By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A 21-year-old Eau Claire man has pleaded guilty to the armed robbery of the I-94 Mart in the Town of Elk Mound last fall. Jordan R. Dickinsen pleaded guilty in Dunn County Circuit Court November 12 to one Class C felony count of armed robbery.
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Although it was a long day — and a hot day — it was a great day. Harold Halfin of Menomonie, a World War II veteran who served in the United States Army, described the Freedom Honor Flight from LaCrosse to Washington D.C. in September as “one of the…
Read MoreThe Sand Creek Pipers 4-H club held their annual Awards Affair at the Olde School on Nov. 11th. Recognition was given to all 18 members with special gifts to graduates Angela Sparks and Paula Omtvedt.
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 3…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Members of the Colfax Village Board do not seem very happy about the Colfax EMS Association’s efforts to procure grants to pay for new equipment for the Colfax Rescue Squad. The most recent case in point is a $4,000 grant awarded to the EMS Association to purchase a back-up…
Read MoreColfax-Elk Mound Church Directory – 11-14-2012
Read MoreIf you have no special plans for Thanksgiving Day, the Café owners in Sand Creek are serving a Thanksgiving Dinner with “all the fixins” on that day. It sounds GOOD!
Read MoreThe top producing cow in St. Croix County is a three-year-old Holstein owned by Weinzirls Val-O-Mo Farm. The Area Center of the Wisconsin Dairy Herd Improvement Cooperative reported the top producing cows that completed lactations in September. The cows are bracketed into divisions according to age and breed, and the top producing animal is 1853,…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A 21-year-old Colfax resident already facing felony drug charges is now in even more trouble. Jacob H. Foslid was charged with two felony drug charges and one misdemeanor stemming from a traffic stop in early June in the Town of Menomonie.
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board is still trying to figure out what’s what with the 2013 budget. The village board met again on November 8 to review the budget — and after two hours, gave up. “We’ve had too many people working on the numbers,” declared Beverly Schauer, village trustee.
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