By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Bail has been set at $2,000 cash for a 47-year-old Menomonie man found in a Colfax garage with methamphetamine, marijuana, gem Baggies and drug paraphernalia. Steven O. Johnson made an initial appearance in Dunn County Circuit Court before Judge James Peterson August 10. Johnson is charged with two felony…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The estimated price for replacing 2,068 linear feet of curb and gutter along University Avenue turned out to be much higher than expected at approximately $100,000. The village could replace only the truly bad sections of curb and gutter along University Avenue and then use the rest of the…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board has once again declined to help a homeowner on East River Street pay for cutting down trees in the boulevard planted after the tornado in 1958. Sarah Teele, 610 East River Street, appeared before the Colfax Village Board at the August 13 meeting to ask…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board has approved placing a culvert under Bremer Avenue as part of the expansion plan for Timber Technologies. Timber Technologies is planning a 25,000 square foot expansion to enclose the yard where the lumber is stored, said Dale Schiferl, co-owner of Timber Technologies, at the Colfax…
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By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — It was quite amazing, really. Twenty-three young people showed up at Colfax Lutheran Church on the morning of Monday, August 13, and by Friday at 5 p.m., they were ready to put on the Missoula Children’s Theatre play in the Colfax Municipal Building auditorium, “Blackbeard the Pirate,” complete with…
Read MoreNews for the week of August 12th to August 18th: Monday morning found residents continuing to work on our boa scarves, gathering in the Square and visiting while we work. Our selection of colorful scarves is growing and they will soon be for sale as the cooler weather approaches.
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By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Dedication of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Tom Prince Memorial Park in Colfax will be held Thursday, August 30, at 11 a.m. All area Vietnam Veterans and members of the public are invited to attend the dedication.
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Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The 2018 J.D. Simons Community Volunteer award was presented to Ramona Thorson at the Founder’s Day celebration August 4. Thorson was nominated for the award by the Colfax Woman’s Club.
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By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Melvina Solberg Evenson, who is remembered by many around Colfax as the owner of Solberg’s Ready-to-Wear on Main Street, celebrated her 102nd birthday on Sunday, August 5, at the Grapevine Senior Center. “Look at all of the people who are here. I am so blessed to have so many…
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