By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX— Colfax resident Michelle Knutson is the recipient of the J.D. Simons Community Volunteer Award for 2022. Mark Johnson, president of the Colfax Commercial Club, presented the award to Knutson at the Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper at Colfax Lutheran Church February 21. J.D. Simons was considered to be the founder of…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Delegates at the Wisconsin Association of School Board’s delegate assembly at the convention in January failed only one resolution out of 19 — the resolution to provide universal free lunches for school children. Ken Neuburg, a member of the Colfax Board of Education and the board’s representative to the…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Board of Education has approved a girls’ wrestling cooperative with the Bloomer school district. A few years ago, a boys’ wrestling co-op was established with Bloomer, and the boys and girls who wrestle were on a combined team, said Michael Hodel, athletic director for the Colfax…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Three new staff members — April Northrup, Natasha Endl and Samantha Simonson — introduced themselves to the Colfax Board of Education at the February 13 meeting. April Northrup is the new secretary at Colfax Elementary. Sandy Sikora, who had been the Colfax Elementary secretary for 25 years, resigned at…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — What happens if you float a balloon in maple syrup? What happens if you soak an egg (in the shell) in lemon juice? Do a water molecule and a melted snow molecule look different under a microscope? These were just some of the questions answered by experiments conducted for…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — As part of wrapping up the Community Development Block Grant the village was awarded for the river bank stabilization project, the Colfax Village Board has approved a notice pertaining to the village’s response to the monitoring report. The village must request the CDBG funds, and before the village can…
Read MoreThe Colfax Municipal Building Restoration Group will meet Sunday, February 19, at 4:30 p.m. at Cafe II Coffee Shop & Bakery on Main Street in Colfax. Anyone who is interested in the restoration of the municipal building, or anyone who would be willing to help with fund raisers, is welcome to attend.
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — When the Colfax Cub Scouts visited the Colfax Board of Education, they had some well-thought-out questions to ask. One of the tasks that Cub Scouts can complete is to learn about community, said Amy Horchem, one of the parents accompanying the Cub Scouts to the Colfax Board of…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board has approved a resolution supporting the Colfax Railroad Museum in the museum’s efforts to apply for a $900,000 Transportation Alternatives Grant. The grant application is due March 23, and the grant is 80 percent federal funding with 20 percent in matching funds from the Colfax…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — A nearly $800 grant from Dunn Energy Cooperative’s Operation Round Up has allowed the Colfax Rescue Squad to update the ambulance service’s “first in” kits. Colfax Rescue ordered the “first in jump bags” last spring right after receiving the $779.90 grant from Dunn Energy Cooperative, said Don Knutson,…
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