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Elk Mound Police Department has busy month
By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound Police Department had a busy month in May with 142 calls for service. The calls for service resulted in 136 cases, most of which were traffic, with the next highest number for records checks mostly for bartender operators’ licenses, along with public relations calls, said…
Read MoreColfax school district loses $415,000 in state aid to open enrollment and private school vouchers
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The School District of Colfax was supposed to receive nearly $2 million in state aid but actually received only $1.6 million for the June state aid payment. Right off the top, before Colfax even received any state equalization money, $414,911 was taken out for open enrollment expense and private…
Read MoreDeputy Kaitie Leising Memorial Highway dedicated
By Renee Bettendorf GLENWOOD CITY — More than 100 people attended the Deputy Kaitie Leising Memorial Highway and Leising Avenue dedication ceremony held at the St. Croix County Fairgrounds on Saturday afternoon. Deputy Leising’s family, various law enforcement and first responders, a number of St. Croix County and Glenwood City board members, two T.V. stations…
Read MoreWheeler Village Board approves Compliance Maintenance Annual Report with a grade of “B”
By LeAnn R. Ralph WHEELER — The Wheeler Village Board has approved the Compliance Maintenance Annual Report for the wastewater treatment facility, which received an overall grade of “B.” There are several sections with low scores, said Rand Bates, director of public works, at the Wheeler Village Board’s June 5 meeting. Two sections of the…
Read MoreBoyceville 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…
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