There are only 20 days until Spring (on the calendar), but looking out the window one would not know how that can be true. We could all THINK Spring? That is what we are doing here at Colfax Health and Rehab. Residents are so looking forward to getting out side for fresh air and sunshine.
Read MoreMENOMONIE — A team of Colfax youth took second place at the recent Lego Robot Sumo Competition held in Menomonie on February 16th. Devin Lamm and Tate Russell, both sixth graders from Colfax Elementary, competed in the junior division making it to finals after three rounds of competition.
Read MoreSand Creek Arts Reminder: Saturday, March 2 at 6:30 pm–Blue Grass Jam in the Grace Room of The Olde School. Local pickers, strummers, pluckers and singers come together to enjoy the music and each other and we all get to listen. No admission; free will donation for refreshments to support the jams and the music.
Read MoreBy Marlys Kruger During new business activity at the February 18 meeting, the Colfax school board approved the hiring and/or re-hiring of several staff positions for the remainder of this year and for next fall.
Read MoreColfax/Elk Mound Church Directory – 2-20-2013
Read MoreJonathan and Alicia Wendlandt and Elise, and Lillian Wendlandt celebrated Dave and Jamison Wendlandt’s birthdays at the Dave and Janice Wendlandt home on Sunday afternoon, Feb. 3. Karen Walker of Menominee, Michigan and Mary Knutson attended the memorial service for Ila Madison at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Bloomer on Feb. 9.
Read MoreWe are already in the middle of February. It’s hard to believe we will have the first day of spring in 28 days. While we wait we are trying to enjoy every day with programs and wonderful meals and just visiting with our neighbors. The Rex Classes, at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. gave everyone…
Read MoreCOLFAX — Louis Solberg, who passed away in 2008, grew up in Albertville, owned a farm north of Colfax and later on farmed on the Rusk Prairie. He and his wife, Alda, who passed away in 2006, operated the farm in the Town of Otter Creek during the 1940s and 1950s. Here is Part 12…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Timber Technologies in Colfax is proposing to purchase 1.7 acres from Don Henderson to expand the company’s manufacturing facility but members of the Colfax Village Board are reluctant to say they support the idea. Dale Schiferl, owner of Timber Tech, recently stopped by the village clerk’s office to talk…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — To celebrate or not to celebrate — or how to celebrate? That was the question the Colfax Village Board considered at the February 11 meeting concerning the village’s sesquicentennial in 2014. Scott Gunnufson, village trustee, asked that the village’s 150th anniversary be put on the agenda for discussion.
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