By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Sesquicentennial has been in the planning stages for the last year — and now it is just around the corner. Calls for volunteers to help plan the Sesquicentennial yielded six people who were willing to be on the planning committee and to attend meetings regularly. About 80…
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Read MoreThe long awaited summer is here. Residents have been able to get outdoors and enjoy fresh air and sun shine. The courtyards green lush foliage has benefited from the numerous rain storms. They are looking as though they have been here for years and not just one year. Residents have also been busy indoors.
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Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — At first it seemed like an ordinary thunderstorm coming through on Friday, June 27, at around 3 p.m. The day had been oppressively sticky and humid, so it was not surprising that a thunderstorm would develop. But then the sky grew darker and darker, almost as if nightfall were…
Read MoreEd Eggen and his family would like to thank Cedar Country Co-op for their quick response and generosity of the debris clean up following Friday’s tornado.
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board has awarded the low bid for the Fourth Avenue street project to RM Schlosser Excavating out of Durand. The village board accepted Schlosser’s bid of $336,676 at the June 23 meeting. All together, five bids were received for Fourth Avenue, said Lisa Fleming, an engineer…
Read MoreThis week residents had the opportunity to be as busy as they wished.
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — All in all, 1979 must have been a very good year for what was — at that time — Area Nursing Home. In 1979, three employees started their employment at the nursing home, and staff and residents honored those employees at a party June 25: Barb Stobb; Beatrice Root;…
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