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Wood City Tavern benefit has already raised more than $10,000 for deputy’s family
By LeAnn R. Ralph GLENWOOD CITY — When Kent Kletcher decided to donate the proceeds from the Wood City Open golf tournament to Deputy Leising’s family, he was only looking for t-shirts and hats. The next thing you know, people were donating $500 crossbows and flat screen televisions. “I decided Monday or Tuesday of last…
Read MoreBaldwin, Risch slam FDA rule that allows plant-based products to use dairy’s good name, hurts consumers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On May 11, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Jim Risch (R-ID) led a bipartisan group of colleagues calling out the Biden Administration’s misguided draft guidance that allows non-dairy product imitators to use dairy names, like milk, when labeling their products. In February, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) contradicted their own…
Read MoreSenators Baldwin, Daines introduce bipartisan WWII Nurses Congressional Gold Medal Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the nation celebrates National Nurses Week, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Steve Daines (R-MT) introduced the WWII Nurses Congressional Gold Medal Act to award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the brave women who were World War II Army and Navy nurses. By the time World War II ended, more…
Read MoreTop 10 students of the Colfax High School Class of 2023
COLFAX — The Colfax Messenger sent out questionnaires to the Top 10 students in the Colfax High School Class of 2023. The students are listed in the order of their class ranking. Kiekhafer Braden Kiekhafer is the son of Tim and Jeanett Kiekhafer. • What were your three favorite high school classes? Horticulture, Physics and…
Read MoreVillage of Colfax sets parking restrictions on High Street for school district access
by LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — From September 1 to June 1 from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays, people will no longer be able to park on High Street west of Birch Street near the Colfax school district. It is difficult for the school buses to get through when cars are parked on…
Read MoreColfax appoints Best to open trustee position
by LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board has appointed Clinton Best to the open village trustee position. The village board received two letters of interest for filling the vacant trustee position from Clinton Best and Mark Mouledoux. In his letter, Best wrote: “To the Village of Colfax Board: “Hi, my name is…
Read MoreCHS students receive $150,000 in scholarships
by LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — As of the May 3 Colfax High School senior scholarship awards, Colfax seniors had received nearly $150,000 in scholarships, according to John Dachel, principal at CHS. The valedictorian of the Colfax High School Class of 2023 is Braden Kiekhafer, and the salutatorian of the Class of 2023 is Ashton…
Read MoreU.S. flag stolen from Norton Church
by LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The United States flag that was dedicated at Norton Lutheran Church last November has been stolen. Church members reported that the flag had been on the flagpole, flying at half mast, on Saturday, May 13, and by Sunday morning — it was gone. Tire tracks could be seen where…
Read MoreColfax approves land transfer in East View for Minnesota couple
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board has approved a land transfer for a Minnesota couple planning to build a house on Lot 7 in the East View housing development on Dunn Street at no cost for the lot. Toby and Carita Pudwill of Winnebago, Minnesota, have submitted an application for Lot…
Read MoreDC Retired Educators’ Assoc. to meet May 15
UW-Stout Chancellor, Katherine Frank, was guest speaker at a recent Dunn County Area Retired Educators’ Association (DCAREA) meeting. She discussed the continuation of Senator Stout’s vision for employment driven education. Collaboration with industry, and innovative curriculum have earned Stout a 99.4% graduation job placement rating, the highest in WI. U.W. Stout has earned the prestigious…
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