By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax High School Class of 1974 has donated 400 trees and shrubs to be planted along Eighteen Mile Creek. Ralph Roggenbuck, representing the Class of ’74, presented the proposal to the Colfax Village Board at the April 28 meeting.
Read MoreAuxiliary members of Russell-Toycen Unit 131 understand the sacrifice our Armed Forces have made to preserve freedom and to honor past and current service members. Members of Russell-Toycen Unit 131 will wear a red Memorial Poppy, a symbol of the price of war and the sacrifice of millions, as a sign of their appreciation this…
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Read MoreWe would like to thank all of the friends and neighbors and others who came to our open house celebration for our birthday party that our family put together for us.
Read MoreThank you to our friends and relatives for such a wonderful 50th anniversary party.
Read MoreThe family of Megan Walck extends our heartfelt thanks and gratitude to everyone who so lovingly and generously offered support and help during the time of Megan’s illness, death and funeral:
Read MoreDale and Mary Kimball visited their aunt, Swanee Rasmussen, on April 29. They spent the winter in Brooksville, Florida and were traveling to their home in Spirit Lake, Iowa for the summer.
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — In honor of the Colfax Sesquicentennial celebration July 17-20, 2014, the history installment for this edition of the Colfax Messenger is the story of the Stranded Traveling Men’s Club. The club was formed in March of 1917 when a blizzard closed down Colfax for three days. For several years…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — With any luck at all, construction of a new beer garden at the Colfax fairgrounds will be completed by the time the Colfax Free Fair starts June 12. The Colfax Village Board approved allowing Auth Consulting to continue working on designing the building at the April 28 meeting.
Read Moreby Marlys Kruger Election of new officers, a decision on whether to help pay for students attending national competitions, approving two staff retirements and two resignations and deciding on whether to raise school lunch prices were just a few of the items on the agenda during the April 29 Colfax school board meeting.
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