Colfax Schools
Colfax-Elk Mound School Lunch Menu – 12-7-2016
Colfax-Elk Mound School Lunch Menu – 12-7-2016
Read MoreSecurity Health Plan supports School District of Colfax with behavioral health screenings
MARSHFIELD – Security Health Plan recognizes that healthy minds are an integral part of healthy lives – which is why it announced the School District of Colfax as 1 of 22 recipients of $100,000 in school-based grants this month. The grants provide 22 school districts’ use of the Behavioral, Emotional and Social Traits (b.e.s.t.) universal…
Read MoreColfax-Elk Mound School Lunch Menus – 11-30-2016
Colfax-Elk Mound School Lunch Menus – 11-30-2016
Read MoreColfax loses one senior, gains three freshmen for 2016 wrestling season
By Cara L. Dempski BLOOMER — Last year’s Viking wrestlers numbered five and graduated just one senior but it was a big one – 2016 Division 2, 138-pound state runner-up Brady Simonson. The Colfax grapplers will again compete as part of a cooperative with Bloomer. This season, Colfax will contribute three freshmen and a shiny…
Read MoreViking girls sail away with 56-52 win over Panthers
By Cara L. Dempski HAMMOND — The Colfax girls basketball team had a rough start to its November 22 game at St. Croix Central when the Panthers ran up a double-digit lead early in the first half. It is a testament to the Vikings’ optimism, talent, and teamwork that they came out of the contest…
Read MoreColfax school board learns referendum mill rate could be slightly less than projected
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Although interest rates have increased almost half a percent since the $7.2 million Colfax school referendum was approved November 8, new projections show the the mill rate still could end up slightly lower. If the school district can lock in an interest rate of 2.97 percent, instead of the…
Read MoreColfax school board approves employee insurance options with $2,000 and $4,000 deductibles
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Although it was not anyone’s fault, the Colfax school district finds itself in the position of practically being uninsurable for employee health insurance. The Colfax school district had several very large claims, which caused other insurance providers to not bid on providing health insurance, said Bill Yingst, superintendent, at…
Read MoreHayward rallies to beat Colfax in girls opener
By Cara L. Dempski COLFAX — Coach Joe Doucette said the Colfax girls’ basketball team did everything right in their November 18 home and regular-season opener against the Hayward Hurricanes: they rebounded well, they forced turnover after turnover, and played hard as a team. The Vikings held a six-point lead heading into halftime, but were…
Read MoreColfax-Elk Mound School Lunches – 11-23-2016
Colfax-Elk Mound School Lunches – 11-23-2016
Read MoreColfax boys basketball team looking to improve on last season’s finish
By Cara L. Dempski COLFAX — Last year’s Viking boys’ basketball squad finished fourth in the Dunn-St. Croix with an 8-6 conference record and were 12-13 overall. So it is no small feather in coach Garrett Maas’ cap that his team made it farther in tournament play than the Vikings’ nearest conference neighbor and the…
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