Many thanks to all of my friends and family who brought cards, gifts, and spent the day with me in celebration of my 90th birthday party.
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph TOWN OF TILDEN — A 54-year-old rural Colfax man was killed and his daughter was severely injured Sunday when the 1934 Chevy Coupe he was driving struck a tree in the Town of Tilden. According to a report from the Chippewa County Sheriff’s Department, Dale A. Schneider was giving rides in…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Someone went to a lot of work and a lot of trouble to put the shoes along the guardrail on state Highway 170 just west of Colfax. The shoes — more than two dozen in all — appeared one morning the week of October 21.
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Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Board of Education has approved a total property tax levy of $2.65 million for the 2013-2014 school year. The levy amount approved at the October 28 school board meeting includes $2.47 million for the Fund 10 property tax levy plus $179,658 in debt service payments for the…
Read MoreBy Marlys Kruger There was plenty of business on hand when the Colfax school board met Oct. 28 for their regular meeting.
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — In honor of Veterans Day and the Colfax Sesquicentennial celebration July 17-20, 2014, the history installment for this edition of the Colfax Messenger is Ebert Sorkness, Dunn County’s oldest living Civil War veteran. Sorkness lived in Colfax and died at the age of 100 in February of 1940.
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board has approved a maintenance assessment agreement for 2014-2015 with Zempel Appraisal Service in the amount of $19,200. The maintenance agreement represents a $50 per month increase, from $750 per month for the previous contract to $800 per month for the current contract, said Barbara Zempel…
Read MoreCOLFAX — The Colfax Municipal Building Restoration Group has been awarded a $3,000 grant from the Community Foundation of Dunn County.
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