By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — After a delay of several years and a price increase of $1 million, the project to stabilize the streambank so the Red Cedar River does not wash out Colfax’s wastewater treatment lagoons is nearly finished. “They’re coming along, and it’s almost done,” said Rand Bates, director of public…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Cedar Street in Colfax between West River Street and Railroad Avenue has been on the village’s street improvement plan for a few years now. The Colfax Village Board decided to move forward with Cedar Street as the 2023 reconstruction project at a special meeting October 3. Railroad Avenue had…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board has approved putting the nearly $106,000 EMS Flex grant from the state of Wisconsin toward the purchase of a new ambulance. In addition to the $105,915 grant, the Colfax Rescue Squad has $45,000 in the 2022 equipment budget and a $50,000 fund balance from last…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Rescue Squad has been awarded an Emergency Medical Services Flex grant in the amount of $105,915 to put toward a new ambulance or for a stretcher autoload device and updated computers or other equipment. The money comes from Wisconsin-applied federal COVID funds, and Colfax asked for…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Colfax High School is offering a variety of classes that allow students to earn up to 37 credits at the college level. The credits are accomplished through the Early College Credit Program for Universities and the Start College Now program for technical schools, said John Dachel, Colfax High School…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — All together, nine new staff members introduced themselves to the Colfax Board of Education at the September 19 meeting. Hughes Annie Hughes is the high school special education cross categorical teacher. Hughes taught at Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau High School for five years. Hughes and her husband moved to the area because…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Tristan Kittilson’s fifth graders are excited — they’ve got a 3D printer! Kittilson told the Colfax Board of Education at the September 19 meeting that over the summer, he had asked Trevor Hovde, Colfax Elementary principal, and William C. Yingst Jr., superintendent, if a 3D printer could be purchased…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board has accepted a bid of $9,785 for tuck pointing in the municipal building basement and for two well houses, as opposed to another bid of $1,885 for the same work. The village has received two bids for tuck pointing the municipal building basement, the well…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Instead of charging homeowners the actual cost of restoring a street after a sewer repair, the Colfax Village Board is considering charging a straight fee of $2,500. The village previously charged a street opening fee of $1,000 if a sewer repair required digging up the street, said Rand Bates,…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — This could be the end of the line for the Colfax wastewater treatment lagoon’s GridBee. “The GridBee quit again,” announced Rand Bates, director of public works, at the Colfax Village Board’s September 12 meeting. The GridBee is a floating device that keeps water — and alum — circulating in…
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