Colfax Schools

COLFAX —  This year’s guest speaker at the School District of Colfax Veterans Day program on November 10 will be Captain Paul Mommsen, U.S. Army Reserve. Captain Mommsen is the company commander for Alpha Company 367th Engineer Battalion out of Brainerd, Minnesota.

By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX —  The Colfax Board of Education has expelled a high school student. The school board held an expulsion hearing the evening of November 1. The student was expelled for possessing marijuana paraphernalia on school grounds, according to Bill Yingst, district administrator.

By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Board of Education has accepted $3,000 in donations on behalf of the Colfax FFA for a new hog barn at the Colfax Fairgrounds. Colfax Board of Education member Kyle Knutson, who was the general manager at the time of Cedar Country Cooperative, told the school board at…

COLFAX — The following news briefs about activities in the Colfax school district were presented to the Board of Education at the October 23 meeting.

By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Board of Education has approved a combined tax levy of $2,781,921 for the 2017-2018 budget. “This will levy to the limit,” said Bill Yingst, district administrator, at the Colfax Board of Education’s October 23 meeting.

By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX —  The $7.2 million in referendum projects for the Colfax school district began in the late fall of 2015 with discussions of space needs and concluded with a dedication ceremony October 16. Members of the community, the Colfax Board of Education and the steering committee for the referendum as well…