woman from Colfax died in a one vehicle rollover crash in Washburn County near Spooner on Friday, May 29. The deceased, Jade Riley Lansing, was a backseat passenger in a 2004 Jeep Liberty driven by Axel Michael Seltrecht, 18, of Colfax. Kaya Lee Isker, 18, of Houlton, was a front seat…
Read MoreColfax school board: Coach Doucette stepping aside as are Rudi, Devine and Boehm
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — After more than 30 years, Colfax girls’ head basketball coach Joe Doucette is stepping aside. Doucette is not abandoning coaching all together, however. He will become the assistant coach, and his daughter, Courtney Doucette Sarauer, will become the head coach, the Colfax Board of Education learned at the May…
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