By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — If you own a swimming pool in Colfax, you must have a fence built around it. The Colfax Village Board approved an update for the village’s swimming pool ordinance at the May 26 meeting that requires a fence of a minimum of four feet if you already have a…

By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Transient merchants operating in Colfax will now be required to pay a $10 registration fee, a $45 per calendar quarter permit fee and also will be required to carry a copy of the permit. The Colfax Village Board approved the new provisions for the transient merchant ordinance at the…

By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX  —  A 53-year-old Colfax woman arrested during a drug raid in March at 408 Cedar Street has been found guilty of felony counts of maintaining a drug trafficking place and selling methamphetamine. Karen A. Herrera pleaded no contest in Dunn County Circuit Court May 22 and was found guilty by…

By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A 60-year-old Colfax man sentenced to one year in jail on a revoked probation for felony possession of methamphetamine has been granted Huber privileges to work in the jail garden. Leo P. Herrera appeared in Dunn County Circuit May 27 to request Huber privileges.

By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board has adopted a stricter ordinance regulating pit bulls and other dangerous animals. On a vote of four “yes” to one “no,” the village board adopted the new ordinance at the May 26 meeting.