By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Dunn County Board has approved borrowing $17 million to remodel the old health care center, to remodel the Government Center, and to purchase a new accounting system. Remodeling the old health care center for “people services” will cost $12 million, with $10.5 million going for actual construction, said…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — As Colfax Police Chief Pete Gehring puts it, “maybe the third time will be a charm.” The Colfax Village Board authorized Chief Gehring to apply for a $125,000 COPS Hiring Grant at the board’s May 13 meeting. COPS stands for Community Oriented Policing Services, and this will be the…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board has decided to “keep it local.” The village board authorized Brian Reilly of Ehlers and Associates at the May 13 meeting to proceed with negotiating an agreement with Bremer Bank for refinancing $1.3 million in water and sewer revenue bonds and adding $360,000 to the…
Read MoreCOLFAX — Approximately 24 students from Colfax High School will receive more than $240,000 in scholarship money for the next four years by various organizations, colleges and private donors. According to high school guidance counselor Amy Bowe, students are still applying for and receiving scholarships that may not be on the following list:
Read MoreThe long-awaited spring weather has arrived just in time for Mother’s Day. Many friends and family visited their mothers. Leona Ubbelhode visited with the residents before a special Mother’s Day meal was served at dinner time. This week was National Nursing Home Week.
Read MoreCOLFAX – For the second year in a row, 53 students from Colfax High School walked through the gym for the final time as a student as they participated in their graduation ceremony.
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A Dunn County judge has found probable cause and has scheduled an arraignment for a 35-year-old Colfax woman charged with one felony count of maintaining a drug trafficking place. Katie E. Bundy, 511 East Third Avenue, Colfax, is charged with one felony count of maintaining a drug trafficking place…
Read MoreGREENVILLE, SC — The following students are among more than 1,500 Bob Jones University students included on the Dean’s List for grades achieved during the Spring 2013 semester:
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Read MoreThe time of year has come when many cattle will be worked with this spring and summer. Unfortunately every year we have producers who will become injured during this process. Some causes of these injuries lead back to being careless, working the cattle too rapidly, and having their mind “somewhere else.” Most injuries to producers…
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