This year, the Community Foundation of Dunn County and its donors awarded a total of $40,500 in scholarships to a diverse group of 65 students from area high schools. Executive Director, Georgina Tegart, explained that students are extremely grateful to receive these scholarships and often send in letters of appreciation to the donors, because the…
Read MoreThree matches were scheduled last week but only two were played as the Colfax golf team placed sixth in a conference meet Monday at St. Croix Central and sixth again at Spring Valley the following day. Stormy weather hit the area once again, forcing a postponement of the Thursday meet which was supposed to be…
Read MoreHoping to come up with their second win of the season over defending conference champions Pepin-Alma, the Colfax girls struggled offensively and dropped the contest 3-1 to start their week off May 5. 24 hours later, they traveled to Glenwood City and used the long ball to come from behind and defeat the Hilltoppers 11-4.…
Read MoreWith weather conditions less than desirable the past two weeks, the Colfax track teams finally managed to compete at Boyceville and Arcadia on two consecutive days, May 1 and 2. Facing competition from every team in the conference except Mondovi, the girls finished seventh of eight teams at the Larry Z. Invite in Boyceville while…
Read MoreCOLFAX — The Colfax Kiwanis sponsored the annual athletic banquet held in the Colfax High School cafeteria April 30 as athletes from all sports throughout the year were recognized.
Read MoreGLENWOOD CITY — After a couple of rained out meets last week, the Colfax golf team finally got on a course as they traveled to Glenwood City for a conference meet May 2.
Read MoreNeither game was pretty but the “W” in the scorebook is all that counts as the Colfax softball team was forced to hold off a seventh inning rally against the Elmwood-Plum City team, taking a 10-9 win in the first of two games played May 1. They also had to hold on for the win…
Read Moreby Marlys Kruger Election of new officers, a decision on whether to help pay for students attending national competitions, approving two staff retirements and two resignations and deciding on whether to raise school lunch prices were just a few of the items on the agenda during the April 29 Colfax school board meeting.
Read MoreLA CROSSE — With it being prom day back home, the Colfax boys’ and girls’ track team sent a smaller than usual contingent to compete at the Knights of Columbus Relays held at UW-La Crosse April 26. The boys finished 12th while the girls were ninth in the Small School Division.
Read MorePlaying on an extremely windy day on a field up on the hill in Spring Valley, the Colfax girls’ softball team took advantage of the conditions as they collected 14 hits enroute to an 18-8 win in five innings over the Cardinals April 21. Then after leading 6-0 at home against Glenwood City, the Vikings…
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