Area News
Boyceville Village Board discusses issues with Sykora Lane development, and camping at Freedom Park
By Renee Bettendorf BOYCEVILLE- At their board meeting held on Monday evening, the Boyceville Village Board learned from Village Engineer Eric Barclay about ongoing plans to develop Sykora Lane. Barclay said there are two things that were recently discovered about the Sykora Lane development project. One is that quite a lot of earthwork would need…
Read MoreSt. Croix County Board asks state for in-patient psychiatric facility in Western Wisconsin
By LeAnn R. Ralph HUDSON — With the closure of Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire in March, the closest in-patient psychiatric facility is 260 miles away at the Winnebago Mental Health Institute. At the June 4 meeting, the St. Croix Board unanimously passed a resolution asking the Wisconsin Legislature to prioritize and fast track…
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…
Read MoreCMBRG booth at the Colfax Free Fair will focus on Dr. Felland
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The theme for this year’s Colfax Municipal Building Restoration Group booth in the Commercial Building at the Colfax Free Fair will be Dr. O.M. Felland. Dr. Felland, who practiced family medicine in Colfax for 45 years, died in May of 1974 at his home in Colfax at the age…
Read MoreHelp in planning of Colfax Athletic Booster Club
ATTENTION all past, present, and future COLFAX residents, as well as family and friends of Colfax residents! Students, families, alumni, community members, and more! We invite you to join us on Wednesday, June 26, at 6 p.m. at the Viking Bowl & Catering to help establish the Colfax School Athletic Booster Club! Since January 2023,…
Read MoreColfax has unassigned fund balance of $420,000
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Village of Colfax currently has an unassigned fund balance of $420,020. Lynn Niggemann, administrator-clerk-treasurer, told the Colfax Village Board at the May 28 meeting that she had received the numbers from the auditors for the unassigned fund balance, the assigned fund balance and the restricted fund balance. The…
Read MoreColfax Municipal Building “wish list” for Flexible Facilities grant includes basement kitchen and lift for stage
Editor’s Note: LeAnn R. Ralph serves on the Colfax Elevator Commission By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Now that the Colfax Village Board has selected Ayres Associates to write the application for the Flexible Facilities grant, the Colfax Elevator Commission has come up with a “wish list” for the building. The Flexible Facilities Program would…
Read MoreColfax Free Fair starts Thursday, no carnival Sunday
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — For the first time in decades – or perhaps even since carnivals became part of the fair – the Colfax Free Fair will not have a carnival on Sunday this year. The fair opens Thursday, June 13, and closes Sunday, June 16. On Sunday at 10:30 a.m. there will…
Read MoreDrinking water screening clinics scheduled for St. Croix county residents 7
The first, St. Croix County sponsored, free nitrate screening clinic of 2024 will be offered at the Agriculture Service and Education Center – 1960 8th Ave, Baldwin WI 54002 on Wednesday, June 12th from 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. If you have a private well, you should test your water annually even if you do not…
Read MoreBoyceville School District receives funding to upgrade buses
WISCONSIN – On May 30 U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) announced that 24 school districts across Wisconsin will receive funding to replace existing school buses, which have been linked to asthma and other harmful health conditions, with zero- and low-emission buses. The investment, from the 2023 Clean School Bus Program, is funded through the Baldwin-back…
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