Colfax
Colfax school board green lights golf co-op with Elk Mound schools
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Board of Education has approved an agreement with the Elk Mound school district to form a cooperative boys’ and girls’ golf program beginning in the 2020-2021 school year. “I can’t see a reason why we wouldn’t do it,” said Todd Kragness, president of the Colfax school board,…
Read More1 percent sales tax could reduce the need for school district referendum questions
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — A one-percent state-wide sales tax devoted to education funding could reduce the need for school district referendums, said William C. Yingst Jr., district administrator for the Colfax school district. Yingst talked about the penny sales tax as part of the discussion at the December 16 Colfax Board of Education…
Read MoreColfax woman injured in collision with train
COLFAX — A 57-year-old rural Colfax woman was injured when the pickup truck she was driving struck a train at the railroad crossing on 700th Street about six miles west of Colfax. According to a news release from the Dunn County Sheriff’s Department, the Dunn County 911 center received a report of a pickup truck…
Read MoreColfax denies $1,000 HSA contribution and stipend for village employees
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board has denied providing a $1,000 Health Savings Account (HSA) contribution and stipend for village employees to offset an increase in health insurance deductibles. The village board denied the benefit for village employees at the December 9 meeting. The Colfax Village Board approved a health insurance…
Read MoreColfax Health and Rehab News – 12-18-2019
News for the week of December 8th – 14th: The Holidays are in full swing here at the Big Yellow House! Residents gathered in the Square on Monday morning for craft time with Angela. Residents had fun piecing together stockings, among other festive projects. The afternoon found residents gathered on Willow for Rosary with Loretta. Then…
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2019 Colfax Kindergarten concert at Colfax Health and Rehab
Village of Colfax adds Legion Drive to snowmobile route to Outhouse Tavern
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Snowmobile riders coming to Colfax will now be able to drive their snowmobiles to the Outhouse Tavern instead of parking them in the Synergy Cooperative parking lot. The new route crosses state Highway 40 from the Synergy parking lot to Legion Drive and the alley between Highway 40 and…
Read MoreColfax Village Board appoints Logan Michels to fill vacant trustee position
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board has appointed Logan Michels to fill the vacant village trustee position created by the resignation of Chad Berge. The village received two letters of interest, one from Gary Stene and one from Logan Michels, said Scott Gunnufson, village president, at the Colfax Village Board’s December…
Read MoreColfax approves village tax levy of $468,000
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board has approved a tax levy of $468,000 on the 2020 budget of $1,200,239. The $468,000 is the same number approved by the village board at the December 2 meeting, but the Colfax school district tax levy has been updated to the correct amount of $400,827,…
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