By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Following the April 7 election, the Colfax Village Board will welcome one new trustee and will say goodbye to a veteran trustee. David Wolff was elected to the village board, while Beverly Schauer lost her bid for re-election.
Read MoreApril Showers bring May Flowers. Spring is here at last.
Read Moreby Marlys Kruger By watching Aydin Bjork, a six-year-old kindergarten student at Colfax Elementary School, you might notice a slight limp when she moves through the hallways. But the limp, caused by a tumor in her ankle which stems from neurofibromatosis (NF), doesn’t seem to hold her back from many activities.
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Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — One school district administrator in the area is calling the governor’s proposed education budget for 2015-2017 “a double whammy.” Not only would the School Districts of Colfax, Elk Mound, Boyceville and Glenwood City lose $150 per student in state aid, but they would also lose revenue from a freeze…
Read MoreThe Big Yellow House had a flurry of activities all week long. The planning for Holy Week and all the prearrangements were well under way as the week began.
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — It’s smaller than people originally thought. Although old records for the Colfax Public Library indicate that the library has a square footage of 1,800 square feet, recent measurements of the library revealed that it is actually 1,246 square feet. Storage space upstairs may have been included in the library’s…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Do you suffer from a chronic health problem or know someone who does? The Mayo Clinic Health System Red Cedar out of Menomonie would be willing to hold two different six-week workshops in Colfax about dealing with chronic conditions and diabetes if enough people are interested.
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A Dunn County Circuit Court judge has scheduled a trial in November for a 44-year-old woman accused of setting a house on fire in Colfax last May. Judge Rod Smeltzer scheduled a two-day trial November 5 and November 6 for Beth Mittelstadt during a court hearing March 31.
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A one-day jury trial has been scheduled in Dunn County Circuit Court June 1 for a 53-year-old woman arrested during a drug raid in Colfax March 25. Karen A. Herrera appeared in court April 1 for a preliminary hearing on three felony counts of maintaining a drug trafficking place,…
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