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Remembrances of Christmases Past Mary Ellen Ralph: Norway was the experience of a lifetime.
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Never in her wildest dreams did Mary Ellen Greenhill ever think she would live in Norway. And work as a nurses’ aid and as a nurse. For two and a half years. But she did. Mary Ellen Greenhill Ralph considers her time in Norway, on a visit with her…
Read MoreRemembrances of Christmases Past Ingman Ralph: “I probably had a little bigger part in the Christmas program than I would have liked.”
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Ingman Ralph, who grew up on a farm west of Colfax in the Norton area, says that many of his memories of Christmas revolve around the Norton School Christmas program and the Sunday school Christmas program. “What I can remember about the programs is that I probably had…
Read MoreRemembrances of Christmases Past Cheryl and Gary Stene: “Opposites” agree that Christmas is about family
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — One grew up in the country. The other grew up in town. One came from a family of 15 children. The other came from a family of two boys. One had lutefisk at home for Christmas. The other did not have lutefisk at home. But even though Colfax residents…
Read MoreRemembrances of Christmases Past Gladys Vogler: “I played Santa Claus once.”
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Gladys Vogler, a resident at the Colfax Health and Rehabilitation Center, remembers playing Santa Claus for a number of years. “We didn’t have anybody to play Santa Claus, so I did it. I did it longer than I would have had to. It was when our sister was…
Read MoreState report card: Colfax schools “meet expectations”
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax school district “meets expectations” on the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction’s report card for the 2021-2022 school year. The Colfax Board of Education reviewed the latest results pertaining to the state report card at the December 14 meeting. The school board had originally been scheduled to…
Read MoreColfax’s TIF Districts are working well
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Colfax’s three Tax Increment Finance (TIF) Districts have a positive balance, according to a report from Josh Lowe of Ehlers, the village’s municipal financial advisor. The Joint Review Board for the village’s TIF districts met just prior to the December 12 Colfax Village Board meeting to receive the report…
Read MoreGC school board gains hands-on experience
GLENWOOD CITY — In their final meeting of 2022, members of the Glenwood City school board gained some hands-on experience – stacking cups. Elementary physical educational teacher Holly Olson brought four of her students, Arleigh Jansa, McKinley Olson, Ryker Steies and Connor Ohman, to the Monday, December 12 meeting to demonstrate cup stacking or sport…
Read MoreLocal man bound over for trial on sexual assault charges
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Following a preliminary hearing, a 36-year-old former Colfax man whose most recent address is Boyceville has been bound over for trial in Dunn County Circuit Court on sexual assault charges. Daniel Z. Sims appeared with his attorney, Shirlene Perrin, for a preliminary hearing before Judge Christina Mayer December…
Read MoreTWO OFFICERS RECOGNIZED Boyceville PD report brings chuckle to Village Board members
During his report to the Village board, Police Chief Greg Lamkin touched on several cases that his department had handled during the month of November. One of the cases involved a report of two dogs running lose. When the chief was describing what happened, board members got a laugh from his report. According to Lamkin,…
Read MoreDC Library Planning Committee exploring Ridgeland becoming a branch of Colfax Public Library
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Dunn County Library Planning Committee is in the beginning stages of exploring the possibility of library services in Ridgeland becoming a branch of the Colfax Public Library. Ridgeland is in the eighth year of having a building full of books that are circulated to the public, said…
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