by LeAnn R. Ralph Editor’s note: LeAnn R. Ralph serves on the Colfax Elevator Commission COLFAX — Through pledges, donations, memorials for loved ones, the $22 for 22 Steps campaign, thrift sales, bake sales and other fund raisers, the Colfax Elevator Commission has raised $123,000. The money is intended to go toward installing an elevator…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Although milk will cost the Colfax school district less in the 2023-2024 school year, bread prices have increased, and the cost of lunch and breakfast will increase too. With bulk purchasing through the Cooperative Educational Service Agencies (CESAs), school districts are able to get a better pricing on milk…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — On a beautiful, sunny, warm spring day, the Colfax school district, with an all-school assembly and other guests present, dedicated the Dee Clark Pavilion and Outdoor Classroom at Colfax Elementary. Dolores (Dee) Clark taught at Colfax Elementary from 1970 until she retired in 1991. In 2019, the Colfax school…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph Editor’s note: LeAnn R. Ralph serves as chair of the Otter Creek Town Board and as chair of the Colfax fire board. COLFAX — The Colfax Community Fire District Board has approved purchasing a new Pierce fire engine from Fire Apparatus and Equipment, Appleton, at a cost of $565,624. The Colfax…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Village of Colfax has denied renewing a permit for a natural lawn because the area where the natural lawn is located has invasive species growing there. Northwest LLC, which applied for a natural lawn permit previously for the parcel behind the apartments on the south side of University…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — If you live in the villages of Elk Mound or Colfax or the Towns of Colfax, Grant, Elk Mound, Otter Creek, Spring Brook, Tainter or Wilson, you are eligible to participate in a Clean Sweep event June 6. The Clean Sweep will be held at the Colfax Fairgrounds from…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R.Ralph COLFAX — Members of the Wisconsin Northwoods Quilts of Valor have presented four more quilts to area veterans. Quilts were presented to Jon Suckow, Roger Hainstock, Alan Johnson and Rodney Johnson during an American Legion Russell-Toycen Post 131 meeting at the Grapevine Senior Center in Colfax May 16. Rodney Johnson was not…
Read Moreby LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — From September 1 to June 1 from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays, people will no longer be able to park on High Street west of Birch Street near the Colfax school district. It is difficult for the school buses to get through when cars are parked on…
Read Moreby LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board has appointed Clinton Best to the open village trustee position. The village board received two letters of interest for filling the vacant trustee position from Clinton Best and Mark Mouledoux. In his letter, Best wrote: “To the Village of Colfax Board: “Hi, my name is…
Read Moreby LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The United States flag that was dedicated at Norton Lutheran Church last November has been stolen. Church members reported that the flag had been on the flagpole, flying at half mast, on Saturday, May 13, and by Sunday morning — it was gone. Tire tracks could be seen where…
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