By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The village’s financial advisor, Brian Reilly of Ehlers and Associates, says that it would be financially feasible for Colfax to borrow $450,000 for wastewater treatment projects.
Read MoreBy Marlys Kruger To say staff members from the Colfax School District as well as members of the community were shocked when they heard the news of the death of Dennis Geissler last week would be an understatement.
Read MoreColfax/Elk Mound Churches – 12-5-2012
Read MoreSand Creek Chatter – 12-5-2012 The New Auburn Community Choir will present a concert on Saturday evening, Dec. 8 at 7:30 pm at New Hope Lutheran Church in Sand Creek. The Annual Christmas Soup and Sing will be held at the Olde School on Sunday, Dec. 9 with music starting at 5:30 p.m.
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax EMS Association has made a donation of $100 to update maps covering the Colfax Rescue Squad’s service area in memory of Glen (Pete) Johnson. Members of the EMS Association honored Johnson’s memory at their November 28 meeting.
Read Moreby Chief Pete Gehring No matter how nice this fall has been, winter will get here eventually and the snow will come. We need to remember the winter parking ordinances of the Village and be prepared to park properly.
Read MoreColfax Health and Rehab News – 12-5-2012 Sunday November 25th was a cold day, but we stayed warm indoors watching the Grace Lutheran Church Service on TV, going to REX classes, visiting with Leona Ubbelohde and enjoying a good Sunday dinner. Family and friends came to visit residents. Many families decorated their loved ones rooms…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — If the footbridge is taken out at the Colfax fairgrounds, more houses could possibly be taken out of the Eighteen Mile Creek floodplain. Chris Goodwin, a water resources manager with Ayres Associates, spoke about the Eighteen Mile Creek floodplain study at the Colfax Village Board’s November 26 meeting.
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 5…
Read MoreAfter taking his running abilities to UW-Stevens Point four years ago, Colfax graduate Logan Seipel ended a stellar college career with the Pointers, helping his team place fourth in the WIAC Championships this year by placing 20th in the 8K race in a time of 25:38. Seipel was the second runner to cross the finish…
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