Messenger Schools
Sand Creek Arts Scholarship available to HS seniors
Sand Creek Arts will be offering one $1500 scholarship ($750 each semester of the freshman year) for a 2020 graduating high school senior. The focus of Sand Creek Arts is to promote the arts, recreation, and theater in the Sand Creek, Wisconsin community. The goal of this scholarship is to help its recipients toward reaching…
Read MoreColfax girls extend their perfect conference season to 10-0
By Amber Hayden To date, the conference season has been perfect for the Lady Vikings’ basketball team as they took two more wins last week. Beating both Elmwood/Plum City and Glenwood City. The wins have moved the ladies to 10-0 in the Dunn St. Croix with an overall record of 14-2, and they are currently…
Read MoreColfax students selected for All Conference Honors Band & Choir
Elk Mound High School hosted the 2020 Dunn/St. Croix All Conference Honors Band and Choir Festival on Saturday, February 1st. In 1979, the idea to bring together the finest musicians of the Dunn-St. Croix Conference to form the Honors Choir and Honors Band became a reality. Since the beginning, the philosophy was to have students…
Read MoreElk Mound to host Honors event
ELK MOUND – Elk Mound will host the Dunn-St. Croix Honors Project this week. Top musicians from nine area schools will present a concert on Saturday, February 1 at 1:30 pm in the Elk Mound HS Gym. This will be a top-quality concert; and is usually further away so we hope many community members take…
Read MoreColfax school district survey: parents open enroll out for convenience
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Why do parents open enroll their children out of the Colfax school district? This is a question Colfax school administrators and the Colfax Board of Education have been asking, and to answer that question, Polly Rudi, Director of Special Education and Pupil Services in the Colfax school district, sent…
Read MoreElk Mound school board continues preparations for April referendum
By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound Board of Education continues to prepare for the $15.7 million referendum question that will be on the April 7 ballot. The school board set the calendar for communications with district residents at the January 20 meeting. Communications will include social media posts, direct mailing, backpack…
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CHS students sing in choir of 1000 at Dorian Vocal Festival
Eight Colfax High School Choir students had the opportunity to attend Dorian Vocal Festival last week. Caden Erickson, Drew Gibson, Pierce Harvey, Trey Hovde, Wesley Kallstrom, Hunter Larson, Nathaniel Lee, and Belinda Loew travelled to Luther College in Decorah, Iowa with their choir teacher, Carrie Christensen to rehearse in a select choir of 1000 participants.…
Read More2020 National Geography Bee Winners – Colfax
Elk Mound school board approves $15.7 M referendum for spring ballot
By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound Board of Education has approved moving forward with a $15.7 million referendum question for the April 7 spring election. The Elk Mound school board approved authorizing general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed $15,730,000 and a resolution providing for a referendum election on…
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