By LeAnn R. Ralph Editor’s Note: LeAnn R. Ralph serves as chair of the Town of Otter Creek. COLFAX — Representatives for the municipalities served by the Colfax Rescue Squad have recommended that the EMTs receive raises of $2 an hour and that the ambulance service has four 40-hour per week EMTs. The $2 an…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Electors in the Colfax school district approved a property tax levy of $3,007,245 for the 2023-2024 school year at the annual meeting August 21. Adjustments to the tax levy could be made in October after the September student count and after the exact amount of state aid has been…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — All it takes is one senior wearing a Spiderman costume or attaching blinking lights to a graduation cap with a message of “Now What?” inscribed in glitter on the back of the graduation gown — and the decorum of the graduation ceremony is ruined. The Colfax Board of Education…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Village of Colfax’s elevator fund for the Colfax Municipal Building is now close to $130,000. Lisa Bragg-Hurlburt, director of the Colfax Public Library, reported in a videotaped library update available on the library’s Facebook page that the elevator fund is $168 shy of reaching $130,000. The elevator thrift…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Why has the Colfax Municipal Building basement been closed to the public for nearly 25 years? What would it take to remodel the Department of Public Works Building to also house the Colfax Police Department? These were the two questions the Colfax Village Board’s Public Property Committee identified as…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Following a public hearing and a recommendation from the Colfax Plan Commission, the Colfax Village Board has approved a subdivision request for 608 University Avenue and 612 University Avenue. The public hearing for the request made by Samantha Secraw (612 University) and Kent (Sid) Hoke (608 University) was held…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The 3rd Annual Tractor Fest sponsored by the Colfax FFA and Colfax FFA Alumni will be held the Colfax Fairgrounds this Saturday, August 26, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Anyone who is interested in bringing any kind of tractor can come to the fairgrounds prior to 9 a.m.…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Zoning Board of appeals will no longer have to meet for a variance request to allow a black vinyl-coated steel chain link fence. The Colfax Village Board approved adding black vinyl-coated steel chain link fences to the village’s fence ordinance at the August 14 meeting. Prior to…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Community Fire Department responded to a call at 9:30 p.m. Sunday, August 13, for a structure fire on Pine Street in Colfax that ended up being confined to a second story bedroom. Colfax firefighters were on scene at 508 Pine Street for about two hours, said Gary…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Although Cedar Street in Colfax was expected to be paved at the beginning of July, problems with clay have delayed the project. The sub-grade in Cedar Street looked good when the weather was dry, and the street was ready to be paved, but then it rained, said a representative…
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