By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — According to a population estimate from the Demographic Services Center in Madison, since 2010, the population in Colfax has decreased by 37 people. The Demographic Services Center report was included with the packet of information for the Colfax Village Board meeting August 27.
Read MoreCOLFAX — The Colfax Police Department had 50 calls for service in July and nine traffic stops. Here are the calls for service:
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By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Five new teachers will be on duty in the Colfax school district when school starts September 4. The new teachers include Kassandra Behymer (seventh grade math and science); Emily Mattson (Colfax High School English); Heather Niesen (Colfax Elementary special education in early childhood); Megan Pawlak (Colfax Middle School sixth…
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By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Public Library has received a $5,000 grant from the 3M Company to fund the “1,000 Books Before Kindergarten” program. Beverly Bernier, representing 3M in Menomonie, presented a “big check” to Lisa Bragg-Hurlburt, director of the Colfax Public Library, and Jolene Albricht, youth services librarian, on Friday, August…
Read MoreMENOMONIE — United Way of Dunn County recently recieved basic hygiene kits that were put together by a local Boy Scout who is working hard to earn his Eagle Scout. Trevin Mounce Hinrichs, a Life Scout from Boy Scout Troop 243 in Colfax, WI, has chosen to collect hygiene items such as shampoo, soap, shaving…
Read MoreNews for the week of August 19th to the 25th: Residents gathered in the gazebo on Monday morning to enjoy the weather and watch chicken cooking on our flip flop grills. All agreed it smelled wonderful as it cooked. It wasn’t long and the chicken was ready to serve. Add some homemade potato salad and a…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Colfax High School students will not have to pay a Chromebook technology fee this year. William C. Yingst Jr., superintendent, told the Colfax Board of Education at the August 20 meeting he was recommending the Chromebook fees be eliminated. The school board can review whether to charge a technology…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Tim Devine is coming out of retirement to serve as the Colfax school district’s alternative education, GEDO and interventionist teacher. After teaching middle school Language Arts in the Colfax school district for 34 years, Devine retired at the end of the 2017-2018 school year, and the Colfax Board of…
Read MoreA Hunter Education Course will get underway in Colfax Tuesday, Sept. 11 at 6:31 p.m. in the Colfax Fire Department meeting room on CTH M south of the railroad tracks, according to Jim Nosker, lead instructor. Weeknight classes are Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays through Sept. 25. In addition there is a Saturday session on Sept.…
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By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Kevin Bygd, the Dunn County Sheriff’s Department Captain of Field Services, and Rod Dicus, an investigator with the Dunn County Sheriff’s Department, will face off in the election for Dunn County sheriff in November. Among a field of five candidates all together, Bygd won the Republican primary August 14,…
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