By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Village of Colfax was not among the grant awards for a Flexible Facilities grant of up to $4.25 million to make improvements to the Colfax Municipal Building. The grant awards were announced on October 7. The Flexible Facilities Program grant is funded through the U.S. Department of Treasury’s…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — If you see the Tom and Kelly Hendrickson family out with their new-to-them vehicle — be sure to wave. How will you know it is the Hendricksons? Their vehicle is likely the only silver Dodge Grand Caravan in western Wisconsin with a custom paint job featuring cartoon characters. The…
Read MoreCOLFAX – The Colfax Public Library, in partnership with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, is participating in a program to make state park and forest vehicle admission day passes available to library card holders at Colfax Public Library. The “Check Out Wisconsin State Parks At Your Library” program began in 2022 and has grown…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Carrie Johnson, the new administrator-clerk-treasurer in Colfax, has a vision for the village. Colfax, she says, should be a place where people want to live and work. The village also should be a destination to enjoy what the area has to offer, such as fishing, kayaking and canoeing on…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Bail has been set at $50,000 cash for a 27-year-old Colfax man charged with six felony counts related to strangulation, battery and disorderly conduct along with one misdemeanor count of mistreating an animal. Kedar J. Davis made an initial appearance in Dunn County Circuit Court before Judge Christina Mayer…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — John Fraley of Homes by Croix Creek has withdrawn his option on two lots in the East View residential development on Dunn Street, while two other developers have indicated an interest. Fraley recently sent an e-mail message to the Village of Colfax stating that he was not going to…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph Editor’s Note: LeAnn R. Ralph serves as chair of the Town of Otter Creek. COLFAX — The Colfax Rescue Squad is proposing a budget of $784,234 for 2025, representing an increase of $164,750 over the 2024 budget of $619,484. According to information presented at the Colfax Rescue Squad annual meeting September…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The next street on the Village of Colfax’s five-year capital improvement plan is state Highway 40. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation will be resurfacing state Highway 40 from state Highway 29 to county Highway M in the next few years, said Rand Bates, director of public works, at the…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Board of Education has agreed that the school district should continue with an 11-player football program. The number of students participating in football at Colfax High School is low, and there have been meetings about the football program every month since last October, said William C. Yingst…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph Editor’s Note: LeAnn R. Ralph serves on the Colfax Elevator Commission. COLFAX — The Colfax Municipal Building Restoration Group has given a check for $35,000 to the Village of Colfax for the Colfax Municipal Building elevator project. In 2008, the estate of Colfax residents Dr. G.S. Holter and Mabel Holter donated…
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