COLFAX — In what is believed to be only the second time in the last 44 years, the Memorial Day parade and ceremony in Sand Creek and Colfax were cancelled Monday. Saturday afternoon and evening, the National Weather Service was predicting rain and strong thunderstorms with lightning for Monday morning, said Tom Dunbar, commander of…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Members of the Colfax Public Library Board, Lisa Ludwig (library director), and John Thompson (director of the Indianhead Federated Library System) all agree. “Something” must be done to address space needs, the difficulty of handicapped accessibility and the problem of violating the state’s Open Meeting Law concerning the Colfax…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — A 2003 graduate from Colfax High School has been reported missing from the Wisconsin Dells area. According to a news release dated May 21, the Sauk County Sheriff’s Department was asked to conduct a welfare check in the Village of West Baraboo for 30-year-old Nicholas P. Moen on Monday,…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Public Library is in the process of forming a “Friends of the Library” group. The recommendation to form a Friends of the Library came from John Thompson, director of the Indianhead Federated Library System, at the Colfax Library Board’s May 13 meeting. The Friends of the Library…
Read MoreColfax-Elk Mound Church Directory – 5-27-2015
Read MoreMay is National Community Action Month, and West CAP, which is an abbreviation of West Central Wisconsin Community Action Agency, Inc., once again celebrated that fact by recognizing success at our annual meeting in Menomonie last week. As has been our tradition, West CAP presents three awards each May; a Client Achievement Award, a Volunteer…
Read MoreThe veterans of Russell Toycen American Legion Post No. 131 of Colfax held a military funeral for Dale M. Ritchie on May 8, 2015, at the Lower Running Valley Cemetery.
Read MoreThe Big Yellow House had a whole heap of esprit de corps this week. The community of Colfax was very involved in all that took place inside and outside our house.
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Depending on who you talk to, foals from the nurse mare industry either end up at rescues, end up well cared for at the farm where they are born and placed in good homes — or end up slaughtered and made into leather wallets and purses.
Read Moreby Marlys Kruger COLFAX — With the end of school for students coming up on June 3, members of the Colfax School Board approved staff for summer school classes, swimming lessons and the Summer Saunters program during their monthly meeting May 18.
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