Area News
Voter ID requirement added to state constitution
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — By a margin of nearly 63 percent, Wisconsin voters have agreed to add voter identification to the state constitution. According to unofficial vote totals, 1,435,948 people voted for the ballot measure to add voter identification to the Wisconsin Constitution, representing 62.8 percent of the vote, while 852,186 people voted…
Read MoreCrawford elected to Wisconsin Supreme Court, Underly as state school superintendent
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Susan Crawford won the April 1 election for Wisconsin Supreme Court justice, and Jill Underly was re-elected as the superintendent of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. Crawford received 1,301,128 votes, and her opponent, Brad Schimel received 1,063,244 votes, according to unofficial election results. Out of the total votes…
Read MoreNovember 20, 1969, Colfax Messenger: “Three Localites Meet By Chance in Vietnam”
COLFAX — Two of the people in this story from the Colfax Messenger archives, Larry Edwards and Duane Schindler, received quilts from the Northwoods Quits of Valor at a presentation March 29 at the Viking Bowl. Jim Irwin received a Quilt of Valor during a Veterans Day presentation November 11, 2024. From the November 20,…
Read MoreNorthwoods Quilts of Valor awards 12 quilts to Vietnam War veterans
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Members of the Northwoods Quilts of Valor awarded 12 quilts at the Viking Bowl the evening of March 29 to area veterans who served during the Vietnam War era from 1955 to 1975. Northwoods Quilts of Valor began stitching quilts in 2022. Quilts of Valor was started in 2003…
Read MoreDonor pledges $40,000 in matching funds for elevator project
Editor’s Note: LeAnn R. Ralph serves on the Colfax elevator commission. By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — An anonymous donor has pledged $40,000 in matching funds for the Colfax Municipal Building elevator project. The donor is an alumnus of Colfax High School, said Lisa Bragg-Hurlburt, director of the Colfax Public Library, and a member of…
Read MoreRep. Armstrong, Sen. James schedule Colfax listening session April 11
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — State Representative Dave Armstrong (R-Rice Lake) and state Senator Jesse James (R-Thorp) will hold a budget listening session in Colfax on Friday, April 11. The listening session will begin at 4 p.m. in the Colfax Municipal Building auditorium. When the listening session was announced, several people raised concerns that…
Read MoreBail set at $100,000 cash for Menomonie teen charged in hit and run death
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Bail has been set at $100,000 cash for a 17-year-old Menomonie girl charged in the hit and run death of Ann Seidl on March 29 in the Town of Dunn. Addison Bowell made an initial appearance in Dunn County Circuit Court April 2, along with her attorney Michael R.Cohen,…
Read MoreCommunity discussion continues on Xcel Engery’s proposed solar panel project in St. Croix County
By Renee Bettendorf NEW RICHMOND — On Wednesday evening (March 26) more than 150 people attended a panel discussion about the Ten Mile Creek/King Transmission Connection solar energy project being proposed by Xcel Energy. The event was hosted by the Americans for Prosperity (AFP) organization and the St. Croix County Responsible Energy Coalition (SCC-REC). If…
Read MoreWisDOT plans two roundabouts on Hwy. 25 north of Menomonie
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Wisconsin Department of Transportation has two roundabouts planned for state Highway 25 north of Menomonie. The proposed roundabouts will be located at the intersection of county Highway BB and Highway 25 at the intersection with 700th Avenue and county Highway F near Airtec Sports and at the intersection…
Read MoreElk Mound discusses MOU for school resource officer
By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — As the number of students has increased in the Elk Mound school district, the number of calls requiring a response from the Elk Mound Police Department also has increased. The village’s attorney has said that most school districts already have a school resource officer before developing a memorandum…
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