by LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — For the past 34 years — since 1989 — the Colfax school district has been making payments on the unfunded pension liability. The invoice register for the June 19 meeting of the Colfax Board of Education includes a payment of $30,419 for the unfunded pension liability. William C. Yingst…
Read Moreby LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — If the proposed increases for education in the state budget become a reality, the Colfax school district would see an increase in state aid of $1,000 per pupil. School districts asked for a $1,500 increase per pupil, said William C. Yingst Jr., district administrator, at the Colfax Board of…
Read Moreby LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — As they say — when it rains, it pours. Channel 18 (WQOW television) out of Eau Claire approached the Village of Colfax about doing a segment on the East View lots, and there was no time to have a plan commission meeting before the segment was filmed, said Lynn…
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by LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board has denied a request from Nick and Jess Anderson, owners of the Blind Tiger, to help fund the mural that has been painted on the south wall of the building. Jeff Prince, village president, said at the June 12 village board meeting he liked the…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Zoning Board of Appeals has denied a request to divide the two four-plex units on University Avenue into two separate properties. James Russell, of Russell Rentals, spoke to the Zoning Board of Appeals during a public hearing held June 12. Russell said he had gotten involved with…
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by LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Although there was some doubt initially whether there was going to be a chicken dinner on Sunday, June 18, at the Colfax Free Fair, the chicken dinner is on the schedule again. The Colfax FFA Alumni will be sponsoring the chicken dinner on Sunday, said Steve Ackerlund, president of…
Read MoreCOLFAX— Helen Reed, co-owner of the Colfax Messenger, wrote a weekly column for the newspaper at the time of the June 4, 1958, tornado. Here is Helen’s column the week after the tornado in the June 12 edition of the Messenger: White-faced and weary, after a whole night of wakefulness, and with a numbness that…
Read MoreCompiled by LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Sixty five years ago, on June 4, 1958, a tornado — later determined to be an EF5, the most destructive of tornadoes — descended on Colfax at 7 p.m. All together, the tornado left a path of destruction 33 miles long and killed 28 people, 12 of them…
Read MoreCOLFAX — This year’s winner of the essay contest sponsored by the American Legion Russell-Toycen Post 131 of Colfax is Colfax High School student Elizabeth Schmitt. The theme for the contest is “What Memorial Day Means to Me.” As the first-place winner, Elizabeth received a check for $100 and was asked to read her essay…
Read Moreby LeAnn R. Ralph Editor’s note: LeAnn R. Ralph serves on the Colfax Elevator Commission COLFAX — Through pledges, donations, memorials for loved ones, the $22 for 22 Steps campaign, thrift sales, bake sales and other fund raisers, the Colfax Elevator Commission has raised $123,000. The money is intended to go toward installing an elevator…
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