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It’s Rodeo Time – St. Croix Valley PRCA Rodeo to be held June 17 & 18
The St. Croix Valley PRCA Rodeo, named the 2015 Great Lakes Circuit Rodeo of the Year, brings top notch Ram Rodeo to St. Croix County Fairgrounds, Glenwood City, June 17 & 18, with 7:30pm performances. Gates open at 4:30pm and the performances are rain or shine.
Read MoreColfax Commercial Club: What’s next for Colfax?
Community Forum June 10 By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Commercial Club is wondering — what is next for Colfax? That is — what would people like to see in the village? Right now, the business community in Colfax includes some manufacturing, several retail stores, including a grocery store, two taverns, a couple…
Read More5 from Colfax involved in fatal crash on I-94 Saturday
By LeAnn R. Ralph BALDWIN — Five people from Colfax were in the Suburban struck by a pickup truck driving erratically on Interstate-94 near Baldwin Saturday that resulted in the death of the pickup driver, a 22-year-old man from New Richmond. According to a news release from the Wisconsin State Patrol, Jon Hurlburt, 53, of…
Read MoreWinchester retires from Elk Mound after 31 years
By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — After teaching English, American Studies, Contemporary Issues and Money and Financial Markets classes at Elk Mound High School for 31 years as well as coaching the Academic Decathlon team, Bruce Winchester has decided to retire. Winchester has taught his entire career at Elk Mound, and for nearly all…
Read MoreElk Mound denies request for zoning change to build duplex
By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — Based on a recommendation from the Elk Mound Plan Commission, the Elk Mound Village Board has denied a request for a zoning change from single-family residential to two-family residential on Jersey Lane. The Elk Mound Plan Commission met prior to the village board June 1 to consider the…
Read MoreDoucette retiring from Colfax school district after 26 years
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — After 26 years of teaching and coaching, Joe Doucette has decided to retire from the Colfax school district. Doucette served as the elementary physical education teacher and as a coach for girls’ basketball, track, cross country and softball.
Read MoreDehnhoff receives meritorious promotion to Sergeant
It’s not often that a grandfather has the opportunity to pin a new rank on his grandson. Sgt. Logan E. Dehnhoff, Military Police, Security and Emergency Services Battalion, was pinned by his grandfather, Dale Wolfe of Colfax during his promotion ceremony aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in Oceanside, California, on May 13, 2016.
Read MoreColfax school district recognizes 29 teachers and staff members
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax school district recognized 29 teachers and staff members at the annual staff recognition banquet June 1 at the Whitetail Golf Course. Among the 29 are four teachers who will be retiring this year: Billie Jo Fiege (first grade); Deborah Mathson (second grade); Joe Doucette (physical education; coach);…
Read MoreTwo injured in head-on crash south of Elk Mound
By LeAnn R. Ralph TOWN OF SPRING BROOK — Two female drivers were transported to area hospitals after the vehicles they were driving collided head-on on county Highway H south of Elk Mound June 2. The crash happened at around 10:23 a.m. last Thursday on Highway H and 461st Avenue in the Town of Spring…
Read MoreThe love for kids is what keeps Elk Mound couple working in foster care
by Cara Dempski It is safe to say that Karla Jenson wasn’t anticipating the late April phone call she received from social worker Emily Jaquish of Eau Claire County telling her to check both her email and her phone’s voice mail. Jaquish nominated Jenson and her husband Steve for the Governor’s 8th Annual Foster Care…
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