Colfax
Wis. Historical Society approves plans for Colfax Municipal Building
By LeAnn R. Ralph Editor’s note: LeAnn R. Ralph serves as a member of the Colfax Elevator Commission. COLFAX — As part of the application process for the $4.25 million Flexible Facilities grant for the Colfax Municipal Building, the plans have received approval from the Wisconsin Historical Society. Lisa Bragg-Hurlburt, director of the Colfax Public…
Read MoreColfax earns an ‘A-’ on Compliance Maintenance Annual Report
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Village of Colfax’s wastewater treatment facility has earned a grade of “A-” (grade point average of 3.72) on the Compliance Maintenance Annual Report. There was one month, May of 2023, when the total suspended solids were high, which resulted in that section receiving a grade of “C,” otherwise…
Read MoreColfax Public Library receives $5000 to relaunch 1000 books before kindergarten
COLFAX— The Colfax Public Library was recently awarded $5000 from the Scot Miller Family Memorial Fund through the Women’s Giving Circle, a part of the Community Foundation of Dunn County. This award comes just in time for summer reading and will be used to update and re-start the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program. This program…
Read MoreColfax Public Library receives a grant from the American Heart Association
“The Colfax Public Library is pleased to announce that we were one of the Wisconsin libraries to receive a grant from the American Heart Association (AHA) to support good heart health! The grant has allowed our Library to obtain clinically validated (accurate) blood pressure monitors to be used on site, provide educational support for staff…
Read MoreColfax approves $33,500 change in Balsam Street project at First Avenue
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board has approved a $33,500 change in the Balsam Street project to replace six-inch water main about 150 feet farther west on First Avenue than originally planned. If the water main is not replaced now, it will not get replaced, said Mitch Nicols of Ayres Associates.…
Read More2024 Colfax Free Fair champion and blue-ribbon winners announced
Championship and blue ribbon results for exhibitors at the 2024 Colfax Free Fair are listed below. Dairy Cattle Lyla Bjork: Dairy Showmanship, Senior (14 and older); Dairy Heifer Holstein – Winter Yearling; Dairy Heifer Holstein – Intermediate heifer calf; Dairy Heifer Holstein – Senior Yearling; Dairy Heifer Holstein – Junior heifer calf; Dairy Heifer Holstein…
Read MoreColfax FFA Alumni auction generates $48,000 in 2024 meat animal sales
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Meat animals raised for 4-H and FFA projects sold at the Colfax FFA Alumni Auction at the Colfax Free Fair on Saturday evening, June 15, for a little over $48,000. The 2024 meat animal auction brought in about $30,000 more in sales than the auction five years ago in…
Read MoreColfax school district pays off 2 loans with payments totaling $71,723 annually
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The School District of Colfax has paid off two loans that amounted to annual payments of $71,723. William C. Yingst Jr., district administrator, reported at the Colfax Board of Education’s June 17 meeting that the two loans were officially paid off this month. “The total amount (for the loan…
Read MoreColfax school district loses $415,000 in state aid to open enrollment and private school vouchers
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The School District of Colfax was supposed to receive nearly $2 million in state aid but actually received only $1.6 million for the June state aid payment. Right off the top, before Colfax even received any state equalization money, $414,911 was taken out for open enrollment expense and private…
Read MoreColfax “out of compliance” with DNR phosphorus limits
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — It’s one of those kinds of mistakes that could happen to anyone. And while Rand Bates, Colfax director of public works, readily admits he accidentally used the wrong numbers to calculate phosphorus discharge to the Red Cedar River from the village’s wastewater treatment lagoons, he also wonders why it…
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