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UW-Madison announces fall 2021 Dean’s list
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has recognized students named to the Dean’s List for the fall semester of the 2021-2022 academic year. Students who achieve at a high level academically are recognized by the dean at the close of each semester. To be eligible for the Dean’s List, students must complete a minimum of 12 graded…
Read MorePost-secondary scholarships now available for Wisconsin FFA members
MADISON – Eligible Wisconsin Association of FFA members can now apply for the Wisconsin FFA Foundation’s 2021-22 Post-Secondary Scholarships. Applicants must be a senior in high school or enrolled in a university or technical school and have maintained a satisfactory scholastic record in school. FFA members need to only fill out one application to be…
Read MoreSand Creek Arts Scholarship
Sand Creek Arts will be offering one $1500 scholarship ($750 each semester of the freshman year) for a 2022 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 MorePost-secondary scholarships now available for Wisconsin FFA members
MADISON – Eligible Wisconsin Association of FFA members can now apply for the Wisconsin FFA Foundation’s 2021-22 Post-Secondary Scholarships. Applicants must be a senior in high school or enrolled in a university or technical school and have maintained a satisfactory scholastic record in school. FFA members need to only fill out one application to be…
Read MoreSubstitute bus drivers, teachers still in short supply for Colfax school district
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — As is the case with other schools in the area, the state and the nation — substitute teachers and bus drivers are still in short supply for the Colfax school district. As of the day of the Colfax Board of Education’s December 20 meeting, 43 Colfax students were in…
Read MoreColfax school board: TikTok threat caused some parents to keep their children home December 17
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — A letter posted on the social media platform TikTok referring to a threat to school safety on Friday, December 17, caused some Colfax parents to keep their children home from school. The rumor of threats to school safety posted on TikTok went nationwide and gained traction in a short…
Read MoreBarstad named Optimist Youth of the Month for December
Recognizing the outstanding talent of Dunn County youth is one important ac-tivity of the Menomonie Optimist Club through its Youth of the Month Program. Madison Barstad of Colfax High School has been named a December Youth of the Month. Madison Barstad has shown leadership at Colfax High School. A member of the Student Council, she…
Read MoreColfax school district will not be offering COVID-19 vaccine clinics
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has now been authorized for emergency use in children ages 5 to 11, but the Colfax school district will not be offering vaccine clinics. In the past, blood drives have been held in the lobby of the Martin Anderson…
Read MoreEM school district waiting for start date to begin on-site COVID-19 testing
By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — Although the Elk Mound Board of Education approved contracting with the Accelerated Diagnostic Laboratory in October to conduct on-site COVID-19 testing, a start date has not yet been determined. An employee from the company will be on-site in the Elk Mound school district to conduct the COVID-19 testing,…
Read MoreThe Viking Ship: CHS tech ed students present projects to school board
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Did you know you can order Viking apparel, personalized mugs, signs and cribbage boards and “Viking buck” coat racks from a student-run business at Colfax High School called The Viking Ship? Jamie Buchholtz, CHS technology education teacher, and three of his students — Taylor Risler, Will Wanish and…
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