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Menomonie Optimists Honor Hydukovich as Youth of the Month

Submitted by David K. Williams A hallmark of the Menomonie Optimist Club has been honoring outstanding young people from the four high schools in Dunn County. At a recent meeting, Optimists honored Jeanette Hydukovich, a senior at Colfax High School, as the September Youth of the Month. Jeanette Hydukovich has excelled in both academics and…

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Area students graduate from UW-Stout

MENOMONIE — The following students from the area graduated in May 2023 from University of Wisconsin-Stout in Menomonie, Wis. The university graduated 1,173 students, with 946 undergraduate and 227 Graduate School students this spring. Colfax: Billie Jo Burgraff, MS Applied Psychology Downing: Corey Klatt, BS Packaging Elk Mound: Madisen Hullander, BS Psychology; Marcus Kinblom, BS…

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Colfax Woman’s Club presents awards to art contest winners

COLFAX — The Colfax Woman’s Club visited Colfax Elementary May 22 to present awards to the winners of the Colfax Woman’s Club art contest winners for the 2022-2023 school year. The theme for this year’s contest was “Everybody Loves a Rainbow.” The first place winner, with her entry “Over the Rainbow,” was Lillian Brown, a…

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Colfax student wins ag in the classroom essay contest

MADISON – Michael Christensen, a fifth-grade student from Colfax, is the state winner of the Wisconsin Ag in the Classroom 5th Grade Essay Contest. Wisconsin fifth graders were asked to write a 500-word essay with the theme, ‘You’re Gonna Need Milk for That – Wisconsin Dairy support our bodies, communities and economy.’ Michael’s teacher is…

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Top 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…

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Heidorn, Yarrington named Colfax’s 2022-23 Dunn-St. Croix scholar athletes

The Colfax High School Athletic Department is proud to announce the selection of Molly Heidorn and Ashton Yarrington as this year’s Dunn-St Croix Conference Scholar Athlete representatives from Colfax.  Each member school district within the Dunn-St Croix Conference is invited to nominate one boy and one girl for scholar athlete honors.  Criteria for selection include…

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Colfax High School Solo/Ensemble 2023 participants

Solo/ensemble was held at Colfax High School on Wednesday, March 15.  Students performed for WSMA judges and were given comments and ratings. Results: I* (qualifying for state May 6): Jazz Band – Rosie Sonnentag, Rachel Rose, Audry Ackerlund, Matthew Dachel, Olivia Runowski, Dylan Hiitola, Zach Hiitola, Kaysen Goodell, Aydren Beebe, Skylar Maves, Mark Sonnentag, Leila…

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